Month: February 2023

4:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Conor Benn will return to the WBC welterweight rankings after it found his “documented and highly elevated consumption of eggs … a reasonable explanation” for the boxer’s adverse finding for the performance-enhancing drug clomiphene, the organization announced Wednesday. Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) was set to fight Chris Eubank Jr. in
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7:31 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks obtained more draft capital via a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. The Blackhawks acquired veteran Nikita Zaitsev, a 2023 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-rounder from Ottawa in exchange for future considerations. Zaitsev, 31, has a $4.5 million cap hit through the 2023-24 season. He had
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7:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The British Boxing Board of Control is looking into an incident in which Mauricio Lara allegedly spit on rival Josh Warrington on Saturday night following Lara’s featherweight title victory over Leigh Wood, board secretary Robert Smith told ESPN. Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) rallied to score a seventh-round stoppage of Wood
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6:08 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round of the Rio Open on Wednesday, with his mind already set for a year-long contest with Novak Djokovic for the No. 1 ranking. The 19-year-old defending champion closed out the last two games of a match suspended the
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7:16 PM ET Associated Press CHATHAM, Ontario — Ferguson Jenkins’ hometown will honor the baseball Hall of Famer with a statue. Chatham-Kent will unveil a 9-foot bronze figure of the 80-year-old former pitcher on June 10, a replica of the statue by sculptor Lou Cella that was unveiled outside Chicago’s Wrigley Field last May. Editor’s
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12:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Hawks general manager Landry Fields said Wednesday that former Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder is among those being considered to replace Nate McMillan. Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday — the day the Hawks fired McMillan — that Snyder was considered a leading candidate for the job.
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