Month: May 2019

By Andrew Cesare Richardson, ESPN writer Frank Lampard’s Derby County secured a playoff semifinal against Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United with a 2-1 win over West Brom, pipping Middlesbrough to sixth place. Former Argentina forward Gabriel Batistuta has told ESPN FC he is open to managing Middlesbrough, but added that the Championship side have yet to
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ESPN FC’s Craig Burley explains why Liverpool shouldn’t be considered failures after they came up short in the title race. Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino returned to full training on Tuesday as he stepped up his recovery ahead of next week’s Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur. Firmino took part in Jurgen Klopp’s first session of
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3:55 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — As the Golden State Warriors celebrated their fifth straight Western Conference championship after eliminating the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, forward Draymond Green pointed out that as the conversation surrounding Kevin Durant‘s pending free agency continues, Durant’s addition to the Warriors three summers ago made the group “unbeatable.”
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2:26 AM ET Former world No. 1 Andy Murray has all but ruled out playing singles at Wimbledon this year and said he will focus on doubles when he makes his comeback from hip-resurfacing surgery. The Scot has not played since his first-round exit from the Australian Open in January, but said last month he
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6:30 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The New York Mets, a multibillion-dollar corporation that moonlights as a comedy act, put on their finest show in years Monday. Rampant speculation about the job security of their embattled manager amid
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2:16 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Competitive sweep? It sounds like an oxymoron, but it provided a bit of consolation for the Portland Trail Blazers after the franchise’s longest playoff run in 19 years ended with a four-game dismissal by the dynastic Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals. “We were very competitive in
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2:29 AM ET BALTIMORE — Just as he was turning to leave his locker late Monday night, Luke Voit fielded one final question that he started answering with a smile before the reporter could even get all his words out. The query was about how Voit felt the New York Yankees‘ latest dramatic, come-from-behind win
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