Month: July 2021

1:10 PM ET The boxing match between Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley has a location. Paul, the YouTube-star-turned-prizefighter, will fight Woodley in Paul’s hometown of Cleveland on Aug. 29, it was announced Monday. The venue will be Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Woodley is the former UFC welterweight champion and represents the toughest challenge yet in the
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12:16 PM ET SANDWICH, England — Bryson DeChambeau apologized several times for not addressing his caddie situation two weeks ago at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, saying there were extenuating circumstances that caused him to skip media queries following the first and second rounds of the tournament in Detroit, where he missed the cut. But DeChambeau
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8:21 AM ET Pierre McGuire has gone from “Inside the Glass” to inside the Ottawa Senators‘ front office. The Senators announced early Monday that McGuire, 59, has been hired as a senior vice president of player development. The former NBC hockey analyst, whose run with the network ended this month after 15 years, will work
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11:08 AM ET SANDWICH, England — A potential disaster at The Open was avoided when Zach Johnson’s positive COVID-19 test came back prior to him boarding a charter flight with players, managers and caddies bound for England at this week’s tournament at Royal St. George’s. Johnson, 45, a two-time major championship winner including the 2015
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Jul 10, 2021 LAS VEGAS — Team USA suffered a stunning and sobering defeat in its first exhibition game before the Olympics, getting outplayed by Nigeria in a 90-87 loss Saturday night. Coming into the game the Americans had been 54-2 in exhibition games since professionals started playing in 1992, and just nine years ago
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10:25 AM ET ESPN News Services LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Arkansas defensive lineman Jake Bequette on Monday announced he’s challenging Arkansas Sen. John Boozman in next year’s Republican primary. Bequette, an Army veteran who also played eight games in the NFL with the New England Patriots after they selected him in the third round
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8:38 AM ET The lawyer for linebacker Barkevious Mingo has chastised the Atlanta Falcons for releasing the veteran after he was charged with indecency with a child-sexual contact. “We are extremely disappointed in the Atlanta Falcons’ rush to judgment in terminating Barkevious Mingo’s contract before gathering all of the relevant facts and prior to my
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