Month: January 2022

1:46 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Sergey Kovalev and Meng Fanlong are finalizing a 185-pound catchweight fight on March 12 in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The Triller Fight Club headliner will be Kovalev’s first bout since November 2019, when Canelo Alvarez brutally knocked him out to capture a light heavyweight title. Kovalev, a
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Jan 19, 2022 The Denver Nuggets have acquired San Antonio Spurs guard Bryn Forbes in a three-way deal with the Boston Celtics, the teams announced Wednesday. The Nuggets sent Bol Bol and P.J. Dozier to the Celtics, and the Spurs acquired Boston forward Juancho Hernangomez and Denver’s 2028 second-round pick. The second-round pick going from
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9:25 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — No. 3 Garbine Muguruza became the highest-seeded player to lose a match at this year’s Australian Open, getting bounced in the second round by Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday. Muguruza is a two-time Grand Slam champion and was the runner-up at Melbourne Park in 2020, but
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Jan 18, 2022 USC is adding wide receiver Brenden Rice, a transfer from Colorado and the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice. Brenden Rice, who made the announcement on Twitter, recorded 21 receptions for 299 yards and three touchdowns for Colorado last season. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound player entered the transfer
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7:24 PM ET A woman who fell to her death at Petco Park while holding her toddler son last September died by suicide, according to a statement Wednesday from the San Diego Police Department. Authorities ruled her 2-year-old son’s death a homicide. San Diego residents Raquel Wilkins, 40, and her son, Denzel Browning-Wilkins, fell around
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7:20 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Promoter Kalle Sauerland announced last week that Tony Yoka accepted an IBF heavyweight title eliminator with Filip Hrgovic, a rematch of the 2016 Olympic super heavyweight semifinal, but the fight is now in jeopardy due to a contract dispute. Yoka, an Olympic gold medalist, signed to fight Martin Bakole on
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6:32 PM ET Associated Press CONCACAF will institute video review during the final two rounds of World Cup qualifying starting next week. The governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean was criticized by U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter in September for its lack of Video Assistant Referees. “That’s where the modern
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News Analysis Getting the show on the road itself will count as an achievement considering the Covid-affected build-up to the marquee series Covid. Schedule changes. Dodgy nets. Postponed matches. Injuries. Fear of missing the World Cup. To say the preparations for Australia and England ahead of the women’s Ashes have had their challenges would be
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