Month: December 2018

4:48 PM ET Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, who announced his retirement in May after a knockout loss to Lyoto Machida, now plans to fight again. “I am a free agent,” Belfort said on ESPN’s Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “We are in conversation (with promotions). In 2019 I will come back.” Belfort, 41,
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5:41 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers wants to play and expects to play. Joe Philbin wants to play him and expects to play him. Unless, of course, there’s a reason for the Green Bay Packers quarterback not to play. Aaron Rodgers and the offense hasn’t looked right for much of the season,
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5:00 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Oklahoma City Thunder have picked up the option on coach Billy Donovan’s contract for the 2019-20 season, the final year on his original five-year deal, a league source told ESPN. Donovan has a 150-96 (.610) record in his three-plus seasons with the Thunder, trailing only Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich
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4:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The women’s tennis tour has approved rule changes that involve seedings after a return from pregnancy. Former No. 1 players Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka are recent new mothers on the tour. The WTA says players returning to the tour may use a “special ranking” for
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5:27 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Workhorse running back Melvin Gordon made Anthony Lynn’s decision to sit him last week a tough one before a win over the Kansas City Chiefs, after the Wisconsin product flashed promise during pregame warm-ups. “He was very close,” the Los Angeles Chargers coach said. “He looked good in
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5:05 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns were leery when interim coach Gregg Williams told them to expect a special guest speaker the night before their victory in Denver on Saturday. “The last time we had a guest speaker, he talked for an hour, and that’s supposed to be time we have to
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4:10 PM ET Claressa Shields, the three-belt unified women’s middleweight world titleholder, added another significant line to her growing resume Monday when the Boxing Writers Association of America named her as the recipient of the 2018 Christy Martin Award for female fighter of the year. Shields, 23, of Flint, Michigan, won the second annual award
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5:04 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — For the second year in a row and with a second playoff miss, reports about head coach Vance Joseph’s future are circulating around the Denver Broncos. On Monday, at 6-8 with two games remaining and in danger of the franchise’s first back-to-back losing seasons since 1971-72, Joseph called reports
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3:09 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska and Akron announced an agreement Monday addressing the Sept. 1 season-opening football game between the two that was canceled because of bad weather. Nebraska wanted to play Akron the following day, but the Zips couldn’t find a hotel for Saturday night and the Huskers said Akron
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