Month: September 2018

6:29 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Unbeaten and uninvited last year, UCF could still find its way into this year’s College Football Playoff. That is, if the Knights keep winning. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said that the Knights — who have the nation’s longest winning streak at 16 games — will
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6:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, citing the NBA as a model for uniting a cross-section of people and cultures, says he wants to use his position as the league’s first Hispanic head coach “to be an inspiration for young men and women, to show you can be anything you
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5:52 PM ET The NHL has suspended Robert Bortuzzo of the St. Louis Blues for the remainder of the preseason and one regular-season game after he elbowed Washington’s Michal Kempny during the teams’ game Tuesday night. Bortuzzo had a hearing with the NHL Player Safety board earlier Thursday. Kempny was skating deep into the Blues’
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5:25 PM ET 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 substance oxilofrine, a stimulant. Saunders-Andrade is scheduled to headline a Matchroom Boxing card on streaming service DAZN at TD Garden in Boston on Oct.
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4:53 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers may not have LeBron James this season, but Tristan Thompson believes they remain the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. “We’re still four-time Eastern Conference champions, so until you take us down from that, teams ain’t got much to say. Boston, Philly, they ain’t got much to say,”
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5:33 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles running back Jay Ajayi says he has a small fracture in his back but plans to play Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. “You just have to roll with it until it heals on its own,” he said, adding that it’s possible to do that while still playing. “You just
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