Month: October 2022

9:22 PM ET The UFC will now prohibit its fighters from betting on UFC fights, according to a memo sent to athletes and their teams Monday by UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell. In the letter, obtained by ESPN, Campbell wrote that the UFC athlete code of conduct will now include a prohibition of wagering
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8:27 PM ET Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter has agreed to a four-year, $95 million contract extension, his agents Thad Foucher and Joe Smith of Wasserman told ESPN on Monday night. The deal, agreed to ahead of the 6 p.m. ET deadline for rookie scale extensions, allows Hunter to avoid restricted free agency next summer.
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Oct 17, 2022 England’s Eddie Jones will look to emulate Premier League leaders Arsenal’s quick start to matches during the autumn internationals having exchanged ideas with coach Mikel Arteta as part of a coaching group which includes figures from the NFL and NBA. The group — which meets over Zoom — also includes Green Bay
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5:13 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco have agreed to terms for a 115-pound title unification on Dec. 31 in Japan, sources told ESPN. Ioka (29-2, 15 KOs) holds the WBO junior bantamweight title, while Franco (18-1-2, 8 KOs) was elevated by the WBA in August after its super champion, Juan Francisco
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12:53 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana backup quarterback Jack Tuttle announced Monday that he will transfer at the end of this season. Coach Tom Allen confirmed the development at the start of his weekly news conference, explaining that the two spoke last week and that Tuttle, a team captain, would remain No.
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1:17 PM ET The Arizona Cardinals acquired wide receiver Robbie Anderson on Monday, a day after wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown suffered a foot injury that will sideline him indefinitely. Brown suffered a potentially season-ending injury in Arizona’s 19-9 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Brown, who told reporters
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2:57 PM BST Premiership club Wasps have been placed into administration, the Coventry-based side said on Monday after they were suspended by England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) last week when they were unable to find a solution to their financial woes. 167 employees were made redundant as a result of the club being placed into
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10:52 AM BST Eddie Jones has recalled Kyle Sinckler for England’s autumn internationals but there is no place in the squad for Henry Slade. Jack Willis is the sole player included from Wasps as the club look set to go into administration. Of the six uncapped players in the group, Harlequins winger Cadan Murley makes
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3:22 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is expected to be out for four to six weeks with an upper-body injury. The team made the announcement Monday before hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Bertuzzi helped Detroit win its first two games this season, giving the rebuilding team a much-needed solid
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2:41 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Dutch wheelchair star Esther Vergeer is among three new International Tennis Hall of Fame nominees for the Class of 2023 announced Monday, joining the half-dozen holdovers from the vote last year, the first time in history no one on the ballot was selected. Vergeer, who won 44
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3:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall have agreed to terms for a Feb. 4 rematch in the U.K. for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight championship, sources told ESPN. Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) retained his four 140-pound titles via a controversial split decision when he faced Catterall in February in his native Scotland.
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1:37 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui are finalizing a deal for a super middleweight bout slated for January, sources told ESPN. The pair were set to square off in November 2021 before Uzcategui tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug rEPO (recombinant erythropoietin), a synthetic version of EPO. Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs)
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Watch the fights live on ESPN+ on the ESPN app. BROOKLYN, N.Y. — When TJ Dillashaw agreed to fight Henry Cejudo for the UFC’s 125-pound title, he weighed 154 pounds with 8 percent body fat. So, how in the world did Dillashaw, the UFC’s 135-pound bantamweight champion, safely cut 29 pounds in the past 12
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