Month: November 2019

10:20 PM ET ESPN News Services SALT LAKE CITY — Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first player of Japanese descent to play in the league that was the predecessor to the NBA, has died. He was 95. The University of Utah athletic department said in a news release Thursday that Misaka died Wednesday in Salt Lake
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9:13 PM ET Oklahoma tight end Grant Calcaterra is retiring from football because of multiple concussions, including a recent one in practice. Calcaterra announced his decision Thursday in a video posted on Twitter. He hasn’t played since Oct. 5 against Kansas. The junior said in the video he has had his “fair share of concussions”
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8:43 PM ET Junior welterweight Ryan Martin has been suspended for four years by UK Anti-Doping because he tested positive for two banned substances following his fight with Josh Taylor on Nov. 3, 2018. Taylor knocked out Martin in the seventh round of their quarterfinal bout in the World Boxing Series tournament at the SSE
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6:39 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Canada won the decisive doubles match to beat Australia 2-1 and reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup Finals on Thursday. Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov defeated John Peters and Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-4 to give Canada its first Davis Cup win against the Aussies. Nick Kyrgios surprisingly
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6:04 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Santa Anita will race less, if at all, in inclement weather during its winter-spring meet that begins on Dec. 26, although what factors will decide whether racing occurs in such conditions haven’t been announced. Led by new chairman Gregory Ferraro, the California Horse Racing Board approved
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6:15 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson handed out mini bottles of Patron at his retirement announcement — so perfectly on brand for the cool Californian who stormed to a record-tying seven NASCAR championships yet somehow bored fans who found him too vanilla for their liking. Nothing about Johnson was ever boring,
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