Month: July 2018

1:44 AM ET CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward expressed confidence in his team for the 2018-19 season, as it faces an Eastern Conference that no longer has LeBron James, who moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in July, but now features Kawhi Leonard, who was traded to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.
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11:50 PM ET With the Miami Dolphins facing backlash after submitting required paperwork to the NFL that included potential disciplinary measures for player protests during the national anthem, the league has decided to hit pause on its new policy, sources told ESPN. The league and the NFL Players Association issued a joint statement Thursday that
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9:37 PM ET An intriguing middleweight fight is in the works for the UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. David Branch has been verbally agreed to for the Nov. 3 show in New York, sources told ESPN. Souza (25-6, 1 NC), a former Strikeforce middleweight champion, is coming off a split
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9:21 PM ET Lightweight Teofimo Lopez Jr., perhaps boxing’s No. 1 prospect, will undergo right hand surgery on Friday morning in Los Angeles. In what was supposed to be his toughest test as a professional, Lopez, 20, injured his hand in the first round of a one-sided sixth-round knockout of William Silva, whom he knocked
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8:42 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights have settled their trademark battle with the U.S. Army, clearing the way for the team to be able to have a legal right to the name. The team announced Thursday that the two have entered into a co-existence agreement that allows the hockey team to file for trademark
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7:24 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Monika Caryk, the fiancée of current Florida Panthers forward Mike Hoffman, has filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to disclose information in a cyberbullying scandal involving Melinda Karlsson, the wife of Ottawa Senators player Erik Karlsson. Caryk filed the application, called a Norwich Order, on Thursday,
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6:33 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics have released veteran reliever Santiago Casilla, five days after he was designated for assignment. The A’s made the move Thursday. Casilla is 42-31 with 144 career saves in 15 seasons, but has been up and down with the A’s this year while having control
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6:38 PM ET ESPN News Services North Carolina‘s athletic director came to football coach Larry Fedora’s defense a day after Fedora was widely questioned for saying he doubted the connections between football and CTE. Bubba Cunningham told reporters during a break in Thursday’s UNC Board of Trustees meetings that Fedora’s point was “poorly communicated.” “You
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