Month: April 2019

1:19 AM ET TORONTO — Five minutes into the Toronto Raptors‘ 108-95 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series, the crowd at Scotiabank Arena roared in anticipation. The player with possession wasn’t Kawhi Leonard, Kyle Lowry or Pascal Siakam, because Toronto was defending in half court. Sixers center
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12:52 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Sometimes the alligator jaws chew up their prey. Sometimes the gator is the prey. The latter was the case for much of Saturday night’s main event. Jack Hermansson got the better of Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the standup and even against the Brazilian’s vaunted ground game to earn a unanimous
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12:47 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw delivered a vintage outing for his first win of the season, allowing one run over seven innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Saturday night. Chris Taylor hit a tying sacrifice fly and Joc Pederson followed with a two-run
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1:27 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — After Christian Yelich helped put Milwaukee ahead, Josh Hader prevented the Mets from coming back. Yelich hit his major league-leading 14th home run, tying the record for most before May 1, and Hader needed just 20 pitches to retire six batters Saturday night and close out the
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12:22 AM ET Steve KimESPN Regis Prograis captured the WBA junior welterweight title by halting the normally durable Kiryl Relikh in six rounds Saturday night and advanced to the final of the World Boxing Super Series 140-pound tournament with a TKO victory at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. Prograis (24-0, 20 KOs) got to work
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