Month: February 2020

2:30 PM ET For the second straight year, Tiger Woods is skipping the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a tournament he has won eight times. “He is not going to play,” Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, said in a text to ESPN. “Back still stiff and just not quite ready.” Woods opted to skip the WGC-Mexico Championship last
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2:30 PM ET Leaping off this week’s Waiver Watch, here’s a roundup of several other late-season fantasy performers, now that the trade deadline dust is starting to settle. Some of whom are connected to deals made before 3pm ET Monday, others not at all. All largely available, as per usual. Dylan Strome, C, Chicago Blackhawks
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1:55 PM ET World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out of the Qatar Total Open on Friday after she suffered a narrow 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova in the semifinals in Doha. Kvitova, 29, will face Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in the final on Saturday after she defeated Russia’s Svetlana
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1:44 PM ET A political misunderstanding over Garth Brooks wearing a Barry Sanders No. 20 jersey in Detroit drew a strong reaction on social media, including one from the Hall of Fame running back. Last weekend, Brooks posted a photo on Instagram of the Sanders jersey prior to his concert in Detroit. The confusion began
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1:15 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Finalizing a deal for the fight between unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev to meet this summer is down to the sides agreeing on “silly things,” Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN. Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, and Pulev co-promoters Top Rank and Epic Sports
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11:19 AM ET NORFOLK, Virginia — The UFC was set to usher in a new era of its flyweight division in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event. Now, only one of the participants is even eligible to win the title. Brazilian flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo (17-1) weighed-in at 127.5 pounds on Friday, two pounds over the
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