Month: March 2019

8:13 PM ET OAKLAND — Mike Trout, playing in his first regular-season game under his record $426.5 million contract, had an injury scare on the most routine of plays in the Los Angeles Angels‘ season opener against the Oakland Athletics. Taking second base on a fielding error by A’s center fielder Ramon Laureano on his
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8:58 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas ruled Thursday that a law firm must turn over thousands of records that lawyers believe will give a fuller accounting of how Baylor University responded to sexual assault allegations made by students. Judge Robert Pitman said in his order that Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton
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6:18 PM ET Igor Resende Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo told media in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday that his fight with Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on May 11 could be in doubt. The Brazilian explained that he had a knee infection last week and was hospitalized for it. He said he was
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5:37 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee center fielder Lorenzo Cain soared above the wall to rob Jose Martinez of a tying home run for the final out, lifting Christian Yelich and the Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in an opener Thursday. With at least one Cardinals player in the bullpen already
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4:40 PM ET ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — The California Horse Racing Board has voted to severely limit the use of whips on horses in racing statewide following the deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park. The board reached that decision Thursday at a passionate meeting in which representatives of jockeys argued that
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4:18 PM ET After Alberto Machado lost his junior lightweight world title by upset fourth-round knockout to Andrew Cancio, he had a decision to make. Machado had struggled to make the 130-pound weight limit for the Feb. 9 defense at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, and had to decide whether to go
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3:00 PM BST Scottish Rugby will have a shareholding in newly-formed Major League Rugby side Old Glory DC, the union announced on Thursday. The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) will provide the Washington-based franchise with a combination of “financial and rugby support”, and SRU Chief Operating Officer Dominic McKay will sit on the franchise board, a
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