Month: February 2022

11:20 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES — Second-seeded and home crowd favorite Diego Schwartzman defeated Spain’s Jaume Munar 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Argentina Open. Schwartzman will face Francisco Cerundolo, the Argentinian compatriot he beat to win last year’s title in Buenos Aires. Schwartzman, ranked the 15th-best
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10:56 PM ET The UFC’s first Fight Night card on the road since 2020 has its new main event. Curtis Blaydes will meet Chris Daukaus in the heavyweight contender headliner of UFC Columbus on March 26 in Ohio, sources confirmed Thursday with ESPN. MMA journalist Ariel Helwani was the first to report the news. ESPN
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9:35 PM ET FORTH WORTH, Texas — The medical examiner who did the autopsy on Tyler Skaggs in 2019 — and ruled his death accidental — testified Thursday that he could not say for certain that the dangerous opioid fentanyl is what killed the 27-year-old pitcher. But Dr. Marc Krouse also said that fentanyl made
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10:23 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sahith Theegala crashed golf’s biggest party. Playing in the last group off the 10th tee Thursday in his first WM Phoenix Open start, Theegala was 7 under with two holes left when the round was suspended because of darkness. K.H. Lee was second after a 6-under 65.
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11:34 AM ET Dave Tippett has been fired as Edmonton Oilers coach, a source confirmed to ESPN. Jay Woodcroft, coach of the Oilers’ American Hockey League affiliate Bakersfield Condors, has been promoted to work behind Edmonton’s bench. The shakeup came Thursday, following back-to-back losses against Vegas and Chicago by a combined score of 8-1. Tippett
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Feb 9, 2022 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule is adding significant NFL experience to his defensive staff in new pass game coordinator secondary coach Steve Wilks, who was with the organization for six years under Ron Rivera. The team agreed to terms with Wilks, a Charlotte native, on Wednesday. Wilks also interviewed
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5:49 PM ET Adam Brown Arsenal earned three vital points in the race for Champions League football on Thursday night as they secured a 1-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux. Mikel Arteta’s side broke the deadlock after 25 minutes as Gabriel Magalhaes reacted first to Alexandre Lacazette‘s flick on inside the penalty box after Ben
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5:00 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes are going to college as they wait on a potential new arena in Tempe. The Coyotes announced on Thursday that they’ve reached an agreement with Arizona State University to play at the Sun Devils’ new multipurpose arena beginning in the 2022-23 season. The team said it will play all
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