Month: May 2019

5:56 PM ET Steve KimESPN Ryan Burnett got back on the winning track Friday by stopping Jelbirt Gomera with a series of body blows in the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round bout at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fighting with his hands low, the former unified bantamweight titlist, was able to evade
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5:03 PM ET The San Francisco Giants reinstated catcher Buster Posey from the concussion list Friday. Posey went on the list May 9, but he said the injury occurred against the Cincinnati Reds on May 5, when a foul ball hit his helmet. “They are going to take extra time to find out how I
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4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services The Houston Texans have released veteran tight end Ryan Griffin, a source tells ESPN’s Field Yates. Griffin is facing charges of vandalism and public intoxication for allegedly punching out a front window of a hotel last month in Nashville, Tennessee. Police say hotel security followed Griffin after the window
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4:04 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ST. LOUIS – It was Baseball Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez that helped popularize the phrase “I’d rather be lucky than good,” but it’s a mantra that can frequently apply to hockey. The San Jose Sharks have been quite good in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They hold a 2-1
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May 15, 2019 Steve KimESPN Whether or not you take pound-for-pound lists in boxing seriously, one thing you’ll immediately notice about those rankings nowadays is that either unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko or welterweight world titleholder Terence Crawford sits at No. 1. That duo is typically followed by the likes of unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr
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6:36 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Beneath the riches and excitement of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in the heavyweight division, British boxing is in a state of transition. While
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3:17 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Maximum Security owner Gary West has issued a multimillion dollar challenge to the owners of four horses that benefited from his horse’s historic disqualification in the Kentucky Derby. In a statement Friday, West said he would pay each of those owners $5 million apiece if Country House, War
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