Month: February 2020

10:50 PM ET Jared Cannonier‘s hopes for a middleweight title shot in 2020 are on hold. The UFC contender suffered a torn left pectoral muscle earlier this month and had successful surgery to repair it on Tuesday, his manager, Lou DiBono of First Round Management, told ESPN. Cannonier announced the injury last week on social
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9:44 PM ET Associated Press The Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants are pushing ahead with pay raises for minor league players this season, days after Major League Baseball mandated salary bumps beginning in 2021. Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer and Giants baseball executive Farhan Zaidi confirmed the wage hikes Tuesday. MLB informed teams on
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9:33 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — American Jack Sock earned his second tour-level victory since the start of 2019 by overcoming a match point to beat defending champion Radu Albot 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Tuesday night in the first round at the Delray Beach Open. Sock missed much of last year with
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9:08 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Jason Witten wants to play another season but acknowledged it might have to be with a franchise other than the Dallas Cowboys. “I think I have to be,” Witten said when asked if he’s open to playing elsewhere. “Obviously I’d love to finish it out here, but some of
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7:26 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred apologizing Tuesday for describing the World Series trophy as “a piece of metal” during an on-camera interview with ESPN, a description that drew pointed criticism from Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner and Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester. Manfred said he
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8:05 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Dominic Thiem won his first match since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final, advancing to the second round of the Rio Open on Tuesday. The top-seeded Thiem outlasted Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves for a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 victory. It looked as though Thiem
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7:53 PM ET Steve KimESPN Middleweight world titleholder Gennadiy Golovkin has suffered a right calf injury that is likely to once again push back his mandatory defense against Kamil Szeremeta, sources told ESPN. Golovkin and his team have filed for an extension with the IBF, and the fight now will likely take place in May
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6:01 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James on Tuesday became the latest voice to weigh in on the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal and Rob Manfred’s handling of the situation, urging the baseball commissioner to “fix this for the sake of sports.” “Listen I know I don’t play baseball but I am in Sports
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