Month: December 2018

11:25 AM ET Auston Matthews was named an All-Star captain for the first time on Thursday. The Toronto Maple Leafs center will lead the Atlantic Division in the Jan. 26 event in San Jose. Four captains were chosen by fan vote. Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid was named the Pacific Division captain for the third
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3:00 AM ET Day 2 Lunch: South Africa 223 (Bavuma 53, Amir 4-62) lead Pakistan 181 (Babar 71, Olivier 6-37) by 42 runs South Africa squeezed out a narrow 42-run lead on the second morning at Centurion, Temba Bavuma‘s fifty and Quinton de Kock‘s 45 carrying the hosts to 223 all out. There were two
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11:02 AM ET The UFC chose a great matchup to co-headline its final pay-per-view of 2018: a female superfight between featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino and her bantamweight counterpart Amanda Nunes. Justino (20-1) hasn’t lost since her pro debut in 2005. Nunes (16-4) is on one of the most impressive runs in the history of
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  shares Peter Handscomb struck a rapid half-century © Getty Images Melbourne Stars 5 for 132 (Handscomb 70, Dwarshuis 3-26) beat Sydney Sixers 9 for 130 (Silk 41*, Coleman 3-18) by five wickets Different format, different conditions, different bowlers, but Peter Handscomb produced a thrilling response to his Test omission as he hammered a 22-ball
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11:40 AM ET Free-agent slugger Nelson Cruz has agreed to a one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins for $14.3 million, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The deal also features a $12 million team option for 2020, according to the source. Yahoo Sports first reported that the two sides had agreed to a deal.
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10:21 AM ET Despite a hectic, last-minute change in venue, the UFC will close out 2018 with a pair of title fights on Saturday, inside The Forum in Los Angeles. Polarizing former champion Jon Jones will try to reclaim his belt against Alexander Gustafsson in the main event, while female champions Cris “Cyborg” Justino and
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3:53 PM ET Every week, we’ll mine the waiver wire for lesser-owned assets to help your squad, whether you favor dynasty or the redraft format, and we’ll also toss in some tips for DFS players out there. Finally, we will look at some former go-to fantasy assets who might be overvalued — either in the
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10:13 AM ET Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Dan Murphy Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Clemson defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence says he doesn’t know how a
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12:12 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Bill Belichick summarized exactly why teams would not want to see the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs, should they make it. “You’re not going to get anybody better than these two guys [Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster], plus the quarterback [Ben Roethlisberger],” Belichick said two weeks ago as the New
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