Month: November 2021

8:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez could chase a title in a fifth weight class. At the WBC Convention on Wednesday in Mexico City, the organization approved the request of Canelo’s trainer and manager, Eddy Reynoso, to have Alvarez challenge Ilunga Junior Makabu for the cruiserweight championship. Alvarez, ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer, became
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3:45 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Deron Williams’ phone was flooded with calls and notifications once his boxing match against former NFL running back Frank Gore was announced last week. Among the first to reach out was Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul. Williams once challenged Paul for the label as the NBA’s top point guard
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7:07 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Fire up the hot dog cannon! The Phillie Phanatic is back in Philadelphia. Not that the mascot largely — large as in that green, furry, bulbous belly — ever really went anywhere. A legal dispute between the Philadelphia Phillies and the mascot’s creator forced the team to give
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6:40 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton is practicing with his teammates again and expects to play Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers after missing eight games due to a positive COVID-19 test. “I’ve been working out the last couple of days here while guys were on the road,” Middleton
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5:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Miami athletic director Blake James is out with the school, two days after the Hurricanes’ football team lost at Florida State. The school, which described James’ departure as a mutual agreement to part ways, said in a statement that a national search for the next AD would begin immediately.
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2:21 PM ET It appears Nick Kyrgios doesn’t want the 2022 Australian Open canceled after all. Kyrgios caused a stir on Tuesday after declaring the biggest event on the annual Australian sporting calendar shouldn’t proceed in January if it meant forcing competitors into being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “I don’t think the Oz Open should
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5:13 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh, responding to sharp criticism from one of his predecessors, fired back Monday at former Jets coach and current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan. Ryan ripped Saleh in a morning interview on ESPN Radio’s DiPietro & Rothenberg, questioning his coaching ability and saying he’s
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1:46 PM ET Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former minor league coach in the Pittsburgh Penguins system who also had a brief NHL playing career has been indicted on multiple sexual assault charges in Rhode Island, the state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday. Clark Donatelli, 55, of South Kingstown was indicted by a grand
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