Month: October 2019

6:25 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former major league umpire Chuck Meriwether, who was behind the plate when the Boston Red Sox ended their championship drought in 2004, died Saturday. He was 63. Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement hours before Game 4 of the World Series. Meriwether had been ill with cancer and
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6:30 PM ET The WBO has ordered an immediate rematch between cruiserweight world titlist Mairis Briedis and former titleholder Krzysztof Glowacki following a lengthy appeals process brought by Glowacki in July following his controversial third-round knockout loss to Briedis on June 15 in the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series. With the rematch ordered,
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5:54 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim One day after announcing at a Moscow news conference that he will return to the Octagon in January, Conor McGregor had his rusty reflexes tested in the Russian capital. McGregor had to dodge a water bottle thrown in his direction during a heated verbal exchange on Friday with a man
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5:51 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Denny Hamlin has won the pole at Martinsville Speedway, where the five-time winner will attempt to lock himself into NASCAR’s championship race. Hamlin turned a lap at 97.840 mph in his Toyota from Joe Gibbs Racing to earn the top starting spot in Sunday’s playoff race. It
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4:30 PM ET CHICAGO — The Los Angeles Chargers have activated left tackle Russell Okung, the team announced Saturday. Out since June after suffering a pulmonary embolism due to blood clots, Okung started the season on the non-football illness list. Okung returned to practice late last week, and after a full week of practice this
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4:32 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Todd Gilliland won his first career Truck Series race by holding off championship contender Ross Chastain in overtime at Martinsville Speedway. Gilliland passed Chastain for the lead in regulation on Saturday and had a decent cushion until an accident between Natalie Decker and Jordan Anderson brought out
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1:51 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday will miss Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets with a left knee sprain but should be day-to-day in his recovery, multiple sources told ESPN. Holiday injured the knee when he drove down the lane with 5:18 left in the third quarter in Friday’s loss
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2:10 PM ET South Africa’s Brandon Stone shot a round of 66 as he finished the third day of the Portugal Masters with a two-shot lead over compatriot Dean Burmester and England’s Oliver Fisher Saturday. Stone started poorly, bogeying the third hole, but then carded six birdies to jump to the top of the leaderboard
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