Month: January 2020

5:19 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies have signed left-hander Francisco Liriano, right-handers Bud Norris and Drew Storen and infielder Neil Walker to minor league contracts with invitations to attend major league spring training. Liriano was 5-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 69 relief appearances for Pittsburgh last season. The 36-year-old Liriano
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4:59 PM ET Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Olympic qualifying events in two sports were moved from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday because of an outbreak of a deadly viral illness. A four-nation Asian qualifying group for the women’s soccer tournament was switched from the city at the center of the health
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Jan 22, 2020 Premiership Rugby (PRL) said on Wednesday they will release the disciplinary panel report that found Saracens guilty of persistent salary cap breaches after the club said they had no objection for it to be made public. English and European champions Saracens will be relegated from the top flight at the end of
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3:46 PM ET UFC superstar Conor McGregor has made it no secret that he has interest in trying his hand at boxing again, be it in a rematch of his 2017 knockout loss to Floyd Mayweather in the second-highest grossing pay-per-view in history or perhaps a showdown with another legend, Manny Pacquiao, both of whom
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3:48 PM ET Middleweight contender Esquiva Falcao will fight Ainiwaer Yilixiati in a 10-round bout that will serve as the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Feb. 1 (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET), Top Rank announced on Thursday. Falcao (25-0, 17 KOs), a 30-year-old southpaw and 2012 Olympic silver medalist, and Ainiwaer
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3:46 PM ET Police in Philadelphia are investigating a complaint that Gritty, the Flyers‘ mascot, punched a 13-year-old following a photo shoot at a November event for season-ticket holders, a police spokesperson told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Chris Greenwell told the Inquirer that his son, Brandon, playfully patted Gritty on the head after the photo was
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2:38 PM ET One of MMA’s hottest prospects will be back soon. Edmen Shahbazyan will fight Derek Brunson in a pivotal middleweight bout at UFC 248 on March 7 in Las Vegas, the UFC announced Wednesday. Shahbazyan is one of the top young fighters in all of MMA. ESPN ranked the 22-year-old at No. 3
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