Month: March 2023

Swashbuckling West Indian batter Chris Gayle praised Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli for his work ethic and passion, and recalled the intense competition between the two during their heyday at Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both Gayle and Kohli spent several seasons together at the IPL, dominating the rival bowlers and entertaining the crowd at their home
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1:44 AM ET Mike Coppinger Michael Rothstein Close Michael Rothstein ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Super middleweight interim champion David Benavidez showed why he’s one of the best two fighters in the division (after champion Canelo Alvarez) by demolishing
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7:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers star LeBron James has been upgraded from out to doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bulls, the team announced Saturday. James, sidelined the past 13 games since suffering a tendon injury in his right foot on Feb. 26, tweeted earlier this week that he was working out
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2:27 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Defending champion Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy survived matches that went the distance Saturday morning and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Scheffler, who has reached the championship match in both appearances at Austin Country Club, looked to be headed home after J.T.
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9:42 PM ET Associated Press GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — Celine Boutier of France had an eagle and six birdies in a round of 7-under 65 and moved atop the leaderboard when Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand stumbled down the stretch in Saturday’s third round of the LPGA Drive on Championship. Boutier, a 29-year-old two-time tour winner,
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9:52 PM ET Associated Press Jordan Walker has made enough of an impression this spring to earn the 20-year-old outfielder a spot on the St. Louis Cardinals‘ season-opening roster. The Cardinals announced that Walker and infielder Taylor Motter had made the 26-man roster to start the season. The Cardinals optioned left-handed pitchers Génesis Cabrera and
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9:17 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — A.J. Allmendinger dominated early, then had to fight to retake the lead at the start of the final stage to earn his 11th career NASCAR Xfinity series road course victory Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas. Allmendinger bumped Sheldon Creed out of the lead with 14
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7:49 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Bobby Wagner is coming back to where he built a Hall of Fame resume. The free agent linebacker has agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal to return to the Seattle Seahawks, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The move reunites the Seahawks with arguably the
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6:50 PM ET Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young was ejected from Saturday’s game against the Indiana Pacers for heaving the ball at a referee in the middle of the third quarter. Young had just been called for an offensive foul that led to a game-tying 3-pointer from Tyrese Haliburton, resulting in a timeout by
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6:33 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Coco Gauff let a big lead slip away and wound up dropping the last five games of a mistake-filled 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2 loss to Anastasia Potapova in the third round of the Miami Open on Saturday. The No. 6-seeded Gauff was critical of herself afterward,
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7:30 PM ET Saddle up. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, one of the most active and popular fighters of the past several decades, will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame this summer, the promotion announced Saturday during the UFC San Antonio broadcast. Cerrone, 39, will join a prestigious class that includes former longtime UFC champions
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5:59 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark played bogey-free Saturday for a 6-under 66 and shared the lead with PGA Tour rookie Sam Stevens in the Corales Punta Cana Championship. Stevens twice had the lead down the stretch on the Corales course until a wobbly finish, making bogey
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11:52 AM ET ESPN News Services Philadelphia Phillies president Dave Dombrowski on Friday said “it’s clear” that first baseman Rhys Hoskins has a torn left ACL and is expected to be out for the season, but that the slugger will seek a second opinion. “He will need to have surgery,” Dombrowski told reporters. “I would
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