Month: January 2019

Can issues with Australia’s national team be attributed to a lack of opportunities in the A-League? Rob Brooks puts this question to the test after a wild week in Australian football. Talking point of the weekend A quite extraordinary and depressing seven days in Australian football, which kicked off with the sacking of Australia women’s
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11:02 PM ET NEW YORK — After 22 months out of the ring because of injuries, welterweight world titleholder Keith Thurman made a triumphant — but sometimes difficult — return to the ring on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Thurman looked sharp, fast and powerful for most of the fight but had some
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10:49 PM ET Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald will defend his title against Jon Fitch on April 27 in San Jose, California, the promotion announced on Saturday. The 170-pound title fight is also part of the opening round of Bellator’s Welterweight Grand Prix. MMAFighting.com first reported the matchup, which will take place at SAP Center.
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9:57 PM ET NEW YORK — Heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki, with his legion of Polish fans decked out in the red and white of their flag and going mad for his every move, rewarded them with a punishing second-round knockout of Gerald Washington on Saturday night. The Poland-born, Brooklyn-based Kownacki, who could be a close
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9:25 PM ET SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Former Pro Bowl kicker Nick Folk signed with the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football on Saturday, making him the second longtime NFL veteran kicker along with Nick Novak to join the first-year developmental league this season. It comes a day after Folk tried out for
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9:03 PM ET MOBILE, Ala. — Drew Lock got the starting nod. Daniel Jones left with the MVP award. Two of the NFL draft’s top quarterback prospects both bolstered their case a bit while leading the North squad to a 34-24 victory in Saturday’s Senior Bowl. Lock didn’t get his team into the end zone.
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7:42 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen has dropped 25 pounds since the end of last season, and on Thursday, he threw his first bullpen session since a heart procedure in November. The procedure, known as an ablation, was Jansen’s second heart operation in six years. It came after he
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