12:53 AM ET ESPN News Services Tempers flared throughout Pittsburgh‘s 34-20 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday night in Atlanta, including a scrum near the Panthers’ sideline that resulted in unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on both teams. Afterward, Tech coach Geoff Collins had a terse meeting at the center of the field with his Panthers counterpart,
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1:18 AM ET Bellator has a new flyweight queen. Juliana Velasquez beat Ilima-Lei Macfarlane via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 48-47) to win the Bellator women’s flyweight title Thursday night in the main event of Bellator 254 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Macfarlane had been the only women’s flyweight champion the promotion had ever known
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1:54 PM ET Boston College says it will not participate in a bowl game, becoming the first bowl-eligible team to announce it would not play in the postseason. Athletic director Pat Kraft and coach Jeff Hafley said the decision was made as a team, after getting significant player input. They pointed to everything the players
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9:24 PM ET Columbus Crew SC‘s hopes of winning a second MLS Cup final suffered an immense blow on Thursday night when the team announced that midfielders Darlington Nagbe and Pedro Santos have been deemed “not medically cleared to play.” The Crew are scheduled to play the Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS Cup final
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2:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Last season, then-Indiana Pacers assistant coach Dan Burke wasn’t much of a fan of Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid. These days, however, Embiid said things are a lot different, for one big reason: They’re now on the same team. “It’s easy to say stuff when you’re playing against somebody,” Embiid
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6:02 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Dave Dombrowski is finalizing a deal to take over as president of baseball operations for the Philadelphia Phillies, ending their search for a top executive with one of the most accomplished of
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7:35 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets have each been fined $25,000 by the NBA for failure to comply with the league’s media rules. “The fines result from Irving’s refusal on several occasions this week to participate in the team media availability,” the NBA said in a statement Thursday. The
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6:22 PM ET HE’S ONLY JUST begun unwinding the white Everlast wrist strapping amid a chorus of “well done, Timmy” and “good onya, mate,” when Tim Tszyu stops, takes a deep breath, and follows it with one of the more relieved exhales of his life. After a momentary pause, he shifts his gaze onto his
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Cycling’s governing body the UCI has announced a series of new safety measures for road racing in 2021. Stricter rules for motorcycle riders and television helicopter pilots in race convoys are to be introduced. New regulations over the potentially dangerous conduct of riders and rider safety from on-course obstacles and barriers are also included.external-link It
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4:21 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Infielder Nate Lowe was traded from the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays to the Texas Rangers on Thursday for minor league catcher and outfielder Heriberto Hernandez. As part of the swap, Tampa Bay also acquired minor league infielder Osleivis Basabe and minor league outfielder Alexander Ovalles, and
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1:19 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Dez Bryant announced he again tested negative Thursday, two days after a positive test for COVID-19 ruled him out just before a game against the Dallas Cowboys. Bryant tested positive just a half-hour before Tuesday’s kickoff against his former team after his tests that
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3:29 PM ET Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Alex Olmedo, who won the Wimbledon and Australian Championships singles titles in 1959 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, has died. He was 84. Citing Olmedo’s son, Alejandro Jr., the Hall of Fame said Thursday that Olmedo died of brain
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