Month: March 2019

7:24 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees guest instructor Lee Mazzilli was struck in the head by a ball in batting practice Wednesday and taken to a local hospital. Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said in an email that Mazzilli “will spend the night at the hospital for observation.” Yankees players
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10:45 AM ET As we come down the final stretch of the NHL season, both the Eastern and Western Conferences will feature playoff races that come down to the final games. For most teams who are either set or virtually locked into postseason position, the remaining handful of games will determine their first-round opponents. Aside
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6:18 PM ET After leading the Utah Jazz to a first-round upset of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs last year, it was inevitable Donovan Mitchell would return this season with a target on his back. But after struggling for much of the early season, Mitchell is now outperforming his rookie year and has
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5:28 PM ET TJ Dillashaw relinquished his UFC bantamweight title championship on Wednesday after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the New York State Athletic Commission informed him of an “adverse analytical finding” in a drug test dating back to his last fight in January in Brooklyn. The NYSAC issued him a one-year suspension and $10,000
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4:43 PM ET Rafael dos Anjos will face Kevin Lee in a battle of top welterweights at UFC Fight Night: Rochester on May 18, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, first reported the matchup. Dos Anjos is a former UFC lightweight champion who claimed the belt in 2015 in
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Happy March Madness, everyone! The reason the NCAA basketball tournaments resonate so much with fans across so many sports is rampant gambling. And also that there are universal themes among the participants: heroes, villains, favorites, underdogs and also Virginia. For this week’s NHL Power Rankings, we’ve decided to match each
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4:06 PM ET Alabama is back in front of Clemson — in football coaching salaries. The University of Alabama’s board of trustees on Wednesday approved contracts and salaries for Nick Saban’s coaching staff, including seven new assistants. From the Sweet 16 on, we conclude our college football tournament by crowning one champion in an Alabama-Georgia
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3:40 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Victoria Azarenka won the first match on the stadium court at the new site of the Miami Open by beating Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. The unseeded Azarenka is a three-time Miami Open champion. After a one-day delay because of rain, the tournament started Wednesday at
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3:43 PM ET Goaltender Jimmy Howard was the subject of trade rumors leading up to the deadline, but the Red Wings held on to him, and they’ll have him for another year as well. The 34-year-old signed a one-year contract extension with Detroit on Wednesday and will return to the only NHL team he’s ever
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