Month: March 2019

3:36 AM ET Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s first bout since signing a co-promotional deal with Top Rank last month will be against German prospect Tom Schwarz, the promotion announced Saturday night. The fight will take place on June 15 and stream live on ESPN+ in the United States. Tyson Fury, right, will fight German
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12:27 PM ET Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s first bout since signing a co-promotional deal with Top Rank last month will be against German prospect Tom Schwarz, a source with knowledge of the deal told ESPN. The fight will take place on June 15 and stream live on ESPN+ in the United States. Tyson Fury,
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10:20 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Stephen Thompson and Anthony Pettis has the potential to take our breath away. What more can we ask from an MMA fight — especially one that, much like a karate kick of “Wonderboy” Thompson or a taekwondo kick of “Showtime” Pettis, seemingly appeared
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12:35 PM ET Stephen Thompson and Anthony Pettis‘ main event fight on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, is now official, as both welterweights made weight. Neither competitor could weigh more than 171 pounds one day before their matchup. Thompson hit his mark at 170.5 pounds on Friday, and Pettis was at 171. Thompson, a two-time division
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8:00 AM ET When Willie Taggart left Oregon to become the head coach at Florida State, Oregon football players rallied around co-offensive coordinator Mario Cristobal. They lobbied athletic director Rob Mullens to make Cristobal the permanent head coach, creating and signing a petition for his promotion. “We’re just happy to finally have a coach and
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Mar 21, 2019 MELBOURNE, Australia — The message ‘stop being them,’ boldly displayed on Daniel Ricciardo’s 2019 helmet, was one which immediately caught the attention of everyone when it emerged in the Melbourne paddock ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Ricciardo had just completed his much publicised off-season move from Red Bull to Renault, and
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6:56 AM ET If Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton are ever teammates in Formula One their joint nickname has already written itself. Daniel Ricciardo enters the 2019 season with a new team, a new helmet and a new philosophy. But will it pay off? Daniel Ricciardo has marked the new chapter of his Formula One
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9:51 AM BST Springboks lock Eben Etzebeth has been ruled out of the Stormers’ Super Rugby tussle with the Wellington Hurricanes in the New Zealand capital on Saturday, after failing to pass concussion protocols. Etzebeth took a knock to the head in the 35-8 victory over the Jaguares last weekend, but was named in the
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