Month: May 2023

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 6, 2023, 03:39 PM ET GUADALAJARA – Canelo Alvarez defends his undisputed super middleweight championship Saturday vs. John Ryder before 50,000-plus fans at Akron Stadium – his first fight in Mexico in nearly 12 years – but already, boxing’s top star is plotting his next bout. Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) plans to
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McLaren have brought back former IndyCar champion Gil de Ferran in a consultant advisory role as part of their ongoing restructure. Team boss Andrea Stella worked with the Brazilian during McLaren’s last reconstruction process in 2018-20. Stella told BBC Sport that De Ferran had qualities in “identifying and supporting talents, large experience of racing and
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May 6, 2023, 01:57 PM ET Just 33 games into Willson Contreras‘ tenure with the St. Louis Cardinals, the team intends to remove him from the regular catching rotation and use him primarily at designated hitter and in the outfield. Contreras, who joined the Cardinals on a five-year, $87.5 million contract as a free agent
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ESPN News Services May 6, 2023, 09:15 AM ET Kentucky Derby favorite Forte has been scratched from Saturday’s race, Churchill Downs announced. The decision to remove Forte was made after a Saturday morning workout. Forte galloped on the track and then jogged outside the barn, with trainer Todd Pletcher and co-owner Mike Repole seen meeting
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ESPN News Services May 6, 2023, 06:25 AM ET The International Golf Federation has said Russian and Belarusian athletes can return to competing in international competitions as neutrals, while a second fencing event in Germany has been canceled since the ban on athletes from the two countries was reversed. The IGF noted that no decision
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The New Jersey Devils limped home after Game 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night in a familiar spot: Down 2-0 in their series, having been embarrassed by their opponents in consecutive losses. “We should be really pissed off right now,” said Devils captain Nico Hischier, after Carolina’s 6-1 win in Raleigh. “I think
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 6, 2023, 01:12 AM ET If there are better MMA fighters in the history of the sport better than Demetrious Johnson, it’s a short list. And “Mighty Mouse” has evidently not lost a step, either. Johnson defeated Adriano Moraes via unanimous decision Friday night in the main event of ONE
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