Month: April 2023

11:42 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia on Thursday both vowed to break each other’s jaws when they meet Saturday in a 136-pound catchweight fight between two of boxing’s top stars. Following the news conference, Garcia told ESPN that he envisions the sold-out crowd at T-Mobile Arena turning
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3:26 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles have hired former New England Patriots assistant coach Matt Patricia as their new senior defensive assistant, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Coach Nick Sirianni had said Thursday at a news conference that it was “trending” toward the Eagles hiring Patricia. Patricia, a longtime defensive assistant and former Detroit Lions
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11:34 PM ET Two games in, the New York Rangers have absolutely dominated the Battle of the Hudson. The Rangers took a 2-0 series lead against the New Jersey Devils with a 5-1 win in Game 2 on Thursday night, having now outscored their rivals 10-2 in their Eastern Conference first-round matchup. “Of course there’s
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8:13 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have done the easy part by picking up the fifth-year option for 2024 on CeeDee Lamb, but would like to sign the wide receiver to a long-term extension at some point this season. The Cowboys made the option official on Thursday about two weeks before a
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8:28 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid received a flagrant foul 1 after kicking Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Claxton fouled Embiid less than three minutes into Game 3 of the first-round series, and then stepped
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10:18 AM ET Almost all the great clubs are worse: That’s been a running theme in European soccer for the 2022-23 season. Chelsea have gotten worse with every transfer purchase it made. Liverpool chased shiny scoring objects, forgot about its stale midfield and paid the price. Bayern Munich lost forward Robert Lewandowski, replaced him with
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9:50 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — The teams of Wyndham Clark and Beau Hossler, and Sean O’Hair and Brandon Matthews, each shot an 11-under 61 in the better-ball format on Thursday to tie for a one-shot lead through the first round of Zurich Classic. The 40-year-old O’Hair has four PGA Tour wins, the
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9:37 PM ET UFC president Dana White went on a fight announcement spree Thursday night, making official several big upcoming bouts including a pair of pay-per-view co-main events. Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad will meet in a short-notice welterweight contender bout that will act as the co-headliner of UFC 288 on May 6 in Newark,
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8:07 PM ET CORVALLIS, Ore. — DJ Uiagalelei picked Oregon State as his transfer destination, sight unseen, primarily because of an NFL-style offense that puts great responsibility on its quarterbacks. Despite the demanding scheme, Uiagalelei, who started most of the past two seasons at Clemson, has felt even more liberated on the practice field this
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1:43 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame windy conditions to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday. Stefanos Tsitsipas also reached the last eight in Barcelona, defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2. Alcaraz was broken once
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12:10 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Madison Bumgarner was designated for assignment Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will eat more than $34 million remaining on the veteran left-hander’s contract, sources told ESPN. Bumgarner, who signed a five-year,
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3:06 PM ET LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman said Thursday that talks are ongoing on a “regular basis” about adding a women’s tour at some point in the future. Norman made the comments at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia, site of LIV’s next event. “That is a discussion we have internally on a
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