Month: August 2018

6:21 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Atlanta Braves have promoted another 20-year-old from the minors, calling up right-hander Bryse Wilson to start against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves purchased Wilson’s contract from Triple-A Gwinnett before Monday night’s game. Wilson will make his major league debut as the NL East leaders give their regular
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6:42 PM ET Miami will wear the first-ever football uniforms made from repurposed marine materials when it opens the season against LSU on Sept. 2 in the AdvoCare Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The environmentally-conscious alternate uniforms were created in partnership with Parley For The Oceans, an advocacy organization whose mission is to
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6:08 PM ET ESPN staff Tyron Woodley‘s first two defenses of his welterweight championship were against one of the sport’s elite strikers, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, and Woodley came out of those bouts still in possession of the belt. Now comes another challenge by a standup star. Darren Till, who also owns a victory over “Wonderboy,”
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6:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former top-10 player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of the US Open because of an injured left knee. The Frenchman’s withdrawal was announced Monday by the U.S. Tennis Association. He’ll be replaced in the field by James Duckworth of Australia. It’s the third consecutive Grand Slam tournament
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6:53 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Bristol Motor Speedway said Kyle Busch was hit in the chest before he confronted a fan on his way to his motor home following the NASCAR Cup Series race Saturday night. Video of
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5:34 PM ET Wisconsin starting wide receiver Quintez Cephus on Monday was charged with felony sexual assault of an intoxicated victim and felony sexual assault stemming from an incident in April. Two women told Madison police that Cephus sexually assaulted them at his apartment on April 22. Police met with one of the women at
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5:29 PM ET Unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez are the stars of the show for their much-anticipated rematch, but they’ll have a strong supporting cast on the undercard of their Sept. 15 fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Junior middleweight world titlist Jaime Munguia, former middleweight world titleholder David
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3:28 PM ET Opening Bell: Setting the stage Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and interim featherweight titlist Carl Frampton both took care of business in mismatches on Saturday to set the stage for much bigger fights. Despite the unattractive matches, a crowd of some 30,000 turned out to Windsor Park in Frampton’s hometown of Belfast,
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