Month: February 2023

11:05 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz won his first match of the year on Wednesday, beating Laslo Djere 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the Argentina Open. The 19-year-old US Open champion missed the Australian Open with a leg injury and ceded the No. 1 ranking to Novak Djokovic, who won
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10:26 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bowman won his third career Daytona 500 pole and will be joined by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson on the front row for NASCAR’s season opener this weekend. The Hendrick dominance is no surprise. Bowman, who missed five races late last season because of a
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7:13 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka have signed contracts for a 115-pound title rematch slated for June in Japan, sources confirmed to ESPN. Franco’s WBA junior bantamweight title will again be on the line, but Ioka’s WBO belt won’t be. He is vacating his title ahead of a Feb. 28 purse
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3:04 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Liz Carmouche will defend her Bellator MMA women’s flyweight championship against DeAnna Bennett in the main event of Bellator 294 on April 21, part of the fight promotion’s two-night visit to Honolulu, Bellator announced Wednesday. Carmouche (18-7) won the title last April with a TKO of Juliana Velasquez, then submitted
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5:14 PM ET LOS ANGELES — As the PGA Tour continues to rebuild itself during its ongoing battle with the LIV Golf League for the best players in the world, Rory McIlroy says he believes the tour should look at another professional sports league, the NBA, as a model for growth. McIlroy, speaking to reporters
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6:56 PM ET ESPN News Services COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Bronny James, the son of NBA career scoring leader LeBron James, was one of 26 players announced Tuesday as members of the USA Basketball rosters for this year’s Nike Hoop Summit. The U.S. teams will play April 8 against international players at the Moda Center
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4:33 PM ET A jury in Indianapolis decided Wednesday that the NCAA is not responsible for the death of a former star college quarterback whose widow was suing the association for negligence. Cullen Finnerty won three Division II national championships as the starting quarterback for Grand Valley State in the early 2000s. He died in
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3:01 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — — Mike Clevinger has reported to the Chicago White Sox for spring training, joining his new team amid an ongoing investigation by Major League Baseball into allegations of domestic violence. White Sox general manager Rick Hahn told reporters on Wednesday the team’s “only option” was to allow the right-hander
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