Month: August 2018

11:30 PM ET ESPN News Services CINCINNATI — Christian Yelich hit for the cycle Wednesday night against the Cincinnati Reds, the eighth Brewers batter to accomplish the feat. Yelich tripled to deep right in the seventh inning to complete his first career cycle. He also had three singles, a double and a two-run homer, giving
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10:22 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” NEW
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11:49 AM BST Pat Lam is talking about bears, and their various characteristics. “Some animals will go for the kill the whole time, but the bear will go for the kill when it absolutely has to, while having that soft side,” Lam says, as he tells the story of exactly why Bristol have the added
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10:20 PM ET In an open letter posted to Instagram, former Arizona and Indiana quarterback Brandon Dawkins opened up about struggles with mental health and said he plans to step away from football. Dawkins credited football with giving him an opportunity to obtain a college degree — he graduated from Arizona before transferring to Indiana
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10:11 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Linebacker K.J. Wright‘s status for the Seattle Seahawks‘ regular-season opener sounds very much in doubt based on the estimated timetable coach Pete Carroll gave Wednesday. That means rookie Shaquem Griffin is looking increasingly likely to fill in as Seattle’s weakside starter on Sept. 9 against the Broncos
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9:33 PM ET Former middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor was arrested Wednesday in Little Rock, Arkansas, after another alleged domestic violence incident in which he is said to have threatened to kill a woman. According to a police report, Taylor, 40, allegedly punched a woman and held a knife to her throat. He was arrested
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7:11 PM ET Mixed martial arts legends and longtime rivals Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz will officially meet for the third time on Nov. 24 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya. Golden Boy signed Liddell, 48, and Ortiz, 43, to promotional agreements in July. The
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6:41 PM ET CINCINNATI — Carlos Dunlap calls Geno Atkins the “silent assassin.” Local reporters might call Atkins evasive. The only thing more clear than the power of Atkins’ bull rush is that he prefers to do his talking on the field. And so far, that has worked out for him just fine. Atkins, 30,
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Mar 31, 2018 Former three-division world titleholder Jorge Linares will eye a return to the win column when he faces Abner Cotto on Sept. 29 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, Golden Boy Promotions announced Wednesday. Linares will face Cotto, a nephew of former four-division world champion Miguel Cotto, in the 12-round
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