Month: April 2019

7:07 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Daniel Dubois notched another knockout victim with a fourth-round win over Richard Lartey on Saturday. The unbeaten British heavyweight contender extended his unblemished professional
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Austin Dillon will start on the pole at Talladega Superspeedway. What happens from there is anybody’s guess. Dillon celebrated his 29th birthday by posting the highest speed in qualifying Saturday at 192.544 mph for his second pole of the year. Aric Almirola, who won at Talladega in
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5:42 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tyler Reddick held off Gray Gaulding in a two-lap shootout to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway for his first victory of the year. Reddick withstood a last-lap move by Gaulding to survive the caution-packed race and overcame a speeding penalty on pit
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5:18 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Tom Pernice Jr. and Scott Hoch stretched their lead to three strokes Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, shooting a 6-under 48 on the Top of the Rock par-3 course at windy Big Cedar Lodge. A day after opening with a
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4:38 PM ET TORONTO — The Philadelphia 76ers won’t have one of their most prominent fans in the stands when they open up the second round of the playoffs on the road against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday, and Sixers co-owner Michael Rubin is not happy about it. Meek Mill, the popular Philadelphia-native rapper and
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3:43 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has been scratched from Saturday’s game against Tampa Bay because of back spasms. Martinez, who was in the original lineup hitting cleanup as the DH, was replaced by Steve Pearce, who was inserted into the seventh spot in the batting order. Martinez is
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2:49 PM ET ASHBURN, Virginia — The Washington Redskins have a talented backfield, but one that comes with some injury questions. They added another player Saturday who fits both descriptions by drafting Stanford running back Bryce Love in the fourth round of the NFL draft. Love was talented and productive enough in 2017 to be
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