Month: June 2018

11:57 AM ET BOSTON — Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said it’s his job to explore all trade possibilities when superstars become available but gushed about his current core and deemed the possibility of his team completing another summer blockbuster trade as unlikely. The Spurs are engaged with several teams in trade
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12:15 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — All 17 US Open courts used for singles, doubles and mixed doubles will have electronic line-calling and video review available in 2018, the USTA announced Friday. It will be the first time that every match at the year’s last Grand Slam tournament will have the technology.
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12:30 PM ET At least for now, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is sticking with the early weigh-ins. Jeff Novitzky, UFC’s vice president of athlete health and performance, informed all fighters competing on next week’s TUF Finale and UFC 226 cards in Las Vegas that the promotion will hold morning weigh-ins and not move them to
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5:53 AM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has questioned Formula One’s decision to add an extra places for artificial overtaking devices to be used during this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. F1 cars are equipped with a Drag Reduction System (DRS) on the rear wing which helps give a chasing driver a speed boost
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Jun 29, 2018 A week after parting ways with the UFC, Josh Barnett is apparently a wanted man. Leland Lebarre, Barnett’s manager, told ESPN he already has received five offers from different promotions looking to sign Barnett. Lebarre wouldn’t disclose which organizations have reached out. “I was confident there would be some interest, but we
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4:28 AM ET Jon Culley Reece Topley is desperately hoping his four wickets for England Lions at Northampton on Thursday will be enough to clinch his place in the Hampshire line-up against Kent in the final of the Royal London One-Day Cup on Saturday so he can avoid the same disappointing memories of Lord’s finals
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10:34 AM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Defenseman Michal Kempny has re-signed with the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals for $10 million over four years, it was announced Friday. The champion Capitals have re-signed forward Devante Smith-Pelly, who played a career-high 75 games last season, to a one-year deal worth $1 million. Washington picked
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Jun 29, 2018 Chamatkar Sandhu LONDON — Already a holder of the welterweight title, England’s Terry Brazier has now added a second BAMMA world title to his collection. Brazier [10-1] defeated Rhys McKee [7-2] via unanimous decision [30-27, 30-25, 30-25] to become the new lightweight champion in the main event bout Thursday night at York
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