Month: December 2022

3:04 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Predators forward Michael McCarron has entered the player assistance program of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association. The league and the union announced the move Sunday without specifying why McCarron entered the program. The NHL and NHLPA started the player assistance program in 1996, giving players access
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2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient. As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father, he waited 20 years before seeing his son get a chance
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12:30 PM ET Associated Press MALELANE, South Africa — Ockie Strydom claimed his first DP World Tour title with a 2-shot victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa on Sunday. Strydom made four birdies in his first five holes after the turn to seize the outright lead and finished with a 3-under 69
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1:31 AM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC lost its light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka to injury in November. UFC 282 was supposed to crown his successor. Unfortunately, it did not. Former champion Jan Blachowicz (29-9-1) and Magomed Ankalaev (18-1-1) fought to a five-round split draw in the main event Saturday inside T-Mobile Arena. Judge Mike
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Dec 11, 2022 One dynamic combination showed Terence “Bud” Crawford remains one of boxing’s pound-for-pound best. In front of a raucous hometown crowd, Crawford floored David Avanesyan with a sixth-round TKO on Saturday at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. A left uppercut followed by a textbook right put Avanesyan on his back, quickly
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3:06 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia and Mercito Gesta have signed contracts for a Jan. 28 fight in Phoenix, sources told ESPN. The 140-pound bout will serve as a tuneup for Garcia, who is slated to meet Gervonta Davis on April 15 in a Las Vegas superfight at a 136-pound catchweight. Davis (27-0, 25
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Dec 10, 2022 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 Josh Warrington’s career suffered another setback Saturday as Luis Alberto Lopez took his IBF world featherweight title by majority decision. Lopez did most of
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Dec 10, 2022 Jeff Wagenheim Raul Rosas Jr., who turned 18 years old just two months ago, became the youngest fighter ever to compete in the UFC on Saturday night, and his performance was dominant in a first-round submission of veteran bantamweight Jay Perrin during the prelims of UFC 282 at T-Mobile Arena in Las
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12:04 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Kodai Senga and the New York Mets agreed on a five-year, $75 million contract Saturday night, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN, confirming reports, adding the prized pitcher from Japan
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