Month: March 2019

1:18 AM ET Steve KimESPN COSTA MESA, Calif. — In what turned out to be an entertaining heavyweight battle Saturday, Kubrat Pulev made a successful stateside debut by stopping Bogdan Dinu in seven rounds. Pulev, rated No. 1 by the IBF, had to overcome a rough fourth round that saw him hurt and cut over
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11:24 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis made a superhero splash in his welterweight debut Saturday, knocking out two-time title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson with a Superman counterpunch with 5 seconds left in the second round in the main event of UFC Fight Night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Pettis, who
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11:34 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim If you’re a heavyweight not named Francis Ngannou, you’d better watch out for Curtis Blaydes, who absolutely manhandled Justin Willis for three rounds on Saturday night in Nashville, Tennessee, in an emotionally charged but barely competitive co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis at Bridgestone Arena. It wasn’t
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10:01 PM ET Emily Kaplan Chris Peters Close ESPN NHL Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from playoff contention —
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9:50 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys‘ flirtation with the safety spot this week has landed them George Iloka, who agreed to a one-year deal Saturday, a source told ESPN. The Cowboys had made safety one of their targets in free agency. Though six-time Pro Bowler Earl Thomas had been the subject of
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