Month: May 2019

7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN When attending the Stanley Cup Final as a visiting fan, there are some essential tasks to be completed, like booking travel and snagging tickets. If that latter task comes up short, there’s always the chance to hit one of the two cities involved in the series, and marinate in the
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9:42 PM ET Houston Texans linebacker J.J. Watt announced his engagement to professional soccer player Kealia Ohai on Sunday night. Watt, 30, posted photos of the proposal to his social media accounts. The couple first confirmed they were dating in October 2016. Ohai, 27, is the captain of the Houston Dash in the National Women’s
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9:17 PM ET The Baltimore Orioles placed slumping slugger Chris Davis on the 10-day injured list Sunday with left hip inflammation. The move was made retroactive to Saturday. The team also recalled right-hander Evan Phillips from Triple-A Norfolk. Before the move was announced, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told reporters that the first baseman “has been
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8:20 AM ET The boos had become something of a ritual. It was September 2015, and manager Matt Williams was positioned squarely on the hot seat. The Washington Nationals weren’t playing well, Bryce Harper had been choked by Jonathan Papelbon, and Williams had reportedly lost the clubhouse. So every night, when Williams would walk into
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5:22 PM ET Carlos Canizales retained his secondary junior flyweight world title by lopsided unanimous decision over Sho Kimura in the main event of a world title doubleheader on Sunday in Fuzhou, China. Canizales (22-0-1, 17 KOs), 26, of Venezuela, used his movement and angles to frustrate Kimura, who pressed the action but could rarely
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7:00 AM ET Emily Kaplan Greg Wyshynski The Stanley Cup Final begins Monday in Boston. Our NHL writers take a scalpel to the matchup, predict what bizarre NHL rules controversy might plague the Final and give their thoughts on Brad Marchand, “Gloria” and press box food. Plus, our series predictions! Who will win the Stanley
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Gab Marcotti joins the ESPN FC crew to shed some light on Bayern Munich’s up-and-down season, citing an aging roster as a problem moving forward. Robert Lewandowski scored twice to lead Bayern Munich to their first German Cup title since 2016 with a 3-0 win over RB Leipzig in the final. German Cup final: Robert
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8:45 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pirates general manager Neal Huntington wants Major League Baseball to consider changing its concussion assessment system to allow for player re-entry after exiting a game for concussion testing. Huntington offered the suggestion Sunday, a day after Pittsburgh catcher Francisco Cervelli suffered a head injury. Cervelli was struck by
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8:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not entitled to damages from BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. At issue were the accounting practices the team used to argue that the 2010 spill caused the team’s revenues to fall. The
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