Month: August 2019

4:02 PM ET Steve KimESPN Bantamweight world titlists Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire will meet in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight finals on Nov. 7. The two will square off for the Muhammad Ali Trophy at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Inoue (18-0, 16 KOs), aka “The Monster,” has
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4:18 PM ET JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — Shane Lowry says celebrations after his victory at The Open that went viral on social media were among other moments from that night that “thankfully” weren’t captured on video. But perhaps the fondest memory for Lowry is his visit to a Gaelic football and hurling stadium. “I
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2:32 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The XFL will begin issuing invitations this week to draft-eligible players, a significant step in fielding an eight-team football league that will begin play in February 2020. Most of the invited players
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1:20 AM ET In 2017, Clay Helton led USC to its first Pac-12 championship in nearly a decade. That same year, Gus Malzahn coached Auburn to the SEC championship game, beating both Georgia and Alabama along the way and ending Alabama’s run of three consecutive outright West division titles. Two years later, Helton and Malzahn
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2:08 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna A player protest erupted at the Global T20 Canada on Wednesday
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12:15 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion and three-time featherweight title challenger Frankie Edgar is moving down in weight. Edgar’s longtime manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN he has informed the UFC that Edgar’s next bout will be at bantamweight, ideally before the end of the year. “We have already started discussing Frankie’s bantamweight debut,” Abdelaziz
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