Month: March 2023

11:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Timo Meier, acquired by the New Jersey Devils last week, had a goal in his debut as New Jersey won 5-4 in overtime over Arizona Coyotes on Sunday. Meier, acquired from the San Jose Sharks in a blockbuster trade that involved nine players and four draft picks last Sunday,
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10:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic has formally withdrawn from the draw for the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, tournament officials said Sunday, an indication that the world No. 1’s application for a COVID-19 vaccine waiver to enter the U.S. might have failed. Djokovic, who is from Serbia and unvaccinated against COVID-19,
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Mar 5, 2023 LAS VEGAS — The UFC has already crowned three Mexican-born champions in 2023 — and the loudest of the three came at UFC 285 on Saturday. Alexa Grasso (16-3) shocked the world at UFC 286, as she submitted seven-time defending flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko (23-4) at the 4:34 mark of the fourth
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Mar 5, 2023 ESPN News Services SANTIAGO, Chile — Home crowd favorite Nicolas Jarry beat Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2 to clinch the Chile Open final on Sunday, his first title at the ATP level since 2019. The 27-year-old Chilean served a doping suspension in 2020 and his ranking tumbled. His
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7:22 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — One way or another, a Hendrick Motorsports driver figured to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas. Kyle Larson nearly won the Pennzoil 400 in regulation, but a late caution put teammate William Byron in position to capture the checkered flag in overtime. Byron took
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8:00 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Arizona — David Toms got up-and-down for his third bogey of the week on the par-4 18th hole at Tucson National on Sunday to beat Robert Karlsson by one stroke in the Cologuard Classic on the PGA Tour Champions. The 56-year-old Toms was surprised to learn that his tee
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Mar 5, 2023 Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Marta Kostyuk won her first career WTA title at age 20 by beating Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 in the ATX Open final on Sunday, then dedicated the victory to her home country of Ukraine. The eighth-seeded Kostyuk and the unseeded Gracheva, a 22-year-old Russian, did not meet
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper says he will report to spring training on Wednesday as he continues recovering from elbow surgery and then determine when he can return full time. The two-time National League MVP was injured in April and last played right field on April 16
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3:00 PM ET The Washington Wizards are signing Sydney Kings forward Xavier Cooks — MVP of the National Basketball League in Australia — to a deal through the 2023-24 season, Daniel Moldovan of Octagon Sports, his agent, told ESPN on Sunday. Cooks, who’ll join the Wizards as soon as the Kings complete play in the
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Mar 3, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS — Wide receiver Jordan Addison doesn’t have much control over his future home, but he supports the idea of teaming with Steelers quarterback and former Pitt teammate Kenny Pickett. “Hey man, if we reunite, that’d be good,” Addison said at the NFL scouting combine Friday. “That’d be real cool. Real easy
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