Month: October 2019

6:47 AM ET PITTSBURGH — After each of his interceptions against his former team Monday night, Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick held tight to the football. Still clutching the ball, he celebrated with his teammates, and then he ran to the sideline and passed the balls off for safekeeping. Eventually, the pair of footballs will head
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6:47 AM ET PITTSBURGH — After each of his interceptions against his former team Monday night, Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick held tight to the football. Still clutching the ball, he celebrated with his teammates, and then he ran to the sideline and passed the balls off for safekeeping. Eventually, the pair of footballs will head
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1:09 AM ET HOUSTON — Russell Westbrook, dressed in shiny black pants and a sleeveless NASCAR T-shirt, stopped by the visitors locker room on the way out of the Toyota Center on Monday night. Westbrook chatted with former teammates such as Steven Adams and Andre Roberson, as well as some staffers he knew well from
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1:06 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Running back James Conner left Heinz Field with his right arm in a sling following Monday night’s 27-14 win against the Dolphins. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Conner has an AC joint injury and is being evaluated. He expects to have an update on Conner at his Tuesday press
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12:56 AM ET Normally, a boxer has no interest in discussing details of how he plans to go after his opponent before a fight, but middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez no problem doing so when it came to Sergey Kovalev. Like many, Alvarez perceives one of Kovalev’s major weaknesses as an ability to take body
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12:15 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — In the first three games of the season for the New Orleans Pelicans, the team was scrappy and competitive despite missing No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson. Even without Jrue Holiday in Saturday night’s game against the Houston Rockets, the Pelicans were still in the game in
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11:54 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Stripped of the ball by Miami Dolphins defensive end Taco Charlton, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph laid on the ground after taking second-quarter sack Monday night. The boos rained down as a frustrated Heinz Field crowd watched the Steelers floundering against the winless Miami Dolphins, who also own their 2020
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10:15 PM ET The comeback of British boxing legend Nigel Benn is off. Benn, the 55-year-old former middleweight and super middleweight world titlist, announced at a news conference in London in late September that he would exit a 23-year retirement and return to the ring to face former super middleweight titlist Sakio Bika in a
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