Month: February 2019

8:28 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Second-seeded John Isner advanced to the third round of the Delray Beach Open on Wednesday night, beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-4, 6-3. The American player set up a match against eighth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France, a 6-2, 7-6 (3) winner over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan
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7:42 PM ET The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry is about to stray from tradition. The SEC is expected to move the Auburn–Georgia series from its traditional spot in late November to early October beginning in 2020, Georgia president Jere Morehead confirmed to reporters on Wednesday, one day after 247Sports reported the schools were close to
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7:38 PM ET Brazilian legend Anderson Silva has already booked his next fight, and it will take place in his native Brazil. Silva (34-9) will face Jared Cannonier (11-4) at UFC 237 on May 11 in Brazil, according to UFC president Dana White. It will mark Silva’s first appearance in Brazil since he defeated Stephan
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7:18 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are unquestionably Ben Roethlisberger’s team, according to general manager Kevin Colbert. Colbert called Roethlisberger the “unquestioned leader” of the locker room who has the freedom to publicly criticize teammates if he sees fit. “He’s the elder statesmen and the Super Bowl winner,” Colbert told a group of
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7:16 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Buster Posey most likely will not catch in any spring training games until early March, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Wednesday. Posey, who had surgery in August to address a hip impingement and repair a torn labrum, has been catching pitchers’ side sessions in camp
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7:26 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Minnesota Wild traded forward Charlie Coyle to the Boston Bruins in exchange for forward Ryan Donato and a fifth-round pick, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal will become official later Wednesday night. Coyle, 26, has been the subject of trade rumors over the past two seasons. Boston added
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6:42 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With a 28-29 record, the Lakers are three games out of the playoff picture with 25 regular-season games left. Even tougher: they have the fourth-toughest remaining schedule in the NBA, according to ESPN Stats & Information projections. So for LeBron James, it’s time to turn on the afterburners,
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10:22 AM ET Position-by-position tiers: C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP My favorite metric when it comes to slotting relief pitchers is win probability added (WPA). According to FanGraphs.com, the top five relievers in that category last season were: Oakland’s Blake Treinen, Milwaukee’s Jeremy Jeffress, Seattle’s Edwin Diaz,
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