Month: January 2023

5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden celebrated the NBA champion Golden State Warriors at the White House on Tuesday. The Warriors have won four championships in eight years, but they didn’t visit the White House while Donald Trump was president. He publicly disinvited them after Stephen Curry, the team’s star,
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6:21 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Titans are hiring Ran Carthon, the San Francisco 49ers director of player personnel, as their new general manager, sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini and Jeff Darlington on Tuesday.
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7:02 PM ET Francis Ngannou said he asked for a lot of things from the UFC during a long contract negotiation period. But the former UFC heavyweight champion said he ultimately decided that what the UFC was offering didn’t afford him enough freedom. In an interview Tuesday on “The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani,” Ngannou
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5:49 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — Right-handed pitcher Shintaro Fujinami formally introduced himself Tuesday, then asked that everyone simply call him “Fuji.” “Like Mt. Fuji,” he explained. And, nope, he has never been. In Japan, he is more formal, going by Shintaro, but he figures this will make it easy on everybody
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3:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Having failed to land Carlos Correa, Mets general manager Billy Eppler says he is satisfied with New York’s offense heading into spring training. “We have a strong and deep lineup,” Eppler said Tuesday during a news conference to introduce catcher Omar Narváez and reintroduce reliever Adam Ottavino.
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2:43 PM ET The third time is apparently the charm for Jake Paul and Tommy Fury. Paul, the YouTube star-turned-prizefighter, and Fury have agreed to fight Feb. 25 in Saudi Arabia, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger on Tuesday. This is the third time the two have booked a fight with one another, though they
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1:42 PM GMT Gregor Townsend has named four uncapped players in Scotland’s squad for the Six Nations with England-capped wing Ruaridh McConnochie included. McConnochie played for England at the 2019 Rugby World Cup but hasn’t featured since. Due to World Rugby regulations, this gap between caps means he can switch allegiance and Scotland have called
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Jan 17, 2023 Hooker Ken Owens has been named as captain of Wales for the Six Nations as returning head coach Warren Gatland included four uncapped players in his expanded 37-man selection on Tuesday. Gatland’s trust in Owens, 36, is a disappointment for former skippers Alun Wyn Jones and Dan Biggar, who have both been
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2:33 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo is set to play in Saudi Arabia for the first time since joining Al Nassr after he was named as captain of Riyadh ST XI for an exhibition match against Lionel Messi‘s Paris Saint-Germain, officials announced on Monday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The 37-year-old will lead
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9:55 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Travis Pastrana is a motorsports icon decorated for his fearless attack on anything with wheels or engines or ramps or danger. But there is one thing missing from his résumé, and as far as Pastrana is concerned, no event is bigger. Pastrana said Tuesday that he’ll make
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3:05 PM ET THE CELEBRATION IN the visitors locker room at Houston’s NRG Stadium after the Kansas City Chiefs clinched the AFC West in Week 15 had at least some of the trappings of a party, including caps and T-shirts to commemorate the moment. But this was their seventh straight division championship, and the mood
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