Month: July 2018

2:24 PM ET ATLANTA – Alabama coach Nick Saban said he’s unsure whether Jalen Hurts will be on the roster when the Crimson Tide play Louisville in the season-opener on Sept. 1. Like a lot of positions on his team, Saban said the quarterback battle between Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa is still “to be determined.”
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Julien Laurens explains why France’s 2018 World Cup title and the resulting celebration feels more special than Les Bleus’ first title in 1998. France paraded down the Champs-Elysees as hundreds of thousands of cheering fans celebrated their second World Cup triumph. Uruguay president Tabare Vazquez says it would be “an honour” to receive Antoine Griezmann
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1:28 PM ET ESPN will carry The Open in Latin America, including Brazil and the Caribbean, for the next three years thanks to a deal announced Wednesday by the network and the R&A. The deal, which runs through 2020, gives ESPN rights to show The Open on linear and digital platforms in Latin America, starting
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12:23 PM ET The UFC women’s flyweight title will be defended for the first time in September. According to multiple sources, the UFC has booked champion Nicco Montaño vs. Valentina Shevchenko for their UFC 228 card on Sept. 8 in Dallas. Montaño became the inaugural women’s 125-pound champion at the The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale
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4:51 PM ET Haas’ American development driver, Santino Ferrucci, has been sacked by his Formula 2 team after deliberately crashing into his teammate on the cool down lap of a race earlier this month. Ferrucci was handed a four-race ban after intentionally hitting the rear of fellow Haas junior Arjun Maini’s car after the F2
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10:17 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show LONDON, ENGLAND — Anthony Joshua declared his fight with Alexander Povetkin is the start of a new chapter in his career and believes he
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9:45 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Privately, San Antonio Spurs officials readily admit they’re not blameless in this fiasco. But the club’s pained decision to finally acquiesce to Kawhi Leonard‘s trade demand on Wednesday plunged the franchise deeper into the depths of a transitional period that it has long worked to stay ahead of. Even
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