Month: August 2018

9:19 AM ET Oklahoma looks to top the Big 12 once again this season, but the return of West Virginia’s Will Grier, along with the Mountaineers’ strong receiving corps, could spoil the Sooners’ conference championship hopes. The Big 12’s top teams are loaded with talented backs and boast strong offensive fronts, which should make for
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN When you look at Mount Rushmore, the four American presidents staring back were selected by sculptor Gutzon Borglum to define the first 130 years of American history. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson shared an era, Abraham Lincoln defined his, and Theodore Roosevelt was a symbol of expansion and development of
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9:31 AM ET Deontay Wilder made quite an entrance as he arrived in Northern Ireland Friday, gate-crashing Tyson Fury’s weigh-in and clashing with his father John. Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) had only landed in Belfast that afternoon but went straight to Fury’s weigh-in at the Europa Hotel. Fury (26-0, 19 KOs) was being measured ahead
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7:03 AM ET Andre SnellingsESPN These days, only superteams need apply as NBA championship contenders. But what defines a superteam? Last year, Tom Haberstroh categorized superteams as having at least two established current stars as measured by All-NBA and All-Star nods. Here, I expand that definition to also include on-court impact, particularly real plus-minus (RPM)
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5:37 AM ET The Philadelphia 76ers have hired former Duke and WNBA star Lindsey Harding as a full time scout for next season. Harding, the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA in 2007, is only the second former WNBA player to be hired for a fulltime scouting position with an NBA team. Dallas Mavericks
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2:41 AM BST With Michael Cheika showing no signs of budging from his Michael Hooper-David Pocock combination, the search to find the third man in Australia’s back-row trio for next year’s Rugby World Cup continues. The latest cab off the rank is Lukhan Tui, a western-Sydney raised 21-year-old who, in the Bledisloe Cup opener, will
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12:49 AM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Texas teen Cole Hammer won two matches Thursday at Pebble Beach to advance to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals. Brandt Snedeker became the first PGA Tour player to break 60 after making a bogey on his first hole, carding a first-round 59 at the Wyndham Championship. Lizette
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