Month: September 2019

7:00 AM ET When center Matt Duchene signed a seven-year, $56 million contract with the Nashville Predators this summer, the rest of the league barely batted an eye. “Come on,” one prominent agent told me recently. “Everyone knew that was going to happen.” Indeed, the 28-year-old Duchene — who has also played for the Avalanche,
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Sep 7, 2019 Dustin Poirier succumbed to the same fate as Conor McGregor. And no one has figured out how to deal with Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s wrestling, let alone beat him. Nurmagomedov defeated Poirier by submission via rear-naked choke at 2:06 of the third round Saturday in the main event of UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi,
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2:41 PM BST England’s Rugby World Cup squad were stranded at Japan’s Narita International Airport for more than five hours on Monday amid the travel headache caused by Typhoon Faxai. Winds of up to 105mph battered Tokyo overnight, causing widespread traffic congestion and forcing the canceling of many flights, including the 16-hour delay of the
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1:46 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign center Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey League this season. Peppering his comments with profanities, Shero told The Associated Press on Monday that he
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11:30 AM ET Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — The first mission for the U.S. is complete: The Americans are going to the Tokyo Olympics. And now the World Cup quarterfinals are the next task. Kemba Walker and Myles Turner each scored 16 points, and the Americans earned a top seed for the quarterfinals by beating
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11:25 AM ET Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — Jayson Tatum was able to return to practice with the U.S. men’s basketball team Monday, less than a week after he sprained his left ankle. He did not play Monday night when the U.S. (5-0) closed out World Cup second-round play with an 89-73 win over Brazil.
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