Month: April 2019

1:23 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Past winners of the Masters gathered upstairs in the champions’ locker room because they understood what they were watching and knew they needed to do something special for Eldrick Tiger Woods. Bernhard Langer, Bubba Watson, Zach Johnson, Adam Scott — they all realized they could not just close up
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8:19 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Just because he won’t be surrounded by 3,300-pound cars traveling at more than 200 mph doesn’t mean Jimmie Johnson will be able to relax when he runs the Boston Marathon on Monday. If the seven-time NASCAR champion isn’t thinking about his heart rate or his pace, he’ll be
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7:07 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — One of two brothers who say actor Jussie Smollett paid them to help him stage a racist, anti-gay attack against himself has won an amateur boxing title in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports that Abimbola “Abel” Osundairo became a Chicago Golden Gloves champion with a technical knockout Friday
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6:58 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Christian Garin of Chile won the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Sunday for his first ATP World Tour title, beating Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3. Nearly six years after winning the French Open Juniors title, the 22-year-old Garin finally broke through on the tour,
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6:59 PM ET Dustin Poirier‘s eight-year journey to a UFC title shot ended in gold at UFC 236 this past weekend, as he defeated a pound-for-pound great in Max Holloway. The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more; Ariel and the Bad Guy;
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5:57 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN Blake Griffin will not play in the Detroit Pistons‘ opening playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, coach Dwane Casey said. Griffin is still day-to-day with left knee soreness but he is “too sore to play” in Sunday’s game, according to Casey. Griffin did not play in the regular-season
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