Month: June 2019

5:41 PM ET The NCAA informed Illinois on Friday it was upholding its decision to deny transfer Luke Ford a waiver for immediate eligibility. Tom Mars, an attorney who helped the Ford family with its appeal, told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg requests for consideration and appeals of transfer waivers are like watching a football game in
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5:13 PM ET Seattle Mariners center fielder Mitch Haniger was placed on the 10-day injured list on Friday with a ruptured testicle after hitting himself with a foul ball Thursday. Reliever Tayler Scott is being called up from Triple-A Tacoma to take Haniger’s spot on the roster. Haniger suffered the injury in the third inning
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4:19 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies reliever Seranthony Dominguez has a UCL injury in his right elbow and Tommy John surgery is one of the options being considered, general manager Matt Klentak said Friday. The righthander has been placed on the 10-day injured list and will get a second opinion on the injury, Klentak said. Dominguez
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3:48 PM ET Lewis Hamilton’s Canadian Grand Prix preparations suffered a setback after a rare error from the five-time world champion prematurely ended his Friday practice. 1 Related After topping the first practice session of the day, Hamilton limped back to the pits half an hour into the afternoon’s track time with a tyre puncture.
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3:43 PM ET The family of Canadian heavyweight Tim Hague, who died two days after suffering a brain hemorrhage in an Edmonton boxing match two years ago, filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Friday alleging that a city sports official was criminally negligent for allowing Hague to fight. The suit also accuses the referee, ring doctors, the
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8:21 AM ET Three games into the 2019 NBA Finals, the two biggest factors in the series are the Golden State Warriors‘ injuries and the Toronto Raptors‘ shooting. While the Warriors are trying to win their third straight title with a depleted group of banged-up superstars, the Raptors’ shooting numbers have toggled between incredible and
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3:47 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — United Airlines and the University of Southern California have reached a new naming rights agreement for Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to resolve criticism that placing a corporate name on the stadium would disrespect its history as a monument to troops who fought and died in World War
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3:31 PM ET Associated Press SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Former NASCAR CEO Brian France has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in New York’s Hamptons last year. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said the 56-year-old France pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Friday and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and undergo
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