Month: January 2019

5:20 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, a Puerto Rico native who has been outspoken about its need for hurricane relief, indicated on Thursday that he may skip the World Series celebration at the White House over President Donald Trump’s policies toward the island. Cora previously said he would
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1:21 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, a Puerto Rico native who has been outspoken about its need for hurricane relief, indicated on Thursday that he may skip the World Series celebration at the White House over President Donald Trump’s policies toward the island. Cora previously said he would
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4:56 PM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — No one was entirely sure what to expect from the first LPGA Tour event of the year — least of all Stacy Lewis. Nearly three months after Lewis became a mother, and six months after she last played on tour, she opened with seven birdies
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4:07 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Receiver Alshon Jeffery has been getting plenty of support from Eagles fans since dropping a critical pass in a divisional playoff loss to the Saints, most notably from a second-grade class that wrote letters of encouragement to Jeffery this week. On Thursday, Jeffery showed his appreciation by surprising them with
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3:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have acquired center Victor Rask from the Carolina Hurricanes for left wing Nino Niederreiter, in a swap of underperforming but still-young players on long-term contracts. The 25-year-old Rask, a native of Sweden, has one goal and five assists in 26 games this season
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4:11 PM ET DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are optimistic that they can reconcile and move forward with point guard Dennis Smith Jr. and are insistent they won’t trade their 2017 lottery pick unless they get good value in return, sources told ESPN. The Mavs have shopped Smith, 21, throughout the season but haven’t received
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7:49 PM ET With five days remaining in the fan vote for the All-Star Game, back-to-back NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant and reigning NBA MVP James Harden remain outside of the Western Conference starting five. Oklahoma City Thunder‘s Paul George remains ahead of Durant in the West’s starting five in the most recent fan voting
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10:15 PM GMT Rugby is changing at such a pace that England head coach Eddie Jones is weighing up a new nine-forward system with Jack Nowell earmarked as one player capable of holding a dual playing role split between the forwards and backs. As Jones analysed his 35-man squad for their Six Nations opener against
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2:32 PM ET The Miami Heat have fined Dion Waiters for publicly complaining for his lack of playing time this week. Waiters has appeared in five games, all off the bench, since returning to the Heat after missing more than a year with a left ankle injury. After the Heat’s 124-86 loss to the Milwaukee
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