Month: November 2022

9:10 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Former top-10 professional tennis player Fernando Verdasco accepted a voluntary provisional doping suspension of two months after testing positive for a medication for ADHD, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Wednesday. Verdasco, who turned 39 this month, said he was taking methylphenidate as medication prescribed by his doctor
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1:46 PM ET Northwestern has fired defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil and two other assistants following a 1-11 season that marked its worst since 1989, the school announced Tuesday. Longtime defensive line coach Marty Long and wide receivers coach Dennis Springer are also out. “Our entire football family is grateful for what these three men brought
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5:14 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) and Yuta Watanabe (right hamstring strain) will not play Wednesday against the Washington Wizards, the team announced Tuesday. Wednesday’s contest will mark the seventh game that Simmons has missed this season because of the ongoing knee problem. He left Monday’s 109-102
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6:14 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Daniel Dubois has said he believes Saturday’s fight against Kevin Lerena can be his launchpad into the “big league” of world heavyweight title boxing.
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11:15 PM ET Former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer is expected to become the next head football coach at UAB, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday night. Although a deal hasn’t been formalized, the sides are expected to come to terms in the upcoming days, sources said. Dilfer, 50, the head coach at Lipscomb Academy
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