Month: February 2019

4:49 PM ET Richard Commey, who won a vacant lightweight world title on Saturday night, has his next fight already signed for April 12, and it’s a big one, as long as his sore right hand is healthy. Commey is supposed to fight pound-for-pound king and two-belt lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko to unify their
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4:17 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa and Tampa Bay outfielder Tommy Pham have won their salary arbitration cases. The decisions Tuesday gave players a 3-1 lead over teams in cases this winter. Correa was awarded a $5 million salary, rather than the $4.25 million offered by
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3:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Detroit Lions linebacker Trevor Bates has been arraigned from a hospital psychiatric ward on charges he punched a New York City police officer after failing to pay a taxi fare. The 25-year-old pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges including assault, resisting arrest and theft of services. His
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6:14 PM ET Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — Seven years after Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child molestation and sentenced to decades behind bars, an appeals court has ordered a resentencing hearing for the former Penn State assistant football coach whose crimes have cost the university a fortune and triggered changes to state law. Sandusky,
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5:21 PM ET Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Tuesday, but a Pennsylvania appeals court ordered him to be resentenced for a 45-count child molestation conviction. The former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years, but a Superior Court panel
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4:01 PM ET Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania appeals court is denying Jerry Sandusky’s request for a new trial but is ordering him to be resentenced for a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction. Superior Court on Tuesday said Sandusky was improperly sentenced using mandatory minimums. The 75-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach
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4:00 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Eyabi Anoma, a rising sophomore and former five-star recruit, has entered the transfer portal, a source confirmed to ESPN. Al.com was first to report that Anoma put his name in the online database. By doing so, other programs are now free to contact the 6-foot-5, 245-pound prospect. However, it
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