Month: June 2019

4:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Ken Behring, a billionaire philanthropist and the controversial former owner of the Seattle Seahawks, died Tuesday. He was 91. Behring bought the Seahawks in 1988 and presided over the most seminal period in the franchise’s existence, attempting to relocate to Southern California before selling the team to Paul Allen. “We
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3:20 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors announced on Friday multiyear contract extensions for general manager Bob Myers and chief operating officer Rick Welts. Golden State reached its fifth straight NBA Finals before losing to the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 to miss out on a three-peat after winning
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2:03 PM ET After France served up one of the dullest Formula One races in recent memory, the Red Bull Ring provided as entertaining a second practice session as you’re ever likely to see. What’s more, amid the red flags and splintered carbon fibre there were signs that Ferrari is genuinely quick in Austria. 1
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12:05 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN The super-sized main event for UFC Minneapolis is official as heavyweight headliners Francis Ngannou and Junior Dos Santos both made weight Friday morning ahead of the card Saturday night. Ngannou weighed in at 255.5 pounds, while Dos Santos hit the scale at 249. The winner could be next in line
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10:49 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen both crashed out of an eventful second practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the fastest time on Friday. The separate incidents saw both cars make contact with the wall and resulted in the session being suspended twice while
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6:18 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been set up for a potential semifinal matchup at Wimbledon. With defending champion Novak Djokovic in the top half of the men’s bracket, the No. 2-seeded Federer and No. 3-seeded Nadal ended up placed together in the bottom half during Friday’s
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2:13 PM BST Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has been added to England’s 31-man provisional World Cup training squad. 1 Related The 31-year-old, who was named Premiership player of the year and RPA players’ player of the year last season after leading Gloucester to their first playoff appearance in eight years, is believed to have been
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