Month: February 2023

1:27 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a heavyweight matchup between Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes to headline an event on April 22, multiple sources told ESPN. The promotion has not announced the heavyweight fight or a location for the UFC Fight Night event, however both sides have agreed to a five-round main event per
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7:00 AM ET After a fascinating MLB offseason of record-breaking contracts and free agency musical chairs, spring training camps have opened and games are about to start with Grapefruit League and Cactus League action beginning this weekend. As our brains start to refocus toward the action on the field, I’m thinking of 30 of the
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12:22 PM ET Florida co-defensive coordinator Patrick Toney is leaving for the Arizona Cardinals after just one season and being replaced by recently hired Alabama assistant Austin Armstrong, sources told ESPN. Toney, who called the Gators’ defensive plays last season, accepted a defensive secondary coaching position with the Cardinals. Toney, 32, came to Florida with
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11:22 AM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic has asked American authorities for special permission to enter the United States to play tennis tournaments in California and Florida despite being unvaccinated against the coronavirus, the top-ranked Serb said Wednesday. The Transportation Security Administration has said the requirement for foreign air travelers to be
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12:15 PM ET The Baltimore Ravens are expected to hire longtime college coach Willie Taggart to oversee their running backs, a source told ESPN. Taggart is the former head coach at Florida State, Oregon, Western Kentucky, South Florida and Florida Atlantic, which he led for the past three seasons before being fired in November. He
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12:19 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek reached the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships by beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0 on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Pole will next face former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova, who advanced by defeating Anhelina Kalinina 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2 in the round of 16. Swiatek,
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11:30 AM ET Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will face top contender Beneil Dariush in May. The UFC has not officially announced the 155-pound bout, but Oliveira referred to it as official on social media, and sources told ESPN Dariush’s side has agreed. The lightweight fight will take place May 6 at an event
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Australian great Geoff Lawson has blamed captain Pat Cummins‘ lack of knowledge of spinning tracks and assistant coach Daniel Vettori‘s inadequate inputs for the team’s woeful performance in India. India have won the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy inside three days, with their spin-bowling duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja doing the
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10:00 AM ET The new mixed event that is replacing the QBE Shootout will include 16 teams of players from the LPGA Tour and PGA Tour competing in a three-day tournament for a $4 million purse. The Grant Thornton Invitational will be played Dec. 8-10 at Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida, according to a
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8:44 AM ET The PGA Tour can add Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, as defendants in its countersuit against LIV Golf, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Tuesday night. Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California granted the PGA Tour’s motion for leave to amend its
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