Month: August 2019

11:31 PM ET Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A racehorse expert who helped train Triple Crown winner Secretariat and had ties to Saudi royals is accused of abusing a teenager while producing child pornography. Daniel Mullan, 80, entered federal court in Central Islip in a wheelchair Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges including
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9:54 PM ET Newly released evidence in the federal government’s criminal case against attorney Michael Avenatti suggested that employees at Nike were paying high-profile college basketball prospects’ handlers and families tens of thousands of dollars in under-the-table payments. In a July 30, 2016, email from Carlton DeBose, the director of Nike’s EYBL grassroots basketball division,
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10:12 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Tyler Reddick drove from last to first and won the Xfinity Series race Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway after leader Justin Allgaier hit the wall late. Reddick, the Xfinity Series points leader and defending series champion, had to start last in the field because his car
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8:40 PM ET Cain Velasquez‘s young pro-wrestling career will continue on. Following his critically acclaimed debut match earlier this month, the former UFC heavyweight champion has signed on to wrestle on Lucha Libre AAA’s two cards coming up this fall in the United States, sources told ESPN on Friday. The first is Sept. 15 at
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8:41 PM ET Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. — Teenager Cohen Trolio advanced to the U.S. Amateur semifinals by beating Austin Squires 3 and 1 on Friday. The 17-year-old rising high school junior from West Point, Mississippi, won the final three holes of the match — Nos. 15-17 at Pinehurst No. 2 — to end Squires’
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7:59 PM ET Jose Napoles, one of the greatest welterweight world champions in boxing history, died Friday, the WBC announced. He was 79. Nicknamed “Mantequilla” — Spanish for “Butter” — for his smooth boxing style, Napoles was a two-time welterweight world champion who boxed from 1958 until 1975. He was inducted into the International Boxing
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7:48 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Denny Hamlin won the pole for Saturday night’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway, a crucial short-track showdown for drivers trying to qualify for the playoffs. The Daytona 500 winner turned a lap at 129.230 mph in his Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in Friday’s qualifying session. His
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7:10 PM ET Slayer got a farewell send-off, but not the one it wanted. The thrash metal band, which was announced last week as the primary sponsor of J.J. Yeley‘s No. 54 car for the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night, announced its
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6:35 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs will retire Tony Parker‘s No. 9 jersey, the team announced Friday. The Spurs will honor Parker in a ceremony Nov. 11 ahead of a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Parker played 17 seasons and won four NBA titles with the Spurs, before conluding his career last season with
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