Month: August 2018

7:00 AM ET ESPN Stats & Info Tale of the Tape: Nola vs. Scherzer Two of baseball’s best starting pitchers — Aaron Nola and Max Scherzer — square off when the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals meet Thursday at 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+) in Washington. MLB ranks (among 72 qualified starters) Scherzer Nola Wins T-1st
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10:32 AM ET San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman is entering the daily fantasy sports business. Sherman announced Thursday that his new fantasy site, Daily Number, will be launching paid contests in 23 states. Sherman is the co-founder, along with CEO Tom McAuley, and will be the chief brand ambassador, appearing in an upcoming video
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10:19 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — One of the top players in women’s hockey history is joining the Maple Leafs‘ front office. Longtime Canadian national team star Hayley Wickenheiser is the NHL club’s new assistant director of player development. She will be at the team’s development camp as a guest coach in June. The
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11:14 AM ET Nearly two months after declining meetings with other teams and staying with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Paul George said the Los Angeles Lakers were “pissed” they didn’t have the opportunity to make a pitch to him. “L.A. was pissed at me,” he said on the Short Story Long podcast. “I didn’t give
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5:56 AM BST A skirmish over player etiquette has broken out between the Wallabies and All Blacks, adding spice to the second Bledisloe Cup Test. New Zealand coach Steve Hansen was miffed most of the Wallabies players walked from the field soon after last weekend’s Test in Sydney. A handful of Australia’s players remained to
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3:28 AM BST All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has made it clear Kalyn Ponga’s admiration for the rugby union world champions is reciprocated. Emerging as the brightest new face of the NRL, Ponga rang alarm bells in rugby league this week when he discussed the possibility of trying to play for the All Blacks in
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8:01 AM BST The blowtorch has been turned on Australia’s front-rowers after Michael Cheika made multiple changes to match the All Blacks muscle and square the Bledisloe Cup series. Shunted unceremoniously during the 38-13 loss in Sydney, Cheika had to revamp his scrum for Saturday’s rematch at Eden Park. He’s made three personnel changes, one
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