Month: October 2018

11:11 PM ET NEW YORK — Junior lightweight world titlist Alberto Machado’s nickname is “Explosivo” — Spanish for explosive — and he delivered on it big time. Machado dropped Yuandale Evans twice, including for a tremendous first-round knockout, to retain his 130-pound belt for the second time on Saturday night on the Daniel Jacobs-Sergiy Derevyanchenko
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1:00 AM ET The College Football Playoff field is narrowing along with the Power 5 conference races. Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and UCF are the only undefeated teams left after South Florida’s 57-36 loss to Houston on Saturday. With four contenders — Alabama, LSU, Georgia and Kentucky — the SEC enters the first official College
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11:00 PM ET ESPN staff With the first College Football Playoff rankings just three days away, the postseason picture is coming into focus. Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame have established themselves as locks, but there’s there’s some disagreement among our experts about the No. 4 spot. Here’s how they think it should break down: ESPN
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10:43 PM ET Four Jacksonville Jaguars players were detained early Saturday after an incident in London, where the team is to play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. In a statement, the Jaguars said the players were detained “over restitution of a bill.” “The matter is being resolved, and the players are with the team,” the
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9:49 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The New York Mets and agent Brodie Van Wagenen are close to completing a deal that would make Van Wagenen the team’s next general manager, according to multiple reports Saturday. Van Wagenen, 44, appears set to switch sides after representing several Mets stars, including Jacob deGrom,
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11:15 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews will miss Monday’s game after leaving with a left shoulder injury in Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Matthews will be re-examined Monday but won’t practice or play against the Calgary Flames, Leafs coach Mike Babcock said after the game. Matthews
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9:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The changing nature of relief pitching was front and center at Dodger Stadium on Saturday when baseball’s top firemen were honored. During a news conference before Game 4 of the World Series, Edwin Diaz of the Mariners was announced as the American League’s top reliever for 2018, while the
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