Month: February 2019

3:26 AM GMT ESPN staff Stephen Larkham has paid the price for the Wallabies’ woeful attack across a 4-9 Test season in 2018, losing his job as one of Michael Cheika’s assistant coaches. Larkham will instead “transition” into a new High Performance role at Rugby Australia [RA], the former Wallabies fly-half to focus on skills,
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  shares Martin Guptill gestures after missing a direct hit run-out © Getty Images New Zealand opener Martin Guptill, who had missed the fifth ODI against India in Wellington, has also been sidelined from the upcoming three-match T20I series, which begins at the same venue on Wednesday. Seam-bowling allrounder James Neesham, who had been initially
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NBA action on Sunday was over by time Super Bowl LIII kicked off in Atlanta between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams. It turned out to be the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever. Really, it was! The Patriots defeated the Rams 13-3 in a game that featured multiple interceptions and missed field goals
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8:12 PM ET Former Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Bob Friend died Sunday at the age of 88, the team announced. Friend, a four-time All-Star, appeared in 568 games over 15 seasons for the Pirates and holds the franchise record for innings pitched (3,481), games started (477) and strikeouts (1,682). He won 18 games with a 3.00
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7:28 PM ET ESPN News Services An MMA fighter suspected of killing two people, including an ex-girlfriend, was captured Sunday after escaping from a prisoner transport van in Texas, authorities said. Cedric Marks was taken into custody after a nine-hour manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, Conroe police Lt. Scott Spencer said in a tweet
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7:14 PM ET NEW YORK — New Knicks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. believes he will benefit from a change of scenery. “I think that was important for me, with everything that was going on,” Smith Jr. said after scoring 8 points and handing out six assists in his first game as a Knick. “….
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6:59 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Rickie Fowler birdied two of his final four holes and overcame a bizarre triple-bogey on the 11th hole at TPC Scottsdale to win the Phoenix Open on Sunday. Leading by five, Fowler took a 7 on the par-4 11th after a chip shot skipped across the green
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