Month: November 2019

7:46 AM GMT Australian Scott Wisemantel, who was England’s attack coach at the Rugby World Cup, has decided to move on after his contract expired and looks set to join Dave Rennie’s staff at the Wallabies. England coach Eddie Jones, who brought Wisemantel into his setup for last year’s tour of South Africa before extending
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Shaun Marsh celebrates his century in the final © Getty Images Western Australia 6 for 210 (Marsh 101*, Steketee 2-32) beat Queensland 205 (Peirson 79, Richardson 3-35) by four wickets It really was Shaun Marsh‘s Cup. Australia’s one-day domestic competition’s title sponsor has nothing to do with Shaun or his famous cricketing family, for as
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3:06 AM ET Former world No. 1 Andy Murray has said he can finally play without worrying about his hip following career-saving surgery in January, but expects next year’s Australian Open to be the biggest test of his progress. The 32-year-old looked on the verge of ending his career at the start of 2019 after
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1:17 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James banked in his first 3-pointer of the night and swished his fourth to move past Peja Stojakovic for No. 18 on the all-time 3-pointers list in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 114-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. It turns out the Spurs are partly responsible
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1:14 AM ET Anthony Pettis is returning to the division he once reigned over. The former UFC lightweight champion will take on Diego Ferreira on Jan. 18, ESPN confirmed with sources Monday night. The bout was first reported by MMA Junkie. Pettis vs. Ferreira will be contested at lightweight (155 pounds). Pettis had moved up
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1:03 AM ET Lindsey Thiry Close ESPN Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Jamison Hensley Close ESPN Staff Writer University of Maryland graduate Lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and son LOS ANGELES — Apparently Marcus Peters
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12:34 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — There was a 376-day gap between Carmelo Anthony‘s last NBA game before joining the Portland Trail Blazers on a non-guaranteed contract on Nov. 19. Four games into his comeback, the veteran treated his wife, LaLa Anthony, to a vintage performance with a season-best 25 points and eight boards
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11:12 PM ET The Calgary Flames are looking into accusations from former player Akim Aliu that coach Bill Peters used racial slurs toward him “several times.” Aliu played for Peters in 2009-10 with the Rockford Ice Hogs, the AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks. Aliu posted a tweet on Monday night that read: “Not very
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8:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Free agent left-hander Rich Hill had surgery on his pitching elbow and he’s likely to miss the first half of the 2020 season, according to multiple reports. Rather than have Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament, Hill had what is called primary revision surgery, according
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7:48 PM ET The UFC is targeting a lightweight championship bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson — a matchup the fight world has waited years to see — in April. The promotion is looking to book Nurmagomedov against Ferguson as the main event for a pay-per-view on April 18 inside Barclays Center in Brooklyn,
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