Month: August 2018

12:15 AM ET Another big fight is close to being added to UFC 229 on Oct. 6. Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis is in the works for the card, multiple sources told ESPN, confirming an earlier report by MMAJunkie.com. The lightweight fight, which is not yet signed, would take place on the main UFC 229
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10:19 PM ET Former world title challenger Oscar Negrete and Joshua Franco, each one fight removed from his only loss, will look to hang a second on each other. Winning that elusive title was a dream come true for Raymundo Beltran, and his life is better now because of that. On Saturday he defends it
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10:20 PM ET Associated Press REGINA, Saskatchewan — Ariya Jutanugarn birdied five of her last eight holes for an 8-under 64 and a share of the CP Women’s Open lead Thursday at rain-softened Wascana Country Club. Nasa Hataoka and Mariajo Uribe joined the second-ranked Jutanugarn atop the leaderboard, with Canadian star Brooke Henderson and three-time
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8:12 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sweden’s Henrik Norlander birdied the final hole for a 7-under 64 and a 1-stroke lead Thursday in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. For the 12th time in 15 tournaments this year, Tiger Woods failed to break par in the first round, this time at
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8:03 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Matt Holliday wore cleats from 2007. The Coors Field mojo almost felt straight from that decade, too. When Colorado made a charge to its only World Series appearance, it was behind late-season wins just like the dramatic one the Rockies pulled out on this throwback Thursday. Ian Desmond
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7:31 PM ET The Penn State University Police Department announced Thursday that it has made an arrest after an investigation into a threat via Twitter vowing to carry out a mass shooting during a football game at Beaver Stadium. Charles Thomas Hitechew, 22, of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, was charged with two counts of terroristic threats and
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6:36 PM ET MVP James Harden says Carmelo Anthony‘s transition to the Houston Rockets will be “a breeze.” “Coming off an MVP season, now you got to add Carmelo Anthony, it’s going to be easy,” Harden said in an interview posted Thursday on The Players’ Tribune. “The transition is easy. When you got that many
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