Month: March 2019

12:55 AM ET Steve KimESPN INDIO, Calif. — Lightweight Ryan Garcia has shown that with his vast social media following he has a certain star power. What’s not as clear is just how good the 20-year-old from Victorville, California, really is. Another victory added to his undefeated record certainly would help. Garcia did just that
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12:48 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Brewers reliever Josh Hader has been approaching perfect domination ever since he emerged as an elite bullpen ace last season. On Saturday, he finally reached it. Hader recorded his first immaculate inning, striking out three straight St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth and finishing a 4-2 Milwaukee win. Hader threw
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1:19 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Coming into the first defense of his light heavyweight world title, many wondered if Oleksandr Gvozdyk would be able to put aside the near-tragedy of his title-winning effort on Dec. 1 against Adonis Stevenson. As it turned out, there was no need for concern. Gvozdyk scored a fifth-round stoppage victory
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6:45 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Welterweight contender “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas, hoping to maintain his position for an eventual world title fight, fought to a disappointing draw with Ray Robinson on Saturday night at the 2300 Arena. Fighting in Robinson’s hometown in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card headlined by the
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10:36 PM ET One of the most anticipated fights of 2019 lived up to the hype, as Justin Gaethje knocked out Edson Barboza in the first round of their main event bout at UFC Fight Night in Philadelphia on Saturday. Gaethje (20-2), with Barboza up against the fence, landed a hard right hook that immediately
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10:22 PM ET Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals became the third player in NHL history to record eight or more 50-goal seasons Saturday night — a list topped by Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky, who each had nine. The goal came with 5:25 left in the third period of the Capitals’ 6-3 road win
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