Month: October 2021

The Rugby Championship has been run and won for another year, with the All Blacks securing their seventh title despite the weekend’s loss to the Springboks. SANZAAR on Tuesday declared the tournament had delivered “high-quality” rugby to fans across the southern hemisphere, lauding its ability to play the Championship across three countries amid the difficulties
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11:30 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, and Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 Tuesday night in the AL Wild Card Game. Bogaerts also made a perfect relay to throw out
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12:09 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Pau Gasol announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, ending a career that lasted more than two decades and earned him two NBA titles and a world championship gold with Spain’s national team. The 41-year-old had already announced his farewell from international basketball in August after Spain lost
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4:52 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau hinted at it during the Ryder Cup, and now it is going to happen: a golf match between DeChambeau and year-long adversary Brooks Koepka. The 12-hole match (not 18) between the two golfers who feuded for much of 2021 will take place on Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving, at
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Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding said Tuesday that England’s decision to cancel its short tours to Pakistan amounted to “Western arrogance”. England’s men’s and women’s white ball teams were due to tour this month but the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) pulled out of both because of concerns over “mental and physical well-being”. ”The
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8:59 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The Brooklyn Nets remain unclear on All-Star guard Kyrie Irving‘s ultimate intentions to get vaccinated and
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11:32 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars owner Shad Khan issued a public reprimand of coach Urban Meyer for Meyer’s behavior over the weekend. “I have addressed this matter with Urban. Specifics of our conversation will be held in confidence,” Khan said in a statement. “What I will say is his conduct last weekend was
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1:10 PM ET WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he will be a “sad and lonely” person when he ends his boxing career. The unbeaten 33-year-old is defending his title against American Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas at the weekend — their third fight after a draw in 2018 and Fury’s 2020 victory. 1
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8:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Tommy John surgery is “not on the table” for ace Clayton Kershaw and that he is hoping first baseman Max Muncy can rejoin the team later this month. Roberts provided the updates on two key players who will be missing
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8:52 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have released linebacker Jaylon Smith, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move comes as a surprise since Smith has not missed a game in his career and the Cowboys are on the hook for his full $7.2 million base salary. The team had some trade
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7:41 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey have agreed to a deal for a Dec. 11 fight at Madison Square Garden, multiple sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The clash of former lightweight champions will air following the Heisman Trophy presentation, one of the most coveted dates and time slots on Top Rank’s
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4:02 PM ET In the wake of a fighter’s death, the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) medical advisory committee has issued a statement urging athletic commissions to exercise caution when it comes to bare-knuckle fighting. In the statement written Tuesday by co-chairman and ringside physician Dr. Michael Schwartz and obtained by ESPN,
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12:50 PM ET Maryland standout wide receiver Dontay Demus Jr. will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered in Friday’s loss to Iowa. Terrapins coach Mike Locksley on Tuesday said Demus will undergo right knee surgery later this week. He suffered the injury on a kickoff return in the second quarter,
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2:38 PM ET Associated Press Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those who leave. Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a
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