Month: February 2020

3:30 PM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline has now passed, and the NBA saw marquee players switch teams ahead of the 3 p.m. ET cutoff. Players took to social media to share their reactions on being moved, along with others who commented on the flurry of activity across the league. Some of the leagues’
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3:27 PM ET Former unified junior featherweight world titleholder Daniel Roman is seeking an immediate rematch with Murodjon Akhmadaliev after his tight loss last week. Roman faced mandatory challenger Akhmadaliev on Jan. 30 on the Demetrius Andrade-Luke Keeler card at the Meridian at Island Gardens in Miami and lost an action-packed split decision and his
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3:33 PM ET Before the four-bout Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury rematch pay-per-view on Feb. 22 (ESPN-Fox PPV, 9 p.m. ET) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, a pair of preliminary bouts will take center stage on a pre-PPV telecast. Unbeaten junior welterweight Subriel Matias will square off with Petros Ananyan, and welterweight Amir
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Feb 4, 2020 Editor’s note: This story was originally published on March 28, 2018. Mark DeLuca was just a wide-eyed 3-year-old when his father took him to a local boxing program in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Asked if he understood what boxing was about at such a young age, his answer rang true. “I don’t understand boxing
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Feb 5, 2020 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show After a difficult few years, Kell Brook is feeling revived and is targeting a rematch with WBC-IBF world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. if
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1:46 PM ET On Wednesday, Detraveon Brown, a wide receiver from Shreveport, Louisiana, pulled an Ole Miss hat out of a bag under the table during a ceremony at Northwood High School and announced he was signing with the school. “They are the SEC and they’re a big-time athletic program,” Brown told The Shreveport Times
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1:15 PM GMT Scotland have made one change to their starting lineup for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England at Murrayfield, with Magnus Bradbury coming in at back-row after recovering from a thigh injury. Nick Haining, who made his debut in place of Bradbury in last weekend’s defeat by Ireland, has dropped to the bench.
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