Month: April 2019

1:06 AM ET There were some thoughts heading into the 2019 season that we had seen the best of Jose Altuve. The consensus view after a 2018 season in which he .316 with 13 home runs and still finished 13th in the MVP voting: Still an excellent player, but probably no longer an MVP candidate.
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9:24 PM ET Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Two class action lawsuits have been filed this week by former
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8:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — When pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko’s next lightweight title defense was being planned he thought it would be a three-belt unification fight with Richard Commey, who had won a vacant belt on Feb. 2. But when Commey injured his right hand during a second-round knockout of Isa Chaniev in the
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7:48 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN All-Pro free safety Earl Thomas says he has no hard feelings toward the Seahawks despite his tumultuous final year in Seattle. He even thinks he’ll sign a ceremonial contract to officially finish his career there when the time comes. Thomas said as much during an interview with the Rich Eisen
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6:46 PM ET Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier must report to jail by May 1 to start serving a criminal sentence for his handling of a complaint about Jerry Sandusky showering with a boy, under a judge’s order made public Wednesday. Judge John Boccabella said Spanier may do his
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6:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Slava Voynov is appealing the suspension imposed by the NHL after it determined he committed acts of domestic violence. Jonathan Weatherdon, a spokesman for the NHL Players’ Association, said Wednesday that the organization had filed an appeal on behalf of Voynov. Players have the right to
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6:50 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Ga. — It took three extra holes, but Matt Wallace is taking home a trophy from the Masters after winning the annual Par 3 contest on Wednesday. Wallace and 61-year-old Sandy Lyle, the 1988 champion who hasn’t made a cut at Augusta the past four years, finished the
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