Month: January 2022

6:34 PM ET Another undisputed title fight is coming to women’s boxing. Matchroom Boxing announced on Wednesday it has signed both WBC and WBO super middleweight champion Franchòn Crews-Dezurn and IBF and WBA champion Elin Cederroos to contracts and will have them fight for the undisputed title this spring. “I’ve been ready for this fight
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6:13 PM ET Two long-standing championship rivalries will be settled at UFC 272 in March, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will meet Max Holloway in a highly anticipated trilogy bout, while bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will look to unify his title against interim champ Petr Yan. Contracts have
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4:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Belmont Stakes is moving to Fox Sports as part of an eight-year deal beginning in 2023. The deal announced Wednesday between Fox and the New York Racing Association includes NYRA Bets as the title sponsor of the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown series. NYRA
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Jan 3, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO — Quin Snyder endorsed Draymond Green for MVP consideration, and the appreciative Golden State Warriors forward agreed with the Utah Jazz coach about the way he impacts winning. Green, who was cleared from the NBA’s health and safety protocols and returned to play Monday night in a 115-108 win over
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Jan 4, 2022 Cincinnati Bearcats cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner will skip his final year of eligibility and enter the 2022 NFL draft, he announced Tuesday. Gardner, a consensus All-American, was a unanimous choice as the AAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 as one of the top cover cornerbacks in the country. “I will
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1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in exchange for forward Alex Nylander. Lafferty is slated to join the slumping Blackhawks in Arizona. The 26-year-old Lafferty, who is signed through this season with a $750,000 salary-cap hit, has no
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11:10 AM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals running back Joe Mixon tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play in Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Bengals also will be without starting quarterback Joe Burrow, who will sit out to rest his “sore” right knee and injured right pinkie
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4:54 AM ET Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia — With his medical exemption approved, Novak Djokovic may have some explaining to do when he gets to Melbourne to defend his Australian Open title. The exemption allows the top-ranked Djokovic entry to the tournament regardless of his vaccination status for COVID-19, a subject he has declined to
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