Month: August 2022

4:37 PM ET CANTON, Ohio — Being part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2022 holds a special — and painful — meaning for former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Bryant Young. It’s an emotional reminder of his son Colby, who died of cancer on Oct. 11, 2016. Colby’s favorite number, his
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7:07 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Michael Conlan responded to his first professional boxing defeat by scoring three knockdowns on his way to a dominant points win over Miguel Marriaga
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5:58 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Franmil Reyes, who began the season as the cleanup hitter for the Cleveland Guardians, was designated for assignment Saturday. The 27-year-old outfielder/designated hitter had been optioned to Triple-A Columbus earlier in the week after batting .213 with nine home runs and 104 strikeouts in 263 at-bats. Reyes belted
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4:46 PM ET Shelton Sampson Jr. is staying home. A wide receiver from Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sampson committed to LSU on Saturday. “Baton Rouge is home for me,” he wrote in an email to ESPN. “I’ve been blessed to have my family close throughout this process and their support means everything
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4:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Will Zalatoris parted ways with caddie Ryan Goble after Friday’s second round of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. A public reason was not given for the split. The two had been paired together on the golf course for over three years. Zalatoris, who is 14th in the
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4:04 PM ET UFC welterweight Josh Quinlan was pulled from his UFC Fight Night bout Saturday due to an atypical drug finding, the UFC announced. USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, detected a trace amount of the long-term metabolite (or M3 metabolite) of the steroid dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) in a Quinlan urine sample, the promotion said. The
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India advanced their preparation for the next Twenty20 World Cup with a series-clinching 59-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth fixture of a five-match series at the Broward County Stadium in Florida on Saturday. Defending a formidable total of 191 for five in front of fiercely partisan Indian supporters at the United States
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9:40 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Fernando Tatis Jr. took part in his third session of live batting practice from Dodger Stadium early Friday afternoon and was scheduled to fly to San Antonio to join the San Diego Padres‘ Double-A affiliate later that night, beginning a rehab assignment this weekend. Tatis, 23, has spent all
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7:45 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios needed 14 minutes to complete his rain-delayed Citi Open match against Reilly Opelka, efficiently closing out a 7-6 (1), 6-2 victory on Friday. Saving energy was key for Kyrgios and others playing in hot, humid conditions at the hard-court US Open tuneup. Kyrgios, the
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