Month: December 2019

9:09 AM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Mark Borowiecki fights crime on his days off from hockey. The Ottawa Senators defenseman stopped an attempted robbery Sunday while out for a walk, Vancouver police said. He saw someone breaking into a parked car and confronted the person before wrestling away what was taken. The
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11:25 AM GMT Just a day after Karnataka State Cricket Association president Roger Binny said his administration was striving to keep cricket “clean”, a senior official of the state’s managing committee has been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into corruption in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). Sudhindra Shinde, a former Karnataka player, was
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5:51 AM ET The bidding for right-hander Zack Wheeler continues to progress toward resolution, with the Philadelphia Phillies seen by sources as the most potent bidders — and the Reds, White Sox and Rangers also involved. Wheeler, 29, is widely viewed in the industry as the best of the second tier of free agent starting
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3:11 AM GMT ESPN staff Israel Folau and Rugby Australia [RA] have ended the biggest feud in Australian sport, after the two parties reach a confidential settlement following the former Wallabies star’s social media posts and his subsequent sacking. A Rugby Australia statement on Wednesday afternoon said both parties acknowledged the harm they had caused
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7:02 PM ET With Ohio State, LSU, Clemson and Georgia remaining atop the College Football Playoff rankings, Alabama‘s loss to Auburn opened the door for Utah and Oklahoma to move up to No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, entering this weekend’s conference championship games. Taking advantage of Minnesota‘s loss to Wisconsin, Baylor moved up two
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3:16 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper began to contemplate firing coach Ron Rivera a few weeks ago, after a home loss to a two-win Atlanta team followed by a meeting with reporters in which he said long-term mediocrity wouldn’t be tolerated. On Tuesday, two days after a 29-21 home loss
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10:00 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers say forward Michael Raffl broke his finger during Tuesday night’s 6-1 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs and will miss about four weeks. Raffl appeared to suffer the injury late in the second period and didn’t return. The 31-year-old Raffl has three goals and six assists this season,
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9:13 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — It has been just over six weeks since New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson had surgery to repair the injured meniscus in his right knee. The Pelicans initially put a six-to-eight-week timetable on Williamson’s return, and a source told ESPN that the No. 1 overall pick has
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