Month: April 2019

10:29 PM ET THESE ARE GOING to be anxious playoffs. There are stresses within the high-stakes games naturally, but there’s also another layer that is perhaps unique to this season. It’s the pressure of the aftermath and it will mount by the day, by the loss and, oddly in this unusual season, even by the
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9:38 PM ET Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac has cleared the NBA’s concussion protocol and will be available to play in the team’s playoff opener Saturday in Toronto, the team announced Thursday night. Isaac is believed to have been hurt on Orlando’s win Sunday against the Celtics. He was struck in the jaw and experienced
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9:35 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Scott Sanderson, the right-hander who helped the Chicago Cubs make two playoff appearances and was a member of four postseason teams during a 19-year career, died Thursday. He was 62. An official with Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, where Sanderson was a member, told The Associated
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9:34 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jason Day‘s bad luck at the Masters continued before Thursday’s opening round, as the Australian star reinjured his back picking up his daughter on the practice green. Day was noticeably hobbled throughout his round but never withdrew and ended up carding a 2-under 70. He’s tied for 11th, four
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8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Ga. — No need to wait until Sunday for the Masters to come to life. Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau delivered enough excitement over the final two hours Thursday for quite an opening act at Augusta National. Koepka, a winner in two of the past three majors, ran
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6:01 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Unified lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and former titlist and mandatory challenger Anthony Crolla both made weight with seeming ease on Thursday. They will square off in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card on Friday (ESPN+, 11 p.m. ET main card, 8 p.m. ET
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