Month: January 2023

2:30 AM ET ESPN News Services This was not a smooth ride for Sebastian Korda at the Australian Open on Sunday. An early deficit against a higher-seeded opponent. Some so-so serving. An up-and-down fifth-set tiebreaker filled with mistakes by both players. At the end, it was Korda, a 22-year-old American, who earned a spot in
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12:39 AM ET The first tetralogy in UFC history came to a close on Saturday, as Brandon Moreno finished Deiveson Figueiredo in their fourth meeting in a span of 25 months. A cageside physician waved off the flyweight title fight before the start of the fourth round, after Figueiredo’s right eye closed from swelling caused
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Jan 20, 2023 Associated Press PHOENIX — Ronnie Gajownik has been hired as manager of the Hillsboro Hops, becoming the first woman to manage a minor league High-A team, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced Friday. The 29-year-old Gajownik served as video coordinator for the Hops in 2021. She was on the coaching staff of the Amarillo
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6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. OC search: The Patriots began their offensive coordinator search last week, as coach Bill Belichick held video conferences with candidates including Bill O’Brien (former Patriots quarterbacks coach/offensive coordinator and Texans coach), Keenan McCardell (Vikings wide receivers coach),
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10:46 PM ET Jose Aldo, the longest-reigning featherweight champion in UFC history, will be inducted into the promotion’s Hall of Fame later this year. Aldo, 36, retired from the UFC in September, one month after losing to Merab Dvalishvili in a highly ranked bantamweight fight. Had Aldo won that fight, he might have moved on
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11:15 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are headed to the NFC Championship Game after cruising to a 38-7 win over the New York Giants on Saturday in the divisional playoff round. The Eagles will face the winner of Sunday’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. Philadelphia Eagles Despite a lingering
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11:49 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Shingo Kunieda, the most successful player in the history of wheelchair tennis, announced his retirement from the sport on Sunday at the age of 38. The top-ranked Kunieda won 28 Grand Slam singles titles and completed the career Grand Slam of all four majors when he won
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