Month: January 2019

4:16 PM ET Steve KimESPN As Jaime Munguia makes the third defense of his WBO junior middleweight title against Takeshi Inoue (13-0-1, 7 KOs) Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, a familiar face will be leading him into battle. Robert Alcazar, for years the lead trainer of Hall of Famer Oscar De
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11:15 AM GMT England International Maro Itoje has signed a contract extension with Saracens that will see him remain at the Premiership club until 2022. The 24-year-old lock played his 100th game for the club in October, and said he was pleased to sign on for another three-and-a-half years. “I’ve been at the club for
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2:49 PM ET During this year’s All-Star break, we’re going to mix things up a bit. Sure, we could praise a bunch of fantasy All-Stars who have wowed us to date, but that won’t help our fantasy teams going forward. Instead, we’re going to highlight one player from each NHL team — some high-profile, but
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Jan 24, 2019 Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny is out of his nation’s Six Nations opener against France in Paris on Feb. 1 due to his ongoing recovery from concussion. Wales coach Warren Gatland admitted that Halfpenny is also a doubt for the team’s second match in the competition, against Italy in Rome, on Feb. 9.
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10:45 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has proposed going back to a 15-day disabled list and increasing the time optioned players usually must spend in the minor leagues, a source told The Associated Press on Thursday. The moves are aimed at reducing the use of relief pitchers and reviving offense.
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9:41 AM ET ESPN staff Renault has appointed former Michelin CEO, Jean-Dominique Senard, as its new chairman following the resignation of Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn, who held the roles of chairman and CEO until his resignation this week, was arrested in Japan last November over allegations of financial impropriety. He strongly denies any wrongdoing but, following
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6:35 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Lennox Lewis has told promoter Eddie Hearn “to stop milking the cow” and make the world heavyweight title unification fight between Anthony Joshua and
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