Month: July 2021

3:09 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday neither he nor his players are in favor of an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, but he also knows that change is inevitably coming to the format. In his first news conference since the CFP board of managers authorized commissioners to move forward
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3:48 PM ET Reigning Giro d’Italia champion Egan Bernal is the latest rider to pay tribute to Julian Gomez, a 13-year-old cycling fan who was killed in a road traffic collision in Colombia at the weekend. Gomez made the news in 2019 when an image circulated of him crying as Bernal became the first Colombian
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7:55 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are set to seek a solution to their interest in Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane before turning their attention to other targets to ensure they stay within their budget for the summer transfer window, sources have told ESPN. United have been encouraged that a deal for Varane is
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Jul 18, 2021 Associated Press NEW YORK — The fan who hit Boston Red Sox left fielder Alex Verdugo with a baseball thrown from the Yankee Stadium stands has been banned for life from attending major league games. The decision was confirmed Sunday by spokesmen for both the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball.
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9:44 AM ET Tudor Somacescu, one of Europe’s most promising prospects, is signing with Overtime Elite, the league told ESPN on Tuesday. Somacescu is the 12th player to sign with Overtime Elite, bringing it halfway to it stated goal of 24 players for the upstart league’s inaugural season. The Romanian-born Somacescu, who turned 16 last
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11:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Anthony Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk in front of what is hoped will be a
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1:43 PM BST South Africa captain Siya Kolisi and winger Makazole Mapimpi have been named in the starting line-up for the first test against the British & Irish Lions after recovering from COVID-19. Kolisi, Mapimpi and prop Ox Nche were the last group of players to report for duty at the Springbok camp in Cape
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