Month: April 2019

9:47 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and hitting coach Alex Cintron were been ejected after consecutive pitches at Texas. Cintron and others on the bench apparently questioned a low strike called on Tyler White in the second inning Wednesday night. When plate umpire Ron Kulpa looked toward the
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7:50 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Fourth-seeded Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia was among three of the world’s top 20 players who lost to unseeded opponents at the Volvo Car Open on Wednesday. Sevastova, ranked 12th in the WTA, fell to American Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-2. Sixth-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium, No. 17 in
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7:26 PM ET Jorge Masvidal got his wish. A highly anticipated welterweight fight between Masvidal and Ben Askren is expected to be finalized shortly for UFC 239 in Las Vegas on July 6, sources told ESPN. The UFC was originally hoping to book the fight for UFC 238 on June 8 in Chicago, however, the
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7:08 PM ET On Tuesday, the Alliance of American Football announced that it would suspend its operations, and multiple sportsbooks confirmed to ESPN that they would refund wagers on all title bets. On Wednesday, the FanDuel Sportsbook took it one step further. FanDuel made every AAF bettor happy by declaring the 7-1 Orlando Apollos champions
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6:31 PM ET Steve KimESPN Doudou Ngumbu suffered a torn ligament in his right calf Saturday night during his TKO loss to light heavyweight world titlist Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission executive director Greg Sirb told ESPN on Wednesday. The fight was stopped in the fifth round when referee Eric Dali and the ring
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5:07 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest was first to tee off in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur and kept right on going until she had a 4-under 68 for a share of the lead after the opening round Wednesday. Zoe Campos, a 16-year-old Californian, birdied
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