Month: December 2022

1:49 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans forward Zion Williamson took two dribbles toward the rim and pulled off a 360 windmill dunk to end Friday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns in style. Some Suns players took exception to Williamson’s slam, which happened with 1.9 seconds left to put the Pelicans up
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6:57 PM ET Kevin Holland isn’t the only one with an injured hand after a hard-fought UFC Fight Night main event last week. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson wrote Friday on Twitter that he broke the second and third metacarpals in his left hand in the bout against Holland. Thompson won via TKO after the fourth round
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8:38 AM ET Portugal‘s Cristiano Ronaldo was again left on the bench, this time for Saturday’s World Cup quarterfinal against Morocco, as his frustrating tournament took another turn for the worse. Ronaldo, axed from his country’s previous match at the World Cup, had to once again make do with a place among the substitutes for
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3:41 AM ET ESPN News Services SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lindsey Scott Jr. threw four touchdown passes to break a Football Championship Subdivision record and ran for two scores as seventh-seeded Incarnate Word rallied to beat second-seeded Sacramento State 66-63 in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs on Friday night. It was the highest-scoring FCS playoff
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Dec 9, 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 Paul Butler is reminding himself that Naoya Inoue, who is in punch-perfect form, is still human ahead of Saturday’s world bantamweight title unification fight.
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12:51 AM ET ESPN News Services TEMPE, Ariz. — Lawson Crouse scored his second goal with 13.5 seconds left in the third period and the Arizona Coyotes returned home to end a 19-game losing streak to the Boston Bruins with a 4-3 victory Friday night. It was the second-longest win streak against a single opponent
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9:05 PM ET Fight fixing is now a “huge concern” for the UFC amid several investigations into suspicious betting activity around a bout last month, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. A Nov. 5 UFC fight between Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke is under scrutiny after a dramatic betting line movement in the hours before
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3:17 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable for Sunday’s matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles because of a neck injury. The Giants (7-4-1) are also likely to be without defensive tackle Leonard Williams. He is also dealing with a neck injury and did not practice
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9:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — It didn’t take long for Xander Bogaerts to be asked whether he expected to be the San Diego Padres‘ full-time shortstop even though the team already has two stalwarts at the position. “I play infield. I play shortstop,” a smiling Bogaerts said after pulling on a No.
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8:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Pierre Engvall was suspended for a game without pay by the NHL on Friday for high-sticking Los Angeles Kings defenseman Sean Durzi. The incident took place early in the third period Thursday night in Toronto’s 5-0 home victory. Engvall was given a game
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