Month: July 2018

3:18 AM BST The Wallabies will face an Australian Super Rugby invitational side in a trial game next Friday as they think outside the square to snap New Zealand’s Bledisloe Cup superiority. Michael Cheika’s men will play a side featuring the best of the rest not involved in club or Super Rugby finals at Sydney’s
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2:23 AM ET ESPN News Services After Charlie Blackmon‘s ninth-inning home run gave the Colorado Rockies a 3-2 home victory over Houston, Astros third baseman Alex Bregman ripped into Major League Baseball’s decision to overturn his extra-base hit earlier in the game after a replay review because of fan interference. As it stood, Houston managed
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9:39 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Top-seeded John Isner started his bid for a fifth Atlanta Open title by beating Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday night. Isner is the defending champion at Atlantic Station, and he also won the event in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The 6-foot-10 former University of
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9:18 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks and president of hockey operations Trevor Linden have “amicably” agreed to part ways. The team said Wednesday that Linden is leaving the organization to “pursue different endeavors.” Linden spent four years in the role after talking over from Mike Gillis in April 2014.
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12:32 AM ET Atlanta Falcons star receiver Julio Jones will report to training camp on Thursday, general manager Thomas Dimitroff announced late Wednesday night. Team and league sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen earlier Wednesday that both sides were working to resolve the contract differences that had Jones planning to hold out of training camp. “We
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8:27 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Johnny Manziel will have to wait to get on the field for the Montreal Alouettes. Manziel will dress as Vernon Adams’ backup when the Alouettes host the Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday night, four days after 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Manziel was acquired from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. “We’ll play
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8:27 PM ET Middleweight world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders and mandatory challenger Demetrius Andrade will meet this fall after their promoters, Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, came to an agreement on Wednesday. Hearn told ESPN that the fight “looks like” it will take place Oct. 20 and that he plans to switch
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8:34 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The NBA’s oldest player — free-agent forward Vince Carter — has agreed to a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks, league sources told ESPN. Carter, 41, will be starting his 21st season in an NBA career during which he has scored 24,868 points. Atlanta general manager Travis Schlenk
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8:00 PM ET Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier has retired. The Dodgers made the announcement Wednesday, saying they plan to honor Ethier during a pregame ceremony Aug. 3 in Los Angeles. “I look forward to coming back to Los Angeles and Dodger Stadium, places I’m so lucky to have called home for the
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6:40 PM ET Associated Press OAKVILLE, Ontario — Dustin Johnson got into the hockey — and family — spirit on the par-3 seventh hole at Glen Abbey. The top-ranked Johnson pulled on an Edmonton Oilers jersey with “Gretzky 99” on the back Wednesday before teeing off on the hole in the Canadian Open pro-am. Johnson
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