Month: January 2021

6:30 AM ET Conor McGregor laid on the mat of the UFC Octagon looking toward the ceiling, his hands clasped behind his head. It was March 5, 2016, and McGregor’s chest was heaving with deep breath after deep breath. The mixed martial arts superstar had just suffered his first UFC loss, a second-round submission defeat
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11:50 AM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers are planning to trade or waive 2019 first-round pick Kevin Porter Jr., sources confirmed to ESPN. Porter hasn’t played and has largely been away from the team this season for what has been termed personal reasons. He was working his way back and attended his first game Friday night
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9:25 PM ET Associated Press Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has ruled out any change in the best-of-five set format for men’s singles matches at the season-opening tennis major as three more COVID-19 cases were reported among the international arrivals for the tournament. There are 72 players now in hard quarantine and unable to
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3:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum‘s sprained left foot will be reevaluated in a week, coach Terry Stotts said Monday. McCollum left the Blazers’ 112-106 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday at halftime because of the injury. Stotts said after the game that X-rays ruled out a
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10:49 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Roberto Bautista Agut, the No. 13-ranked men’s tennis player, criticized the Victorian government’s handling of the Australian Open quarantine protocol in an interview Monday, comparing the experience to prison. “It’s the same, it’s the same, but with Wi-Fi,” he said to Israeli television channel Sport 5 when told his Melbourne
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10:12 PM ET Right-hander Tyler Chatwood has agreed to a one-year, $3 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, a source told ESPN on Monday. The deal is pending a physical. Chatwood never reached his full potential as a member of the Chicago Cubs after a disastrous first season with them in 2018. He had
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10:32 PM ET Paul Varelans, a well-known name from the UFC’s early days, died Saturday after a battle with COVID-19, his live-in girlfriend, Kim Watson, confirmed to ESPN on Monday. He was 51 years old. Varelans was admitted in December to Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta with coronavirus and was subsequently put into a
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