Month: March 2019

4:03 PM ET The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has cleared UFC welterweight Muslim Salikhov in an anti-doping case very similar to the high-profile one of Jon Jones. The UFC and USADA confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday that Salikhov, of Russia, will not be sanctioned after testing positive multiple times for a long-lasting metabolite of
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3:05 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Boston expects second baseman Dustin Pedroia to make his exhibition debut on Thursday against Minnesota. Coming off knee surgery, the 35-year-old Pedroia crossed his last major pre-competition hurdle on Tuesday when he completed a workout at the Red Sox complex in Fort Myers. “The way
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2:14 PM ET A high-profile featherweight fight has been added to UFC 237. The UFC has booked Jose Aldo vs. Alexander Volkanovski for the May 11 card in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sources told ESPN. The promotion is expected to announce the fight shortly. MMA journalist Farah Hannoun first reported the matchup Monday. Volkanovski (19-1)
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2:18 PM ET Eleven months after a bus crash that killed 16 and injured 13 others, the final Humboldt Broncos player has left the hospital. According to multiple reports, defenseman Morgan Gobeil was released Monday. Gobeil, 19, suffered a serious head injury in the April 6, 2018, crash and had been hospitalized ever since. Gobeil
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1:44 PM ET The Indianapolis Colts and defensive tackle Margus Hunt agreed to a multiyear contract extension on Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed, but a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Hunt agreed to a two-year, $9 million deal that could be worth up to $10 million with incentives. Hunt was scheduled to become an
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1:23 PM ET Light heavyweight title contenders Anthony Yarde, of London, and Baltimore’s Travis Reeves will face in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card that will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 2:30 p.m. ET on Friday, from the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Yarde (17-0, 16
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