Month: August 2021

11:53 AM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The last-place Pittsburgh Pirates have fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein. The team made the announcement on Monday. The Pirates, who are in the early stages of a reboot under general manager Ben Cherington, have struggled to produce offense all season. Pittsburgh entered Monday last in the majors in
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9:50 AM ET Liverpool transfer guru Michael Edwards is to leave the club at the end of the season, sources have told ESPN, with the widely-respected sporting director due to be replaced by his deputy, Julian Ward. Edwards, who joined Liverpool from Tottenham to take up the role of head of analytics in 2011, is
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6:50 AM ET Michael DiRocco Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner Tim McManus A little more than three years ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Philadelphia Eagles were two of the top four franchises in the NFL.
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12:17 AM ET CLEVELAND — Those hoping for Jake Paul’s boxing demise at the hands of a big puncher will be sorely disappointed. The YouTube sensation-turned-prizefighter outpointed Tyron Woodley via split decision (77-75, 75-77, 78-74) in the main event of a boxing card Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Woodley is a former UFC welterweight
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12:34 AM BST An emotional Ardie Savea says he has no intention of deviating from his usual approach to rugby despite being named New Zealand captain ahead of the All Blacks’ Rugby Championship meeting with Australia in Perth next weekend. Savea will celebrate his 53rd appearance for his country by taking over the captaincy after
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10:07 PM ET Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Patrick Cantlay earned the sixth and final automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team by winning the BMW Championship on Sunday. All that meant was avoiding a phone call from the captain, Steve Stricker, after the Tour Championship to inform him of being a pick.
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10:59 PM ET Joe Fortenbaugh John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens are champions of the 2021 NFL preseason after recording an unblemished 3-0 August campaign that has pushed the franchise’s record-breaking preseason winning streak to 20, with a ridiculous against-the-spread mark of 18-1-1. Which leads us to… Fade to black: For those of you wondering
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