Month: March 2019

6:50 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The new site for the Miami Open suddenly is missing a lot of star power. Serena Williams withdrew Saturday, blaming a previously undisclosed left knee injury. Less than two hours later, top-ranked Naomi Osaka lost in the third round to tour veteran Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan,
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5:05 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kyle Busch remained undefeated in the Truck Series this season with yet another victory Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. Busch has won all three Truck Series races he’s entered this year, and his latest victory is the 201st national series win of his career. He’s off to an
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2:03 PM ET Former New England Patriots wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday. Mitchell, 26, made the announcement at the University of Georgia’s TEDxUGA event. The former University of Georgia star was a fourth-round pick of the Patriots in the 2016 draft. In January, he told ESPN’s Mike Reiss
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2:00 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft commented for the first time since he was officially charged with two misdemeanor counts of first-degree solicitation. “I am truly sorry,” Kraft said in a statement. “I know I have hurt and disappointed my family, my close friends, my co-workers, our fans and
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11:51 AM BST Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones could be ruled out of the season after suffering knee ligament damage in the Six Nations victory over Ireland last weekend, his club Ospreys has confirmed. Jones suffered the injury when he was tackled during the opening 10 minutes of Wales’ title-decider but carried on playing after
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10:45 AM ET Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara has signed a one-year contract extension the team announced Saturday. The deal has a base salary of $2 million with $1.75 million in performance incentives the team said. The deal keeps the 42-year-old Slovak native with the team through next season. Currently playing in his 21st season,
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9:42 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN There were two great revelations in the recent National Hockey League Players Association poll. The first was that Boston Bruins rascal Brad Marchand was voted by his peers as the league’s best trash-talker (21.8 percent) … and also its worst trash-talker (12.5 percent). In fairness, “worst” can take on a
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