Month: July 2020

4:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom still plans to pitch on Opening Day, although New York Mets manager Luis Rojas didn’t sound so sure that will happen. The two-time Cy Young Award winner said he felt good Thursday, two days after leaving an intrasquad game early because of back tightness. A
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2:30 PM ET The transformation of Bryson DeChambeau is not a new topic. In fact, it’s been the topic since golf returned last month. He’s bigger. He’s stronger. He’s swinging faster. The ball is traveling otherworldly distances. But sometimes you need to hear the numbers and see it happen to really have it set in.
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3:53 PM ET The NCAA Sport Science Institute on Thursday released extended guidelines to help schools continue to navigate a return to fall sports in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, including testing and results within 72 hours of competition in “high contact risk sports,” but NCAA president Mark Emmert conceded the virus is trending
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11:06 AM ET Joseph Benavidez is one of the best fighters in UFC history to have never won a championship. Benavidez, who fights Deiveson Figueiredo for the vacant men’s flyweight title at UFC Fight Night on Saturday on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is 15-4 inside the Octagon. Three of those losses
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12:49 PM ET Washington’s NFL team has hired D.C. attorney Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh LLP to review the organization’s protocols, including its culture, policies and allegations of workplace misconduct, Wilkinson confirmed in a statement on Thursday. Wilkinson has represented the NFL in a lawsuit challenging the league’s Sunday Ticket Package and has also successfully
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3:49 AM BST ESPN staff A group of South African rugby coaches and former players have expressed their support for international cricketer Lungi Ngidi and the Black Lives Matter movement. The 49-member group — which includes former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers and players Ashwin Willemse, Hilton Lobberts and Adrian Jacobs — offered public backing
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1:53 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Ian Mitchell will have to wait until next season to join the Chicago Blackhawks. The 21-year-old Mitchell, one of the organization’s top prospects, agreed to a three-year contract in April. But there was some question about when the defenseman’s entry-level deal might begin. Mitchell is ineligible for the
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