Month: June 2020

1:27 AM BST ESPN staff Outgoing Wallabies selector Michael O’Connor has lifted the lid on Australia’s failed Rugby World Cup campaign, revealing how Michael Cheika’s virtual autocracy and a “secret” game plan never sat well with a playing group that made countless errors at training. O’Connor is no longer employed by Rugby Australia, his role
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1:02 AM ET Alabama landed its third ESPN 300 commitment in June on Tuesday when wide receiver Christian Leary announced his decision for the Tide. Leary is a 5-foot-9, 180-pound receiver out of Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida, who chose Alabama over Auburn, Florida, Ohio State, Oklahoma and West Virginia. He’s the No. 74
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5:57 PM ET Lionel Messi moved closer to a career milestone in Barcelona’s win over Leganes. Alex Caparros/Getty Images Lionel Messi scored his 699th career goal as Barcelona extended their lead atop the La Liga table with a 2-0 victory over Leganes on Tuesday. The win gives the Blaugrana 64 points from 29 matches, five points
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12:04 AM ET Steve KimESPN Michael Plania scored a major upset by defeating Joshua Greer Jr. in the main event of Tuesday night’s Top Rank Boxing card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Plania, a +275 underdog, scored two knockdowns and defeated the WBO’s No. 1 ranked bantamweight by majority decision (96-92,
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10:41 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The arena for Seattle’s expansion NHL team is behind schedule by a couple of months but is still expected to open in plenty of time for the team to begin play in the 2021-22 NHL season. Team president Tod Leiweke said there have been issues related to the
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4:56 PM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley — a co-leader of a players coalition with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving
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2:42 PM ET New York Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas was arrested and jailed for misdemeanor hit-and-run and driving on a suspended license, according to a California Highway Patrol incident report. Alcohol impairment is believed to be a factor in the crash. Rosas was driving a black Chevrolet SUV at around 8:25 a.m. local time Tuesday
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