Month: May 2019

9:16 AM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim Former unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin’s recent parting with longtime trainer Abel Sanchez due to a dispute over compensation meant GGG was
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2:56 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Defending champion Petra Kvitova defeated Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 7-6 (5) to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Monday. The second-seeded Czech outlasted Mladenovic by winning the last three points in the tiebreaker to close out the match in nearly two hours. Kvitova, seeking her fourth
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1:46 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Kayla Harrison has a new opponent for the first PFL card of the season. The former two-time Olympic judo champion will now fight UFC veteran Larissa Pacheco in the main event of PFL 1 on Thursday in Uniondale, N.Y., the promotion announced Monday. Harrison’s previous opponent, Svetlana Khautova, had visa
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11:58 AM ET The Boston Red Sox placed left-hander David Price on the 10-day injured list Monday with elbow tendinitis, the team announced. The move was made retroactive to May 3. The 33-year-old Price is 1-2 with a 3.75 ERA in six starts this season. He has struck out 42 batters and walked 10 in
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11:45 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Steve Smith can finally set aside the bitterness from being released by the Carolina Panthers in March 2014. The organization announced Monday that their all-time leading wide receiver would be a part of the 2019 Hall of Honor. Smith joins quarterback Jake Delhomme, tight end Wesley Walls and offensive
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11:36 AM ET A steady rain and one of the craziest Kentucky Derby finishes of all time didn’t dampen the betting enthusiasm from the public. Per Churchill Downs, the Derby set an all-time record for handle with $165.5 million on wagering from all-sources, up 10 percent from last year’s record handle of $149.9 million. That
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