Month: February 2020

4:28 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports has agreed to a five-year extension with primary sponsor Axalta through the 2027 season. Axalta will be a primary sponsor of the No. 24 team with driver William Byron for 14 Cup Series races each year beginning in 2021. Axalta is a primary sponsor of
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4:12 PM ET UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko believes a third fight against Amanda Nunes will happen at some point, but she’s enjoying her reign in the 125-pound division and sees Joanne Calderwood as her likely next opponent. “[Calderwood] makes sense,” Shevchenko said Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “She’s closer for the next
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3:53 PM ET Artis Mack, the older brother of undisputed women’s middleweight and unified junior middleweight world champion Claressa Shields, reached a plea deal on Monday in the shocking weigh-in attack on James Ali Bashir, the trainer of a Shields’ opponent. Mack, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor aggravated assault in the 67th
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3:19 PM ET Dominick Reyes got a chance to talk very briefly with Jon Jones inside the Octagon after their hard-fought UFC light heavyweight title fight last Saturday night. Reyes pushed Jones to the brink, but Jones, the longtime champion, held on for an extremely close unanimous decision win (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) in the main
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3:21 PM GMT Glasgow Warriors lock Jonny Gray has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations due to a hand injury. Gray, 25, has featured in both of Scotland’s championship defeats this campaign including their 13-6 loss to England on Saturday. – ESPN Fantasy Rugby is back! Click here to pick your
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10:27 AM GMT England coach Eddie Jones has said it would be a mistake to increase the number of teams in the Six Nations. Reports emerged last week suggesting South Africa could join the competition in 2023 to create a Seven Nations, though New Zealand Rugby (NZR) Chief Executive Mark Robinson has since said an
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