Month: September 2019

5:37 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees reliever Dellin Betances has been told surgery is not recommended for the partially torn Achilles tendon that ended his season after eight pitches. Betances received a second opinion from Dr. Martin O’Malley of the Hospital for Special Surgery, who concurred with Dr. Justin Greisberg of New
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4:48 PM ET Longtime UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero will retire in July, the school announced Thursday. Guerrero, 67, has led the department since 2002 and is the second-longest tenured sitting Power 5 athletic director. UC Regents voted Thursday to extend Guerrero’s contract, which was set to run out in December, through July 1, 2020,
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4:41 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In a limited media availability on Thursday, New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown deflected a question on whether he’s heard from the NFL about being able to play throughout the 2019 season. “I appreciate that question. I’m just here to focus on ball,” Brown said in an interview
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9:08 AM ET Steve KimESPN WBC super middleweight world titleholder Anthony Dirrell faces former titlist David Benavidez on Sept. 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The winner will join the other three belt-holders in the division: Callum Smith (WBA), Billy Joe Saunders (WBO) and Caleb Plant (IBF). Benavidez never lost his title in the
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4:40 PM ET The NBA power brokers descending on New York this week for the league’s Board of Governors meeting have reacted to the league’s beefed-up anti-tampering proposal with a mix of skepticism about its potential deterrent effect and concerns of privacy. In conversations with numerous league officials, team owners, general managers and agents, some
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4:09 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — It’s Josh Rosen time in Miami. Dolphins coach Brian Flores decided to make a quarterback switch ahead of Sunday’s game at the Dallas Cowboys, naming Rosen his starting quarterback, a league source confirmed. The move sends veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who started the team’s first two games, to the
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3:57 PM ET Former junior middleweight world titlist Brian Castano and “Lucky Boy” Wale Omotoso will square off in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on Nov. 2, PBC announced on Thursday. The bout — scheduled for 10 rounds, though it could become a 12-round elimination bout — will take place at
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3:56 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets safety Jamal Adams is appealing his $21,506 fine, insisting he delivered a legal hit Monday night on Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield. Adams, who called the fine a “damn joke” Wednesday night on social media, told reporters Thursday that the officiating crew “apologized” to the
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