Month: June 2019

10:11 PM ET Heavyweights Adam Kownacki and Chris Arreola have reputations for being in action-packed fights, so both are expecting more of the same when they face each other. Kownacki, the rising contender, and Arreola, the former three-time world title challenger on the back side of his career, met face-to-face at a news conference Tuesday
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9:34 PM ET Former Michigan quarterback Brandon Peters is transferring to Illinois. Peters announced the decision on Instagram and will have two years of eligibility remaining at Illinois. “I want to thank the University of Michigan for the opportunity to represent the winged helmet,” Peters said on Instagram. “The memories and friendships I made along
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9:39 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN LAS VEGAS — Joe Thornton says he’ll be back with the San Jose Sharks next season. Whether he’ll play for the next decade is a bit more debatable. “I’ll probably play another 10 years. That’s what I’m thinking. Five to 10 right now. I got nothing else going on, we’ll
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9:46 PM ET CHICAGO — New Chicago Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel took his first step toward returning to the majors Tuesday, throwing a 1-2-3 seventh inning for Triple-A Iowa. The right-hander threw eight pitches total — four fastballs and four curves. “I heard that he did really well,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said from Wrigley
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8:49 PM ET NEW YORK — While Giancarlo Stanton is ready for what he hopes will be a dramatically healthier remainder of the season, the New York Yankees outfielder acknowledged Tuesday that his recent two-month-plus injured list stint was “very frustrating.” A trio of injuries, one more serious than originally disclosed, made for a challenging
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8:32 PM ET Less than two weeks after a dominant defense of her flyweight championship, Valentina Shevchenko already has agreed to her next bout, sources told ESPN. Shevchenko (17-3) will seek her second title defense against Liz Carmouche (13-6) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Aug. 10 at Antel Arena in Montevideo,
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8:31 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Boston Celtics All-Star center Al Horford will decline to exercise his $30.1 million option for the 2019-20 season and plans to leave the franchise as an unrestricted free agent this summer, league sources told ESPN. Talks on a new deal with the Celtics have perished, with too great of a
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8:19 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer suffered a broken nose Tuesday when he took a ball off the face during a bunting drill. He underwent a CAT scan that was negative, according to the team. Scherzer was scheduled to pitch Game 2 in Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Phillies.
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