Month: August 2018

12:36 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Ryan Ellis was already being coveted as a potential unrestricted free agent in July 2019, as the kind of defenseman a team could build a blueline around. Which is why Nashville Predators GM David Poile didn’t allow him to get within sniffing distance of the open market, signing the 27-year-old
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12:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka have received wild cards for this year’s final Grand Slam tournament. Svetlana Kuznetsova, another US Open champion, also was given a wild card Tuesday by the U.S. Tennis Association. Wawrinka did not defend his 2016
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9:00 AM ET From the Masters to the U.S. Open, from The Open to the PGA, golf’s major championships did not disappoint. There was Jordan Spieth threatening to shoot 62 on Sunday at the Masters, only to narrowly miss catching eventual winner Patrick Reed. There was Brooks Koepka, doing at the U.S. Open something that
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9:51 AM ET There will be a celebration on tap when the Cleveland Browns win their first regular-season game: Fans will get free beer. Browns’ fans were only crying in their beer last season. Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Anheuser-Busch, whose Bud Light brand is the official beer of the NFL and 28 of its 32
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9:11 AM ET Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Brian Dozier will undergo tests on his heart after an EKG late Monday showed abnormal results. From Nolan Ryan to King Felix to, well, more Nolan Ryan, we look at the best gem ever thrown by each franchise and try to predict who could top it. With
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8:52 AM ET On Monday, we examined the likeliest title contenders in 2018-19. Here’s a look at how our Summer Forecast projects every team to finish in the standings this coming season. (Also check out Kevin Pelton’s win-loss projections.) ESPN Forecast projections for 2018-19: • East champs, West champs, NBA champs• Best/worst newcomers | First-time
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9:41 AM ET Ben Stokes has been added to England’s 13-man squad for the third Test against India at Trent Bridge, which gets underway on Saturday, after being found not guilty of affray at Bristol Crown Court. However, Stokes’ availability for the Test does not necessarily mean that he will face no further sanction for
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6:30 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 Carl Frampton knows his dream fight will turn into a nightmare if he underestimates Luke Jackson on Saturday. The Northern Irish featherweight wanted a
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5:16 AM ET Connor McDonagh Sauber team boss Frederic Vasseur has hailed his team’s progress throughout the 2018 Formula One season. The Swiss team has enjoyed a resurgence in 2018 after it aligned with Alfa Romeo in the winter prior to the season. Sauber has scored points in seven of the first 11 races and
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