Month: January 2022

8:53 PM ET Edmonton Oilers star forward Connor McDavid has tested positive for COVID-19, coach Dave Tippett announced after practice Tuesday. Forward Derek Ryan also tested positive, and neither participated in practice, with Tippett telling reporters that the two were scheduled for another test later Tuesday, and the struggling team will just have to “see
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8:04 PM ET Despite Alabama’s recent mastery of Georgia, Alabama players downplayed Wednesday any role the Crimson Tide’s dominance in the series might play Monday night in their College Football Playoff national championship game matchup. A month ago, Alabama beat then No. 1-ranked Georgia convincingly, 41-24, in the SEC championship game, and the Crimson Tide
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8:35 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Viktor Hovland spent a few weeks at home in Norway and figured he would get to the warmth of Hawaii early to start knocking some rust off his game before starting the new year. That went according to plan. He arrived on Maui a week ago. His
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7:15 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels are bringing in Phil Nevin, Bill Haselman and Benji Gil as part of their coaching staff under manager Joe Maddon, the team confirmed Wednesday. Their roles have yet to be determined, at least in part because of the uncertainty surrounding Adam Eaton, a prospective coach who played last
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4:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic has been denied entry into Australia after initially being granted a medical exemption for the country’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements so that the world’s No. 1-ranked tennis player could play in the Australian Open. Djokovic, left stranded at Melbourne’s Tullamanrien airport overnight, was issued a letter by the
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6:34 PM ET Another undisputed title fight is coming to women’s boxing. Matchroom Boxing announced on Wednesday it has signed both WBC and WBO super middleweight champion Franchòn Crews-Dezurn and IBF and WBA champion Elin Cederroos to contracts and will have them fight for the undisputed title this spring. “I’ve been ready for this fight
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6:13 PM ET Two long-standing championship rivalries will be settled at UFC 272 in March, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will meet Max Holloway in a highly anticipated trilogy bout, while bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will look to unify his title against interim champ Petr Yan. Contracts have
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2:59 PM ET Caitlin Murray U.S. women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe blasted former U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro for his “caveman levels of misogyny” as he confirmed plans to run again for the post he resigned from in disgrace two years ago. Cordeiro was elected president of U.S. Soccer in 2018 but resigned barely
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4:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Belmont Stakes is moving to Fox Sports as part of an eight-year deal beginning in 2023. The deal announced Wednesday between Fox and the New York Racing Association includes NYRA Bets as the title sponsor of the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown series. NYRA
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1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in exchange for forward Alex Nylander. Lafferty is slated to join the slumping Blackhawks in Arizona. The 26-year-old Lafferty, who is signed through this season with a $750,000 salary-cap hit, has no
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7:00 AM ET When Cincinnati got its shot to take on a heavyweight, facing Alabama in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the Bearcats’ star corners, Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner and Coby Bryant, were eager to prove they could match up against the Tide’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Bryce Young, and wide receiver Jameson Williams, considered the top
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10:09 AM ET Associated Press The NFL has issued a warning to teams that they could lose a draft pick and face significant fines if club representatives conduct themselves unprofessionally in interviews with draft prospects. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press that was sent to clubs on Wednesday, the league said a team
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IT’S 12:31 P.M., and Ben Cansdale has been staring at five port-a-potties for a half hour. Cansdale is a member of a five-truck Modern Disposal Services crew, based in Buffalo, that is dispatched on game days to do what they call a “half-suck” when a home game kicks off. From the driver’s seat, Cansdale, 31,
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