Month: July 2018

12:06 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Charismatic Australian golfer Ian Stanley, who was a prolific winner on his home tour before making his mark on the European seniors circuit, has died. He was 69. Stanley had battled cancer for some time. Stanley had a successful amateur career before turning pro in 1970. He went
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8:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Mikey Garcia is not kidding about his desire to move up to welterweight for a November or December fight with world titlist Errol Spence Jr., who said he would welcome the challenge. Spence was ringside at the Staples Center on Saturday night to watch as Garcia easily outpointed Robert
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2:09 AM ET Masayuki Ito won a vacant junior lightweight title on Saturday night with a unanimous 12-round decision over previously unbeaten Christopher Diaz in a splendid battle that featured bristling action in every round. The bout was the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee,
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1:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Mikey Garcia had won world titles in four weight classes, risen near the top of boxing’s pound-for-pound list and put himself in position for any number of major fights. But one thing had eluded him — a unification fight. Until Saturday, that is, when he put on a dominating
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12:49 AM ET The Colorado Rockies are bringing back veteran outfielder Matt Holliday on a minor league deal, according to multiple reports. Holliday, 38, played in Colorado from 2004 to 2008, achieving his greatest success with the team. He led the National League in batting average and RBIs in 2007, when the Rockies got all
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