Month: April 2021

12:08 PM ET ESPN News Services The Milwaukee Brewers will be without a pair of outfielders as they look to win their three-game home series with the Chicago Cubs, as Lorenzo Cain has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left quad and Christian Yelich is out for the third straight game
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3:56 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace is partnering with Novant Health to address the hesitancy to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Wallace, the only Black driver in NASCAR, received his COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at his race team’s shop in North Carolina. He says it’s important to learn about the vaccine and for
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12:46 PM ET Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel will miss the remainder of the season due to a herniated disc in his neck. The team made the announcement Wednesday, adding that Eichel is “expected to be healthy and ready to play at the beginning of the 2021-22 season.” It’s been a brutal season in Buffalo.
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11:04 AM ET The PGA Tour is putting a retail sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale, one of golf’s most raucous environments. The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that DraftKings will operate the first-of-its-kind sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale and become the exclusive sports betting partner of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Three locations at TPC Scottsdale are being
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11:21 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has a date and an opponent for her mixed martial arts debut with the Professional Fighters League. Shields will fight Brittney Elkin on June 10, the PFL announced Wednesday (TV: 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+; 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2). The
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10:43 AM ET UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will seek his second title defense against Glover Teixeira in September, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The 205-pound title fight will take place on a UFC 266 pay-per-view event on Sept. 4. UFC has not announced an official venue for the event. Blachowicz (28-8) is
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9:44 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — – Novak Djokovic produced a clinical 6-4, 6-2 win over up-and-coming Jannik Sinner at the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday, making a successful return to clay. Facing a stern test in his first competitive match since his record-extending ninth win at the Australian Open, the two-time Monte Carlo
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