Month: October 2020

8:15 AM ET In the first collegiate game of their careers against Wake Forest, Clemson true freshmen defensive linemen Bryan Bresee and Myles Murphy were admittedly nervous. Excited, but nervous. They weren’t five-star high school prospects who could overpower their opponents with pure strength anymore. They were playing for Clemson, a school that only two
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12:47 AM ET Steve KimESPN Emanuel Navarrete defeated Ruben Villa by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO featherweight title Friday night at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Navarrete, a former junior featherweight world titlist, was able to win the fight on the strength of two knockdowns — in the first and
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4:39 PM ET Unable to reach an agreement to stay the starter in Vancouver, goaltender Jacob Markstrom quickly made a deal with the Calgary Flames for six years and $36 million, the team announced Friday. After serving primarily as a backup for most of his career, Markstrom has developed into a quality front-line netminder since
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3:04 PM ET Georges St-Pierre is leaving the door slightly open for a return to UFC — and Khabib Nurmagomedov would be the only opponent he’d consider. The UFC legend told ESPN on Wednesday that he has “mixed feelings” about an Octagon comeback but would not completely rule it out. If it does happen, St-Pierre
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9:27 AM ET There were no weight-cutting issues for a pair of top bantamweights. Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen both successfully made weight at 136 pounds Friday morning for their UFC Fight Night headliner. The two will meet Saturday in the main event of the card on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi on ESPN+ (main
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3:31 PM ET Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk is joining the Anaheim Ducks on a three-year contract, according to multiple reports. Shattenkirk won a Stanley Cup title with the Tampa Bay Lightning last season after joining the team on a one-year, $1.75 million contract, saying he had a “huge chip on my shoulder” after being bought out
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9:55 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Patrick Cantlay has played the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open so well that he wasn’t the least bit concerned when he was stuck in neutral Friday. Four straight birdies later, he was right up at the top again. Cantlay ran off four straight birdies at the midway
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9:04 PM ET Klara Spilkova won’t be around for the weekend of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, missing the cut by 1 shot after a rare 2-stroke penalty was assessed for slow play. While players are put on the clock often in professional golf — with the threat of a penalty if they don’t pick
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