Month: October 2019

12:40 AM ET Oleksandr Usyk, the former undisputed cruiserweight world champion and the 2018 consensus fighter of the year, made a successful move to the heavyweight division to begin his chase of titles in that division also on Saturday night at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Aiming to follow in the footsteps of his idol,
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5:13 PM ET Light heavyweight world titlist Dmitry Bivol, unable to land a major fight in the talent-rich 175-pound division, stayed busy with the expected romp over Lenin Castillo on Saturday night at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Fighting in the co-feature of former undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk’s heavyweight debut against Chazz Witherspoon,
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10:10 PM ET ST. LOUIS — It was five years and 364 days ago that Anibal Sanchez sat in a dugout on a crisp October night, one day after dominating his opponent, and watched Max Scherzer do the very same thing. The two were teammates in a devastating Detroit Tigers starting rotation back in 2013,
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Oct 12, 2019 Junior middleweight Patrick Day, who required emergency brain surgery after suffering a 10th-round knockout at the hands of prospect Charles Conwell on Saturday night, remains in a coma and is in extremely critical condition, according to a statement released Sunday evening by promoter Lou DiBella. “Patrick Day suffered a traumatic brain injury
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8:54 PM ET Associated Press The Cleveland Cavaliers visited team owner Dan Gilbert, who is recovering at home after suffering a stroke in May. After playing a preseason game in Detroit on Friday night, the Cavs delayed their trip to Boston so they could spend time Saturday with the 57-year-old Gilbert. He recently returned to
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8:38 PM ET Penn State personnel confiscated T-shirts bearing the words “Chains, Tattoos, Dreads, & WE ARE” that Nittany Lions football players were wearing during the pregame portion of Saturday night’s game at Iowa. According to a report by ESPN’s Holly Rowe, one player told her the shirts were made and worn as a show
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8:35 PM ET Associated Press HUMBLE, Texas — Lanto Griffin recovered from a rain-delayed double-bogey finish to his second round earlier Saturday to post a 7-under-65 — the day’s best score — in his third and secure a single-stroke lead through 54 holes of the Houston Open. Mark Hubbard is alone in second place at
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