Month: January 2020

Alex Carey plays a pull © Getty Images There are many things Alex Carey is primed to achieve, including the possibility of captaining Australia in the future. But above all, the wicketkeeper-batsman hopes to mirror MS Dhoni, whom he observed at close quarters during India’s tour of Australia in 2018-19. While his team were at
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12:57 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Rafael Nadal was coming off a really late night, and was determined to finish work before midnight on the eve of the inaugural ATP Cup final against Serbia. After more than 20 tight games against 20-year-old Alex De Minaur‘s relentless attack, Nadal converted his first service break to
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10:18 AM ET With cornerbacks Mackensie Alexander and Mike Hughes on injured reserve, the Minnesota Vikings worked out Terence Newman, their former nickel/cornerback coach and player, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Field Yates on Saturday. The 41-year-old Newman worked out for the team this week, and the Vikings considered signing him before promoting
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12:57 AM ET Karolina Pliskova will chase a third Brisbane International title in four years after saving a match point in a titanic semi-final victory over Naomi Osaka. The pair served mightily in a high-quality contest, won 6-7 (10-12) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 by world No.2 Pliskova. The Czech will play Madison Keys for a chance
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3:42 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After erasing a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, Kawhi Leonard drove left around Glenn Robinson III and put the punctuation on his big night with his second monster dunk of the game as Omari Spellman thought about challenging before floating away from harm. The LA Clippers had four days off between
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2:09 AM ET The UFC is targeting a bantamweight matchup between Aspen Ladd and Julianna Pena on March 28 in Columbus, Ohio, sources said. Contracts have not been signed, but the promotion is working on finalizing the 135-pound contest. The fight will take place at UFC Fight Night inside Nationwide Arena and air on ESPN.
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12:08 AM ET ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Claressa Shields, who has already unified two women’s world titles at super middleweight and then collected all four major belts to become the undisputed middleweight champion, made history on Friday night at the Ocean Casino Resort. Shields, moving down in weight yet again, thoroughly dominated Ivana Habazin en
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