Month: May 2019

1:06 AM ET Steve KimESPN Former lightweight world titleholder Jose Pedraza used his superior skills and experience to nullify the pressure of Antonio Lozada in a ninth-round, TKO victory Saturday night on the Masayuki Ito-Jamel Herring junior lightweight title fight at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. From the very beginning, Lozada (40-3-1, 34 KOs)
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11:09 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates will call up right-hander Mitch Keller, the organization’s top pitching prospect, to make his major league debut Monday, according to multiple reports. According to MLB.com, which first reported the news, the Pirates plan to start Keller in one of the games of Monday’s doubleheader at the Cincinnati Reds. Keller,
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As the tug of war for Matthijs de Ligt continues, ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti weighs in on Barcelona and Man United’s chances of landing the young Dutch star. Craig Burley and Ross Dyer work through the latest potential summer transfers, including Memphis Depay making his way to Anfield. The Premier League transfer window is open.
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Frank Leboeuf joins ESPN FC to talk Paul Pogba and Manchester United, explaining why the France star might be ill-suited for the United captaincy. Paul Mariner says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s wealth of experience and knowledge will be an asset for Marcus Rashford to find consistency at Man United. ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop looks at a
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11:00 AM ET ESPN News Services The Brooklyn Nets have hired Jeff Peterson and Andy Birdsong as assistant general managers. The Nets announced Peterson’s hiring on Saturday and Birdsong’s addition on Monday. Trajan Langdon, who had been the Nets’ assistant GM, was recently hired as the New Orleans Pelicans‘ general manager. Peterson spent seven seasons
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