Month: February 2019

3:04 PM ET Kei Nishikori was made to work hard by ailing Frenchman Benoit Paire before winning 6-4 6-3 to reach the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The world number six, making his debut in Dubai, saved seven break points in the first set before taking full advantage of
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6:25 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals and ace pitcher Miles Mikolas have agreed on a four-year extension, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $68 million, according to ESPN and multiple reports. The extension will begin in 2020 and run through 2023. Mikolas, 30, is entering the second year of a two-year, $15.5
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1:57 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL competition committee has spent the past two days discussing the present and future of replay review but has reached no consensus about whether to change it, several members
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2:35 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Miami Marlins outfield prospect Victor Victor Mesa has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain and reassigned to minor league rehabilitation, a setback in the development of the highly regarded Cuban defector. Mesa underwent an MRI after being hurt Sunday in a spring training game
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2:33 PM ET Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has put four of his NBA championship rings up for auction. Abdul-Jabbar has hundreds of items from his memorabilia collection available in the auction, being conducted by Goldin Auctions, with “much of the proceeds” going to his Skyhook Foundation charity to help benefit kids learn about
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1:54 PM ET MONTMELO, Spain — After his first chance to properly follow a rival on track in testing, Haas’ Kevin Magnussen said the early signs are that the changes made to Formula One cars in 2019 will improve racing. F1 fans have been promised an improvement to the spectacle this season with cars featuring
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1:34 PM ET Super middleweight contender Avni Yildirim and promoter Ahmet Oener met with WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman on Tuesday in Mexico City in an effort to have the sanctioning organization order a rematch of Yildirim’s loss in a world title fight on Saturday night. Yildirim lost a 10th-round technical split decision to Anthony Dirrell
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1:38 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Infielder Logan Forsythe has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will be at major league spring training. The addition of Forsythe on Tuesday provides infield depth. Chase d’Arnaud and Christian Lopes, also in camp on minor league deals, are both sidelined with
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1:18 PM ET An extremely rare Tom Brady rookie card has been sold for over $400,000 in an online auction. The card, part of the 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket collection, was auctioned Monday for $400,100. The auction was coordinated by eBay and PWCC Marketplace, which announced Tuesday that the $400,100 is the highest auction
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