Month: June 2020

3:14 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kim Pegula is staying on as Buffalo Sabres president with a continued focus on making the small-market franchise economically sustainable, while in the face of criticism the team has been mismanaged under her leadership. The team’s co-owner told The Associated Press in a recent interview she believes
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2:16 AM ET UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski has promised to send a message to the critics in his title rematch with Max Holloway, guaranteeing he will put him away inside five rounds when they face off on Fight Island. Volkanovski, 31, is back into full training at his Freestyle Fighting Gym in Australia having
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11:16 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. cruised down the stretch and won his first NASCAR Cup race of the season on Wednesday night in the first race under the lights at Martinsville Speedway. Truex, the 2017 Cup champion, has been one of NASCAR’s biggest winners over the last three years,
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11:38 PM ET Bryson and Blaine Green, twin brothers who are both in the 2021 ESPN 300 recruiting rankings, committed to Oklahoma State on Wednesday, they announced on social media. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound receivers from Allen High School in Allen, Texas, had matching offers from Auburn, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Mississippi State and Nebraska, among
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11:34 PM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Harry Glickman, the founder of the Portland Trail Blazers and general manager of the franchise’s only NBA title-winning team in 1977, died Wednesday. He was 96. The team announced Glickman’s death. No cause was given. The father of professional sports in Oregon, a true Trail Blazer.
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6:36 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — New Colts starting quarterback Philip Rivers knew about the criticism from his struggles at times during the 2019 season while with the Los Angeles Chargers. He didn’t go seek out everything that was said about him because he knows negativity comes with the job at times. But as he points
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10:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Two Texas football players have tested positive for coronavirus this week and a third tested positive for the COVID-19 antibody, the university said Wednesday night. Texas brought in 58 players this week to the campus that is otherwise closed to students. One of them presented symptoms during pre-screening and
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10:43 PM ET Johnny Boychuk, who suffered a gruesome-looking eye injury just days before the NHL season was paused in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, told Newsday on Wednesday that he’s fully recovered and will be ready to play if action resumes. The veteran defenseman needed 90 stitches to repair a cut above his
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