Month: November 2021

1:30 AM ET A game Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson intended to treat as a World Cup final dress rehearsal instead proved a reality check, with the United States handing Australia a 3-0 defeat in Sydney. A record home Matildas crowd of 36,109 fans packed Accor Stadium but they were silenced after just 24 seconds when
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5:40 PM ET Money has been pouring in on Ohio State this week at sportsbooks around the nation, including in Michigan, but on Friday morning, the point spread moved toward underdog Michigan. Caesars Sportsbook on Friday reported that 95% of the money bet on the point spread in Michigan was on Ohio State. The action
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12:06 PM ET Louisiana Tech and head football coach Skip Holtz have agreed to part ways, the school announced Friday. Holtz, 57, will coach his final game with the Bulldogs on Saturday against Rice. “Skip and I talked and agreed it was time for a change for both parties,” Eric Wood, vice president and director
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7:06 PM ET The match between Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka turned into a rout on Friday, as Koepka throttled his rival in a 4-and-3 victory in a 12-hole match at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas. Koepka, a four-time major winner, had four birdies in the match for charity, while DeChambeau didn’t have
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6:34 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Coach Sean McVay expects wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and outside linebacker Von Miller to have increased roles when the Los Angeles Rams
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4:37 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have placed defensive end Everson Griffen on the reserve/non-football illness list, the team announced Friday. Griffen, 33, was transported to a mental health facility Wednesday after he refused to come out of his home following a disturbing series of posts he made on Instagram, including one
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8:37 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Amir Khan and Kell Brook are close to agreeing terms on a long-awaited, and almost forgotten, welterweight fight in Manchester on Feb. 19, according
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6:13 PM ET The New York Mets are in agreement on a two-year, $20 million contract with free-agent infielder Eduardo Escobar, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Escobar, 32, is a versatile switch-hitter who can play second and third base but also played 18 games at first after being traded
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1:01 PM ET Houston Rockets rookie guard Jalen Green will miss at least one week because of a strained left hamstring, coach Stephen Silas told reporters Friday. Green, the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA draft, exited Wednesday’s 118-113 win over the Chicago Bulls in the second quarter because of the injury. Silas said
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6:07 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano will meet to determine the best junior middleweight in the world – again. The boxers have agreed to terms for a rematch on Feb. 26 at Toyota Center in Houston that will crown an undisputed 154-pound champion, multiple sources tell ESPN. All four belts were
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4:53 PM ET BOSTON — Bruins winger Brad Marchand is known for getting under the skin of opponents on the ice. Apparently that extends to the benches too. With 12 seconds left in Friday’s game, New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin was given a misconduct penalty after throwing one of his gloves at Marchand as
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3:34 PM ET Associated Press Top-ranked Novak Djokovic secured a victory for Serbia, 40-year-old Feliciano Lopez got defending champion Spain off to a solid start, and a young Italian team rolled past the 32-time champion United States in the Davis Cup finals on Friday. Djokovic beat Dennis Novak 6-3, 6-2 to give Serbia a 2-0
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11:24 AM ET Either European champions Italy or Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Portugal will miss out on World Cup after being drawn in the same playoff path in Friday’s draw. It means either Ronaldo and the 2016 European champions, or four-time World Cup winners Italy, will miss out on the tournament next year. Italy finished as runners-up
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4:32 PM ET Right-hander Michael Wacha and the Boston Red Sox are finalizing a one-year contract, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. Wacha, 30, was solid in a starting role for the Tampa Bay Rays last season and is expected to bring depth to the Red Sox’s rotation. Boston lost
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