Month: February 2019

10:27 PM ET Local hero Jose Ramirez pleased a crowd of 14,034 at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California, by rallying the second half of the fight to retain a junior welterweight title with a close 12-round majority decision over Jose Zepeda on Sunday. Zepeda (30-2, 25 KOs) out-boxed Ramirez (24-0, 16 KOs) for
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10:20 PM ET The New York Knicks used an image of rookie center Mitchell Robinson playing alongside the Golden State Warriors‘ Kevin Durant in a pitch to season-ticket holders, then deleted the picture to avoid the perception that the organization had an ulterior motive in including Durant, who will be a 2019 free agent, in
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10:09 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson put himself on the brink of a fifth victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am by turning a three-shot deficit into a three-shot lead when a wild day of weather kept him from finishing Sunday. Mickelson was bogey-free with six birdies, and he made
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9:07 PM ET Associated Press Australia defeated the United States 3-2 while Romania upset defending champion Czech Republic by the same score as both advanced to the semifinals of the Fed Cup on Sunday along with France and Belarus. Ash Barty and Priscilla Hon beat Danielle Collins and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 7-5 in the deciding
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8:39 PM GMT James Harrington Two rounds of the 2019 Six Nations down, three to go. And there are more changes in personnel in ESPN’s Fantasy Rugby team of the week than there were in the Welsh team for the trip to Rome. In fact, there were 14 changes from last week, with only England’s
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6:28 PM GMT England defeated Grand Slam champions France 41-26 in their women’s Six Nations clash at Doncaster on Sunday to emerge as favourites to clinch the title this year. While Jonny May was the hat-trick hero, it was the brilliant Owen Farrell who tore France apart at Twickenham as Eddie Jones’ game plan kicked
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5:57 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Robert Whittaker may get another title fight in Australia despite the middleweight champion having to withdraw from Sunday’s UFC 234 event, UFC president Dana White says. Whittaker, 28, made weight for his bout against American Kelvin Gastelum before pulling out at the 11th hour with a “potentially fatal” abdominal
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5:42 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bernhard Langer made himself right at home in the Oasis Championship. Playing 10 minutes from his house, Langer closed with a 7-under 65 on Sunday at The Old Course at Broken Sound for a five-stroke victory. The 61-year-old German star birdied five of the first seven
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5:44 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson triggered a wreck that wiped out nearly the entire field at Daytona, then zipped to the lead to win the rain-shortened exhibition Clash on Sunday. The seven-time Cup Series champion failed to win a race last season for the first time in his career
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