Month: January 2020

4:44 PM ET Alexander Zverev has crumbled at the hands of Alex de Minaur to secure Australia victory in their ATP Cup opener in Brisbane. World No.18 de Minaur showed trademark grit to hang with Germany’s world No.7 in the early stages, before swamping him in a 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 win. It followed a
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4:14 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers say forward Larry Nance Jr. will miss 1-2 weeks due to left knee soreness. Nance missed Cleveland’s win against Atlanta on Dec. 23, due to the knee, but had played in the Cavs’ four games since. The team said he underwent further testing on Friday and now will undergo
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3:33 PM ET Fresh off winning a flyweight world title in action-packed fashion, Julio Cesar Martinez will be back in the ring quickly to defend his belt for the first time Feb. 29. Martinez will square off with European champion Jay Harris on the undercard of the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas welterweight fight that headlines the
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3:25 PM ET Former Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery is entering rehab for alcohol abuse, he said in a statement on Friday. Montgomery, who was abruptly fired on Dec. 10 due to “unprofessional conduct,” called his dismissal a “wake-up call.” “It was also the appropriate call,” Montgomery said. “I let the team’s front office, staff
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1:52 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder/pitcher Oscar Colás, one of the best baseball talents to emerge from Cuba in recent years, has left the island and intends to sign a contract with a major league team, sources
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1:05 PM ET While featherweight world titleholders Shakur Stevenson and Josh Warrington are on an apparent collision course to unify their belts in the spring, Stevenson could fight once more before that fight, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN on Friday. Arum, Stevenson’s promoter, and Frank Warren, who represents Warrington, are close to a
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8:00 AM GMT England 262 for 9 (Pope 56*) v South Africa There is no precise antonym for the word “ruthless”: like “nonplussed”, “disgruntled” and “underwhelmed”, it is considered by linguistics scholars to be an unpaired adjective due to the lack of a word with a perfectly opposite meaning. But if academics can find a
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9:02 AM ET Free-agent running back Mark Walton is facing a second accusation of domestic violence, with the woman’s attorney saying police have yet to interview her regarding the alleged March attack. In March, Walton allegedly punched the woman multiple times while they were driving through Miami Gardens and allegedly dragged her by the foot
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9:01 AM ET A new year means a new Formula One season is on the horizon. The first campaign of the 2020s could be one of the closest in recent memory — here’s a list of things we want to see. Someone makes Lewis work for No. 7 Lewis Hamilton has been sublime in recent
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