Month: February 2019

2:05 PM ET Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said on Wednesday that despite the decision for lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to pass on an immediate rematch with world titleholder Deontay Wilder that would have taken place this spring or early summer, the goal remains to make the fight for this fall. “I’m assuring you
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11:25 AM ET Major League Baseball audio-visual game feeds as well as official real-time statistics will be distributed to international sportsbooks beginning this season through a wide-ranging partnership with data intelligence provider Sportradar, announced on Wednesday. Official real-time statistics will be collected at every ballpark by MLB and distributed by Sportradar to both media companies,
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11:01 AM ET It was about three years ago when UFC featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov first started training in New Jersey under striking coach Mark Henry and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert Ricardo Almeida. And within five minutes of Magomedsharipov’s arrival, he already had a nickname. “The first time I come to the gym, coach Ricardo showed me
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11:24 AM ET Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions sent a cease-and-desist letter to Floyd Mayweather Jr., according to the Los Angeles Times, following Mayweather’s offer of $200,000 to super featherweight Ryan Garcia if he can beat one of his fighters; the offer is seen as one of many instances of tampering by Golden
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10:59 AM ET New Oakland Raiders general manager Mike Mayock expressed his support for Derek Carr on Wednesday. “I think Derek Carr is a franchise quarterback,” Mayock said at the NFL combine. “I truly believe that. Now do I also believe it is a general manager/head coach job to improve any position on the football
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10:44 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN After winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in his career, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has surged back to the top of the NHL’s best-selling jerseys. Ovechkin finished sixth last season in overall jersey sales, with Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs topping the list for the
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