Month: August 2019

Corey Baird led the way for Real Salt Lake scoring twice to hand Sporting Kansas City a 2-1 loss at Children’s Mercy Park. To watch MLS, sign up to ESPN+. Real Salt Lake has terminated the contract of manager Mike Petke, and named assistant Freddy Juarez as head coach on an interim basis for the
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2:43 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — As Mets rookie Luis Guillorme stepped in to lead off the eighth inning, teammate J.D. Davis was in the clubhouse, studying video of Washington’s struggling bullpen. He had just queued up tape of Daniel Hudson — a hard-throwing right-hander warming in the bullpen — when he heard
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12:32 AM ET Steve KimESPN Vergil Ortiz continued his ascension as one of boxing’s young rising stars by stopping the experienced Antonio Orozco in the sixth round in front of his hometown fans in Grand Prairie, Texas on Saturday. This matchup for the 21-year-old Ortiz (14-0, 14 KOs) was considered a legitimate step up, given
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12:40 AM ET Junior lightweight Jason Sosa relentlessly pounded Haskell Lydell Rhodes to the body and scored three knockdowns in a dominating seventh-round knockout victory in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card on Saturday at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. Sosa, from nearby Camden, New Jersey, and the favorite of
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11:54 PM ET “The Bullet” is No. 1. And no one seems close to catching up any time soon. Valentina Shevchenko retained her UFC women’s flyweight title via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) over Liz Carmouche in the main event of UFC Montevideo on Saturday night in Uruguay. The result was never in doubt. Shevchenko
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12:40 AM ET A Handre Pollard-inspired South Africa warmed up for the World Cup in superb style by beating Argentina 46-13 in the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship in Salta on Saturday to claim their first major international trophy in a decade. Flyhalf Pollard scored two of South Africa’s five tries, five penalties and three conversions
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10:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Dodgers manager Dave Roberts apologized for yelling at Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray a day after the benches cleared following the final pitch on Friday night. “Dave wanted to apologize; he sincerely didn’t know it was me he was yelling at,” Ray said ahead of Saturday’s game. “I get it.
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