Month: November 2019

4:01 PM ET LOS ANGELES — One of USC athletic director Mike Bohn’s first official acts on the job will be to evaluate a struggling football program and its embattled head coach. But during his introductory news conference on USC’s campus Thursday, Bohn said it was too early to discuss anything pertaining to the future
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4:13 PM ET An arrest warrant has been issued in the case involving the disappearance of the stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris. The Auburn (Alabama) Police Division has obtained a warrant for the arrest of Ibraheem Yazeed on a charge of first-degree kidnapping, it was announced Thursday. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, along
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4:10 PM ET The string of Mexican boxers testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol has included superstar Canelo Alvarez, Luis Nery, Francisco Vargas and, in recent days, Rey Vargas and Julio Cesar Martinez. On Thursday, the WBC announced that it will begin acknowledging the increased allowable threshold for the drug established earlier this year
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3:33 PM ET St. Louis Blues forward Alexander Steen will miss at least four weeks after suffering a high ankle sprain during Wednesday’s game, general manager Doug Armstrong announced Thursday. Steen left the Blues’ 5-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday after an awkward collision with Alex Chiasson late in the second period. He
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2:26 PM ET Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has been cleared to participate in all basketball-related activities, putting him on track for a return to game action, the team announced Thursday. Griffin has yet to play this season due to what the team is calling left hamstring and posterior knee soreness. The Pistons are calling
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1:11 PM GMT The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) has been fined £70,000 after comments made by its representatives about the effect of Typhoon Hagibis at the World Cup in Japan were found to have constituted misconduct and “brought the game into disrepute”. The SRU has also been forced to issue a “meaningful” written apology to
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7:20 AM ET NHL Insiders We’re a little more than one month into a 2019-20 NHL season that has included some major surprises, including the Buffalo Sabres in a playoff spot, the Edmonton Oilers leading their division, Darcy Kuemper leading all netminders in save percentage and goals-against average, and the San Jose Sharks … well,
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11:45 AM ET England’s Tom Lewis and Austria’s Matthias Schwab shared a one-shot lead after both carded a seven-under-par 65 in the first round of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Thursday. Lewis sank eight birdies, including four in a row from the 15th hole, offset by a bogey on the par-three fifth while
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