Month: September 2018

10:02 PM ET Kansas athletic director Jeff Long, in the wake of the Jayhawks‘ loss to FCS opponent Nicholls State at home, said in a statement issued Tuesday that the evaluation of the football program is “ongoing without a predetermined timeline.” The Jayhawks lost 26-23 in overtime on Saturday, dropping coach David Beaty’s record at
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9:12 PM ET In a tentative decision filed last month, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled the show-cause order provisions in the NCAA bylaws violate California law. “[The show-cause order provisions] are void as they constitute an unlawful restraint on engaging in a lawful profession,” Judge Frederick Shaller wrote. Shaller’s determination is part
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8:36 PM ET BOSTON — Former Celtics coach Doc Rivers said it bothers him that his 2008 title team remains fractured and that he wishes his players would get past their differences, particularly as Ray Allen prepares for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. Allen’s relationship with his former teammates has been
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4:29 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas is traumatized by April’s bus attack in Brooklyn by Conor McGregor, according to her coach, and “still doesn’t leave her house.” Trevor Wittman, head trainer at Grudge Training Center in Colorado, said during an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Tuesday that Namajunas —
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7:37 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Doug Pederson said quarterback Carson Wentz is “close” to a return from ACL and LCL surgery, and apparently, Pederson is so encouraged by Wentz’s progress that he held out on officially naming a starter for Thursday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons until the last possible moment. Doug Pederson
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6:00 PM ET “The Juggernaut” is ready for his American debut. Joe Joyce, the 2016 super heavyweight Olympic silver medalist for Great Britain, will fight in the United States for the first time on Sept. 30 in what figures to be the sternest test of his brief professional career. Joyce, who lost a controversial decision
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5:48 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig has lost the appeal of his two-game suspension and won’t play Tuesday and Wednesday against the New York Mets. Major League Baseball suspended Puig on Aug. 16, two days after he took a swing at San Francisco Giants catcher Nick Hundley during a 2-1 loss at
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5:50 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Barney Visser stood outside his hauler at Martinsville Speedway last October, and the question came up about how much of his own money had he put into Furniture Row Racing. He gave one
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