Month: May 2019

8:32 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Megan Anderson was the last person to step on the scale to weigh in for UFC 232. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) was giving fighters a three-hour window to hit their respective mark, and Anderson used nearly every minute of it. The 6-foot Anderson’s weight cut is hard enough
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11:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first major league home run Tuesday, becoming the youngest player in Toronto Blue Jays history to touch ’em all. It took him just two more plate appearances to go deep again. After going 14 games without a big fly, Guerrero homered in the first
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8:41 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A boxer who kissed a reporter without her consent during a post-fight interview must complete a sexual harassment course and pay a $2,500 fine before officials will consider lifting his suspension. The California Athletic Commission decided unanimously Tuesday that Kubrat Pulev can reapply to have his boxing
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7:28 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Neil Magny revealed the reason he is out of Saturday’s UFC Rochester co-main event: a failed drug test. The veteran UFC welterweight wrote on social media Tuesday that he is facing a UFC anti-doping policy violation after testing positive for the prohibited substance LGD-4033. Magny wrote that he was informed
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7:34 PM ET Quarterback Colt McCoy is back with the Washington Redskins for OTAs, his recovery from his fractured fibula is going well, and he is expected to participate to some extent by minicamp and be fully ready by training camp, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. McCoy broke his right fibula on Dec. 3
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5:55 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Former top-10 player Nicolas Lapentti and former ATP executive Weller Evans are the finalists to replace Justin Gimelstob on the ATP board. The 10 voting members of the player council chose them from a list of six candidates on Tuesday at the Italian Open. There originally had been
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5:13 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Antonio Brown has resolved his speeding case in Pittsburgh. The former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver accepted a guilty plea of driving at an unsafe speed, which includes a fine and points off his driver’s license, according to multiple reports. Brown, who was traded to the Oakland Raiders in March, even had
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5:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The NCAA is forming a working group to consider how its rules can be modified to allow college athletes to be compensated for their names, images and likenesses. The NCAA made it clear, however, that the group would not consider anything that could be construed as paying athletes. NCAA
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