Month: December 2019

8:01 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The New York Yankees have made signing right-hander Gerrit Cole their clear offseason priority and have ownership-level approval to offer him a record-setting deal, sources familiar with their plans told ESPN. The
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7:30 AM ET Urijah Faber will always be “The California Kid,” but that doesn’t change the fact that this weekend he will be the oldest athlete to compete at UFC 245 in Las Vegas. Faber (35-10) is in the process of navigating the final chapter of his storied mixed martial arts career. The Sacramento native
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3:47 PM ET United Kingdom Anti-Doping on Friday announced that it has withdrawn a doping violation against British heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte. The ruling was issued 24 hours before Whyte is scheduled to step into the ring to fight former world title challenger Mariusz Wach of Poland on the undercard of the heavyweight title rematch
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3:25 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs will play Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots without two of their top three running backs after ruling Damien Williams out because of a rib injury. The Chiefs earlier in the week placed Darrel Williams on the injured reserve list because of a
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2:54 PM ET A women’s MMA pioneer’s time in the UFC has come to an end. Liz Carmouche, who lost to Ronda Rousey at UFC 157 in 2013 in what was the first female fight in UFC history, was released from the promotion on Thursday, her manager Kyle Stoltz told ESPN. The decision to release
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1:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Students from Harvard and Yale universities, along with others who staged a climate change protest on the field during last month’s football game between the Ivy League schools, were sentenced Friday to perform community service. Judge Philip Scarpellino of New Haven Superior Court in Connecticut ordered
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