Month: April 2022

Apr 9, 2022 MELBOURNE, Australia — Fernando Alonso believes Alpine had a genuine chance of securing pole position at the Australian Grand Prix. If not, he says “top two or top three was guaranteed.” The Spaniard suffered a suspected hydraulics issue midway through the final phase of qualifying. It prevented him from dropping a gear
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4:46 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Daniel Ricciardo has hailed McLaren’s double points finish at the Australian Grand Prix a “mega result” and says he will now “rehydrate with a couple of beers” before leaving Melbourne. The home favourite finished sixth at Albert Park, one place behind teammate Lando Norris. It’s the first time since
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2:10 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Khamzat Chimaev stole the show, as expected, at UFC 273 on Saturday night with a unanimous-decision win over Gilbert Burns in what Dana White called one of the greatest fights he’s ever seen. Featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski put on a show of his own with a fourth-round stoppage of
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2:13 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN They call him “The Towering Inferno,” a 6-foot-6, 154-pound boxer who can throw punches from seemingly all angles. Sebastian Fundora had dazzled with his height for the junior middleweight division to earn the No. 5 spot in ESPN’s ranking, but he had never been truly tested before the fight Saturday
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11:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Alexandra Irving, an online producer for the San Francisco Chronicle and former softball catcher for more than a decade, was part of baseball history Friday night. Irving made her debut as an official scorer during the season opener between the Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants, the fourth woman
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1:21 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia has gone the 12-round distance for the first time in his career, in scoring a unanimous-decision victory over Emmanuel Tagoe on Saturday in San Antonio. The 23-year-old rising star remained undefeated via scores of 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109. Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) scored a flash knockdown of Tagoe
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Apr 8, 2022 ESPN News Services Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Evan Mobley returned in Friday’s 118-107 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Mobley missed the previous five games with a sprained left ankle and the Cavaliers lost four of them without their big man. Mobley is a leading contender for Rookie of the Year and tops all
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