Month: June 2022

5:58 PM ET NHL commissioner Gary Bettman isn’t sure if he’ll be open to reinstating Joel Quenneville if the former coach asks to return to the league. “I don’t know. That’s something I’ll have to address with him directly,” Bettman told ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap on Friday’s episode of The Point. Quenneville resigned as Florida Panthers
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4:43 PM ET New York Giants linebacker Justin Hilliard was suspended two games for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. Hilliard, an undrafted free agent who spent most of last year on injured reserve, spent time this spring working with the first-team defense while starting middle linebacker Blake Martinez continues his rehab from a
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4:01 PM ET The UFC has another significant bantamweight fight on tap. Top contender Cory Sandhagen and rising prospect Song Yadong will headline a UFC Fight Night card on Sept. 17 at a location to be determined, sources confirmed to ESPN. Bout agreements have been sent to both sides, sources said. The fight was first
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2:05 PM ET Associated Press HALLE, Germany — Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev was strong on key points to beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-4 and reach the semifinals of the Halle Open on Friday. Medvedev faced nine break points and saved them all to set up a semifinal with German Oscar Otte. “It was tough for
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1:02 PM ET Associated Press Matteo Berrettini is back into the Queen’s Club semifinals and still hasn’t lost since his return to competitive play after three months out with a hand injury. The second-seeded Italian beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 on Friday and will play Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands for a place
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1:57 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Coco Gauff reached the semifinals on grass for the first time after beating Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-4 at the Berlin Open on Friday to set up a match with Ons Jabeur. Already in uncharted territory in her first quarterfinal on grass, the 18-year-old French Open finalist had to
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2:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has approved the sale of a minority stake in the Cleveland Guardians to David Blitzer, who also has ownership shares in the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, according to multiple reports. Blitzer will initially have 25-30% ownership and will have the right to increase his
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12:24 PM ET Associated Press LAKE OZARK, Mo. — Former NASCAR driver and Fox Sports analyst Clint Bowyer struck and killed a pedestrian on a highway exit ramp in southwest Missouri earlier this month, police said. The crash occurred June 5 on a ramp off of U.S. 54 near Osage Beach, Missouri, according to a
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Mercedes driver George Russell says changes aimed at addressing Formula 1’s “bouncing” problem are “more of a sticking plaster than the solution”. This came after drivers urged the FIA to take action because of concerns the problem was risking their health. And Russell said that “bigger conversations are definitely needed” to find a comprehensive solution.
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