Month: August 2019

5:46 PM ET A video of Conor McGregor punching an older man inside a Dublin bar surfaced online last week, and seeing the video was “like a dagger into my heart,” McGregor told Ariel Helwani in an exclusive interview with ESPN on Thursday. In the interview, McGregor expressed regret for his actions in April, when
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8:46 PM ET WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Due to holes in the end zones of IG Field, where goalposts for the Canadian Football League’s bigger field are usually planted, the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers played on a shorter field Thursday night. Lengthy conversations among NFL, Packers and Raiders officials ended with the decision that
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8:38 PM ET Cam Newton‘s surgically repaired shoulder has been the focus for much of the Carolina Panthers‘ preseason, but the focus turned to the franchise quarterback’s left foot and ankle after a first-quarter sack in Thursday night’s 10-3 preseason loss at New England. Team medical staff examined Newton’s left foot on the sideline after
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8:38 PM ET Cam Newton‘s surgically repaired shoulder has been the focus for much of the Carolina Panthers‘ preseason, but the focus turned to the franchise quarterback’s left foot and ankle after a first-quarter sack in Thursday night’s preseason game at New England. Team medical staff examined Newton’s left foot on the sideline after the
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8:19 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball has banned all affiliated players from participating in the Venezuela winter league this year, a response intended to comply with President Donald Trump’s embargo against the country’s Nicolas Maduro-led
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7:53 PM ET BALTIMORE — Somewhere, the Cincinnati Reds are toasting. On Thursday at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles surrendered their 259th home run of 2019, breaking a tie with the 2016 Reds for most roundtrippers allowed by a team in a single season. The record-breaking bomb came in the top of the third inning
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7:25 PM ET Unified heavyweight world titleholder Andy Ruiz Jr. has agreed to go to Saudi Arabia to face Anthony Joshua in their much-anticipated rematch, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Ruiz and his team on Wednesday night agreed to terms that will have him face Joshua again
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7:23 PM ET ATLANTA — As Brooks Koepka‘s rise in the world golf continued this year with another major championship victory and the No. 1 ranking, he became more comfortable revealing things about himself and speaking his mind. Thursday came the ultimate reveal — Koepka’s nude photos in ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue that were
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7:12 PM ET A Northwestern wide receiver recruit will be allowed to play high school football in Michigan for his senior season following a reversal by the state athletic association, a source confirmed to ESPN. Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen had been ruled ineligible after being reclassified for completing too many academic credits, but the Michigan High School
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