Month: March 2022

6:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — If the next All-Star Game in Major League Baseball goes deep into the night, a slugger may get a chance to decide it by going deep — in a Home Run Derby. That’s right, say going, going, goodbye to extra innings in the Midsummer Classic. Instead, bring
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Mar 8, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Rolando Romero will get his shot at Gervonta Davis after all. The fighters agreed to a deal for a May 28 lightweight fight on Showtime PPV at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, sources said “Tank” Davis and Romero were set to fight on Dec. 5 in Los Angeles, but Romero was
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8:05 PM ET Alabama opened spring practice Friday afternoon without a key offensive lineman and receiver because of injuries, but coach Nick Saban was nonetheless optimistic about the team and its additions. The Crimson Tide, who won the SEC but lost to Georgia in the national championship game, will be without center Darrian Dalcourt and
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6:47 PM ET Paige VanZant just signed a professional wrestling contract to go along with her deal with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). But she has not closed any kind of doors on mixed martial arts, where she first made her name. VanZant told ESPN on Friday that she still plans to continue her MMA
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Mar 10, 2022 The UFC is targeting a middleweight matchup between former champion Robert Whittaker and Marvin Vettori in June, officials told ESPN on Thursday. Contracts have not been signed, but the bout is close to being finalized for a UFC 275 pay-per-view on June 11. A location for the card has yet to be
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6:03 PM ET Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a one-year contract, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday, keeping the future Hall of Fame pitcher with the only organization he has ever known. Kershaw, a three-time Cy Young Award winner and eight-time All-Star, has accumulated 185 wins in 14
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6:13 PM ET Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Military Academy and fire-rescue officials said Friday that at least two of the school’s cadets, including a football player, were involved in a situation in which six people overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine at a Florida vacation home during spring break. Two of the six
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