Month: April 2021

IPL 2021: Ben Stokes expressed displeasure with the pitches used in Chennai for the IPL.© BCCI/IPL England all-rounder Ben Stokes has criticised the slow track of Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium and hoped that teams competing in the IPL do not end up regularly scraping to low scores because of wickets that are “trash”. Stokes, whose
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12:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Anthony Pettis, the main attraction of Friday night’s season-opening event in the Professional Fighting League, is known as “Showtime.” But Clay Collard stole the show. Collard knocked down Pettis, the former UFC lightweight champion, twice in Round 2 and survived a head-kick knockdown in the third round to take a
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7:49 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Tony Finau and Cameron Champ shot a 4-under 68 in alternate-shot play Friday for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with the Norwegian duo of Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura. “I know we’re having a good time with this format up to this point,” Finau said
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10:15 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jessica Korda rode out a series of big momentum shifts Friday at historic Wilshire Country Club to hold onto the lead in the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open. Six strokes ahead after three holes, tied with top-ranked Jin Young Ko at the turn and two shots back
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3:00 PM ET While continuing to reiterate its support for the current four-team format, the College Football Playoff management committee this week considered dozens of possibilities for future expansion, including options ranging from six to 16 teams, the CFP announced on Friday after two days of virtual meetings. The CFP management committee, which is comprised
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4:52 PM ET Wisconsin announced that head football coach Paul Chryst and five other head coaches were given contract extensions on Friday. Chryst, along with men’s basketball coach Greg Gard, women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson and men’s hockey coach Tony Granato, all received agreements that see their contract extend through portions of 2026. Swimming and
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4:48 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin will be out for the rest of the season with an upper-body injury. Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill made the announcement Friday. Like many of his teammates, Larkin struggled this season. The 24-year-old center had nine goals and 14 assists in 44 games.
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4:06 PM ET Marc J. Spears Phoenix Hillcrest Prep senior forward Michael Foster told The Undefeated on Instagram Live on Friday that he will be joining the G League Ignite next season. Foster is currently the seventh ranked high school player in the 2021 ESPN Class of 100. The 6-foot-8, 215-pounder chose joining the G
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3:05 PM ET Associated Press The Calgary Flames have had one player test positive for COVID-19 and called off their morning skate due to the test. The club said in a statement the player was in isolation and other players and staff members had tested negative for the coronavirus. Montreal was prepared to play at
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3:23 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg will be sidelined for four to six months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum and a bone problem in his right hip. Silfverberg had the surgery Thursday at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles, the Ducks announced Friday. Silfverberg had
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1:28 PM ET CHICAGO — Milwaukee Brewers star Christian Yelich won’t be activated from the injured list on Saturday, the first day he’s eligible to come off, according to manager Craig Counsell. “He won’t hit on the field,” Counsell said Friday morning. “He’ll hit in the cage.” Yelich hasn’t appeared in a game since April
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