Month: April 2022

7:00 AM ET During the conference realignment run of the early 2010s, Conference USA attempted to assert its power by adding a number of Sun Belt programs to its roster: Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Middle Tennessee, North Texas and Western Kentucky. The Sun Belt responded by adding football programs. Georgia Southern found quick success, while
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2:56 AM ET Amir Khan said on Monday he had been robbed at gunpoint in London but that both he and his wife were unharmed in the incident. “Just had my watch taken off me at gunpoint in East London, Leyton,” Khan wrote on Twitter. “I crossed the road with Faryal [Makhdoom], luckily she was
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11:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — One thing, more than any other, took Freddie Freeman by surprise during his first series from Dodger Stadium — the amount of times fans chanted his name, after a decade-plus of jeers when he played for the visiting Atlanta Braves. “They’re chanting every time I go up to bat,”
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1:11 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — 76ers star Joel Embiid heard Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse complain about the way Embiid was officiated in the opener of the teams’ first-round playoff series on Saturday night. So, after Embiid finished with 31 points, 11 rebounds and went 12-for-14 from the free throw line — taking
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10:33 PM ET Ash Barty is returning to the sports world stage, this time wielding a golf club rather than a tennis racket. The former world No.1 will play in a teams exhibition event in New Jersey from June 30 to July 1, alongside some of sport’s biggest names. Barty, who announced her shock retirement
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8:32 PM ET Kim Clavel’s chance to win the WBC junior flyweight title is going to have to wait at least a little while longer. Clavel, who was set to challenge Yesenia Gomez on Thursday in Montreal for Gomez’s title, contracted COVID-19, according to her promoter, Yvon Michel. Michel tweeted Monday that Clavel has “quite
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