Month: March 2019

6:43 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — International team captain Ernie Els has named K.J. Choi, Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir as his final three assistants for this year’s Presidents Cup. Els had already named Geoff Ogilvy as one of his assistant captains for the event at Royal Melbourne from Dec. 9-15. Choi will
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6:52 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — As the second wave of free agency begins, the Dallas Cowboys filled a need by agreeing to a one-year contract with veteran wide receiver Randall Cobb, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Cobb visited with the Cowboys at The
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4:04 PM ET ESPN+ will be the exclusive distributor of UFC pay-per-view events in the United States through 2025, ESPN and the UFC announced on Monday. This will make ESPN+ the single point of purchase for consumers for top UFC events, and extends the partnership between the companies for two additional years. The deal begins
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7:18 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Ariel Helwani Close ESPN Staff Writer Ariel Helwani is an MMA reporter at ESPN. Follow him on Twitter at @arielhelwani. Top UFC lightweights Al Iaquinta and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone have verbally agreed
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5:55 PM ET New York Yankees star reliever Dellin Betances will begin the season on the injured list with a right shoulder impingement (inflammation), according to general manager Brian Cashman. Betances will begin a cycle of anti-inflammatories. The Yankees were very alarmed by the lower velocity in his last outing Sunday at the Phillies. The
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4:58 PM ET Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder, pursued by various broadcasters and offered deals worth as much as $120 million, has decided to remain with longtime broadcast partner Showtime, at least for now. Wilder and mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale, whose long-simmering acrimony will carry the promotion, were on hand at a news conference Tuesday
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4:44 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Two days after receiving a second cortisone shot for his injured lower back, New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks said Tuesday that he felt pain-free. “Right now I feel great. I’ve got no pain right now,” Hicks said. “I’m walking around and doing all my core stuff, and
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