Month: February 2023

4:43 PM ET SURPRISE, Ariz. — Dozens of Texas Rangers players, coaches, front-office members and other staffers congregated between two of the back fields at Surprise Stadium’s sprawling complex on Thursday morning, keeping their eyes fixed on one of the furthest bullpens, where Jacob deGrom, about a week removed from suffering tightness in his left
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4:52 PM ET Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is expected to return to the ice against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night after missing four games following the death of his father, a source confirmed to ESPN. Ovechkin has not played in a game since Feb. 14, when he traveled home to Russia after the
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4:54 PM ET Manchester United produced a scintillating fight back to beat Barcelona 2-1 at Old Trafford on Thursday and advance to the Europa League round of 16 4-3 on aggregate. After a memorable first leg ended 2-2, Man United fell behind in the tie and on the night when Robert Lewandowski‘s 18th minute penalty
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Feb 23, 2023 Associated Press Bryce Harper‘s arrival at spring training camp remains a couple of weeks away as the Philadelphia Phillies‘ slugger recovers from elbow surgery. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Thursday that Harper is taking swings with a bat at home in Las Vegas and will report March 8 or
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1:58 PM ET DEL MAR, Calif. — — The Breeders’ Cup has selected Del Mar to host the 41st world championships next year, marking the third time the picturesque Pacific track will stage the season-ending graded stakes races that feature the top thoroughbreds. Del Mar will present 14 Grade 1 races with purses worth more
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3:44 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Coco Gauff set up a semifinals match against top-ranked Iga Swiatek at the Dubai Championships by beating Madison Keys 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday. Swiatek, who reached the last four in a walkover after Karolina Pliskova withdrew because of an illness, is 5-0 against Gauff and
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1:24 PM ET Michigan star running back Blake Corum will miss spring practice, which began this week, but is on track to return at full strength in June, coach Jim Harbaugh said Thursday. Corum was a Heisman Trophy contender before injuring his left knee Nov. 19 against Illinois. He played briefly the following week against
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Feb 8, 2023 After a one-week break, the Six Nations returns under a wave of uncertainty as Wales confirmed on Wednesday their match against England would take place, after talks with the players over contract disputes were resolved. In the round’s early kickoff, Ireland head to Rome where they will look to follow up on
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12:50 PM ET Mark Kriegel Mike Coppinger Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez have agreed to a deal for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title June 10 in New York on ESPN/ESPN+, sources told ESPN. The 140-pound bout, which pits the former undisputed junior welterweight champion against Lopez, the ex-undisputed lightweight champion, will take place at either
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Yorkshire have confirmed documents relating to allegations of racism against the county cricket club were deleted under the previous regime. A Cricket Discipline Commission hearing will start in London next week but no Yorkshire representatives will be present after they admitted to four amended charges brought by the England and Wales Cricket Board over the
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11:53 AM ET Politicians in California are hoping to give back to retired fighters. A proposal in the California Legislature would set up a pension fund for former MMA fighters who have a certain number of fights in the state, bill sponsor Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) told ESPN. The legislation was introduced in state
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace on the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. The world champion, top of the timesheets for most of the day, ended it 0.029 seconds quicker than Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were third and fourth fastest, ahead of McLaren’s Lando
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