Month: November 2019

12:11 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Central League are set to acquire major league free agent Justin Bour. Per the Kyodo News agency, Tigers general manager Osamu Tanimoto said this week the team has reached a basic agreement with the 31-year-old Bour, who played first base for the Los
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11:14 PM ET It’s official. UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson will meet in the main event of a UFC pay-per-view event on April 18. Ferguson and his representatives from Ballengee Group met with UFC executives on Friday in Las Vegas, where he formally agreed to the 155-pound title fight. Nurmagomedov signed his
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9:29 PM ET Associated Press Deacon Jones, Dick Butkus and Lawrence Taylor are among six unanimous choices at defensive line and linebacker for the NFL’s All-Time Team. Linebackers Butkus and Taylor and linemen Jones, Gino Marchetti, Bob Lilly and Alan Page have been chosen by all 26 panelists in voting revealed Friday to celebrate the
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8:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith left Friday’s 5-2 loss to Colorado with a groin injury midway through the second period after logging 9:30 of ice time. Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said Keith wouldn’t travel to Denver for Saturday’s rematch with the Avalanche, but Colliton didn’t know the severity of the
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6:17 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — It was cold and damp, Iowa had the ball at its 26 yard-line with 32 seconds left in regulation in a tie game, and the Hawkeyes’ offense hadn’t done much since the first quarter. Instead of being content to play for overtime against border rival Nebraska, coach
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9:45 PM GMT Valkerie Baynes Ollie Pope is keen to prove himself as a world-class wicketkeeper after he was parachuted into the role as for the second Test against New Zealand as cover for the injured Jos Buttler. Pope, who went into the match in Hamilton having kept in just five first-class matches previously, scarcely
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7:10 AM ET NBA Insiders Nearly a quarter of the way into the NBA season, a hotly-contested and deep MVP race is already shaping up featuring established stars and one rising phenom. Do recent winners James Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo have an edge? How do Los Angeles Lakers‘ teammates Anthony Davis and LeBron James fit
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7:25 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Following Texas’ 49-24 win over Texas Tech on Friday, which concluded the Longhorns’ regular season at 7-5, athletic director Chris Del Conte said he feels good about the overall direction of the program even if this season didn’t go as well as those in the program had hoped. The
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7:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Seymour Siwoff, the statistics maven who turned the Elias Sports Bureau into the place to go for exact information on teams and athletes for more than a half-century, died Friday. He was 99. Siwoff owned Elias for more than 70 years before selling it to his grandson in March
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6:13 PM ET RENTON, Wash. – Seattle Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney said the core-muscle injury that sidelined him in Week 12 is feeling better, but he didn’t rule out the possibility it will eventually require surgery. Coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday that the Seahawks (9-2) are “counting on” their best pass-rusher making it back
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