Month: November 2020

1:34 PM ET Petr Yan has been forced to withdraw from his bantamweight title defense against Aljamain Sterling at UFC 256 on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas for undisclosed reasons, sources confirmed to ESPN following reports out of Yan’s native Russia. Yan is not injured, sources said, but no date for rescheduling the fight has
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2:13 PM ET Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate
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6:20 PM ET Free-agent guard Austin Rivers has agreed to a three-year, $10 million deal with the New York Knicks, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. After four years with the LA Clippers, Rivers spent short stints on the Wizards and Suns before finding a home with the Houston Rockets, who signed him off waivers
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3:30 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Jed Hoyer has a new contract to go with his new position with the Chicago Cubs. The team announced Monday it had agreed to a five-year deal with Hoyer that runs through the 2025 season. The 46-year-old Hoyer was promoted to president of baseball operations when Theo
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1:37 PM ET Florida junior Kyle Pitts, the nation’s top tight end, will return to play against Kentucky on Saturday after missing the past two games recovering from nasal surgery, coach Dan Mullen said. “We’re excited about that,” Mullen told reporters on Monday. Pitts sustained the hit, which prompted surgery and also resulted in a
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12:01 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks hired U.S. women’s national team captain Kendall Coyne Schofield as a player development coach and promoted Meghan Hunter, previously general manager Stan Bowman’s executive assistant, to director of hockey administration and amateur scout, the team announced on Monday. The news comes 10 days after Kim Ng was named general
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11:40 AM GMT England head coach Eddie Jones has said he met with Liverpool’s director of research Ian Graham to get some insight into the transitional play of the Premier League champions, and it played a role in Jonny May’s sensational try against Ireland. May’s score helped England to an 18-7 Autumn Nations Cup win
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