Month: November 2020

2:01 PM ET Editor’s note: This piece originally ran June 17, 2019, and some content has been updated. Yoder will face Miranda Granger on Saturday night. SAN DIEGO — Ashley Yoder was a 20-year-old undergrad at Indiana University studying criminal justice. She had an internship at the Monroe County (Indiana) prosecutor’s office. Before that, she
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7:57 PM ET Shakur Stevenson will fight Toka Kahn Clary in the main event of a Dec. 12 card on ESPN, Top Rank’s Carl Moretti told ESPN on Tuesday. Top Rank had previously announced last week that Stevenson would headline the card against a yet-to-be-named opponent. Stevenson, 23, vacated his WBO featherweight championship in July
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5:43 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Authentic’s track-record time in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland has been updated to 1:59.60 after a review of multiple sources and camera angles. The Bob Baffert-trained colt went wire to wire for a 2¼-length victory over stablemate Improbable in Saturday’s 1¼-mile finale of the
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3:14 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Why is the once high-scoring Baltimore Ravens offense struggling this season? Lamar Jackson says the Ravens are too predictable on offense. On Wednesday’s “Rich Eisen Show,” Jackson said teams know what the Ravens are going to run on offense when they line up. “They’re calling out our plays,
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1:58 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Other than Augusta National members plus players’ spouses and coaches, there will be no spectators on the grounds when the 84th Masters begins Thursday. Whether will be any significant numbers of people allowed for the 85th Masters in April is still to be determined. Augusta National and Masters chairman
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Great Britain won two medals, including elimination race gold from Matt Walls, on the first day of the European Track Championships in Bulgaria. The 22-year-old secured Britain’s first medal of the event, with Portugal’s Iuri Leitao the runner-up and Russia’s Sergey Rostovtsev third. Milly Tanner, Lusia Steele and Blaine Ridge-Davis then won silver in the
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4:08 PM ET A fight is off Saturday’s UFC card due to a positive test for coronavirus. A middleweight bout between Ian Heinisch and Brendan Allen at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira has been canceled Saturday afternoon, the UFC announced. The scrapping of the bout is due to a positive COVID-19 test “involving” Heinisch,
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Williams acting team principal Simon Roberts has tested positive for coronavirus in the build-up to this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix. The team said the 57-year-old was tested in the UK on Wednesday after displaying “minor symptoms”. He will isolate for the statutory 10-day period and support the team’s operations at Istanbul Park remotely. Team manager
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Australia vs India: Cheteshwar Pujara is part of India’s Test squad for Australia tour.© AFP Cheteshwar Pujara shared a picture posted by his wife Puja in his Instagram stories where Pujara, his wife and their daughter Aditi are seen posing for the camera ahead of their depature to Sydney along with the rest of the Indian
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11:26 AM ET Right-hander Marcus Stroman has accepted the New York Mets‘ one-year, $18.9 million qualifying offer. The Mets made the offer to the free agent Nov. 1. Stroman confirmed he had taken it on Twitter, saying “Beyond excited to be back in Queens in 2021!” Players have until 5 p.m. ET Wednesday to accept
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