Month: September 2018

9:50 PM ET Less than three months after one of the most impressive performances of his career, 27-year-old bantamweight Michael McDonald has decided to retire from mixed martial arts. The winner of Bellator’s grand prix will receive a $1 million prize sponsored by entertainer 50 Cent. UFC’s Dana White said the promotion would like to
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7:30 PM ET Junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker and mandatory challenger Alex Saucedo have a date for their collision: Nov. 16, Top Rank announced on Thursday. Middleweight Billy Joe Saunders’ world title belt and a scheduled defense against mandatory challenger Demetrius Andrade are in jeopardy after Saunders failed a drug test for the banned
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12:50 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — His excitement couldn’t be contained. Jared Goff, known for his even-keel demeanor, ran to the sideline and delivered a celebratory chest bump with coach
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11:44 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Jon Lester combined with three relievers on a four-hitter, David Bote hit an early two-run triple and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Thursday night to open a one-game NL Central lead over Milwaukee heading into the final weekend of the season. A day after
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9:49 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Houston Astros aren’t going to simply go through the motions while closing out the regular season. Houston’s game against the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night was postponed by rain, the 54th postponement in the major leagues this year. That is the most since 58 in 1989, the
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9:44 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani could have shut it down already. He could have wrapped up his singular rookie season with the Los Angeles Angels and proceeded straight to the Tommy John surgery looming for him next week. Now that we’ve seen a season of two-way baseball, we can determine
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9:36 PM ET Associated Press GARLAND, Texas — Tony Romo was 11 over par for 27 holes Thursday in the first stage of the Web.com Tour’s Qualifying Tournament. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback opened with an 8-over 79 at Firewheel at Garland Bridges, and had a 3-over 39 on the Masters Nine. He was 74th
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