Month: November 2018

4:42 PM ET Rob Brant’s most recent ring performance so impressed Top Rank promoter Bob Arum that on Tuesday he signed him to a multiyear co-promotional deal. Along with Greg Cohen and Rapacz Boxing, Top Rank will promote Brant, who will fight on Top Rank’s ESPN cards. On Oct. 20, in Las Vegas, Brant shut
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2:27 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The NBA has hired Rod Strickland as program manager for its G League professional path program. Strickland, a 17-year NBA veteran and former college assistant, will evaluate elite prospects, as well as educate and mentor them on the new initiative that offers select high school prospects the option to bypass
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3:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Massachusetts is working on parting ways with coach Mark Whipple, who has led the Minutemen to just 16 victories in six seasons during his second stint at the school, according to multiple reports. Whipple, 61, has two years remaining on a contract that pays $500,000 annually in base salary.
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It’s Thanksgiving week. Oh, sorry, forgot these were NHL power rankings: It’s American Thanksgiving week. Fill up your plate with these 31 Thanksgiving food things that perfectly describe all 31 NHL teams, as we get decadent and delicious in this week’s Power Rankings. Keep in mind these are voted on
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3:21 PM ET No. 8 Washington State and Houston will meet next season in the AdvoCare Kickoff on Sept. 13, at NRG Stadium in Houston. For Washington State, the game figures to be its marquee nonconference game of the season, while Houston will play Oklahoma to start the season. “We are excited to face a
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