Month: October 2019

9:57 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Dodgers bench coach Bob Geren is among those who have interviewed for the San Francisco Giants managerial position that was left vacant when Bruce Bochy retired following the season. Geren met with the team last week, and former Phillies manager Gape Kapler, Astros bench
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9:02 PM ET The UFC’s expansion into Asia, specifically China, will continue in 2020 with the launch of an Asian installment of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. The promotion announced plans for the new show on Wednesday. Fights will take place at the UFC’s new Performance Institute in Shanghai. Distribution details are still to
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9:00 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers‘ Joel Embiid and Minnesota Timberwolves‘ Karl-Anthony Towns were ejected for fighting in the third quarter of Wednesday night’s game in Philadelphia. The two shoved each other at Minnesota’s end of the floor while the 76ers pushed the ball upcourt, with Towns throwing a punch that missed and putting Embiid
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8:39 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn talked to reporters for the first time Wednesday since his team announced that offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt had been let go. Lynn reiterated that he appreciated Whisenhunt’s service, but believed the offense needed to go in a different direction. “I just
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8:17 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams, outfitted with a vintage pair of shoes that he says he thinks will accommodate his turf toe injury, practiced Wednesday for the first time since spraining the ligaments in his right big toe on Sept. 26. Although it was an abbreviated practice
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8:08 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Sam Jankovich, the Miami Hurricanes‘ athletic director when they won their first three national championships in football, has died. He was 85. Jankovich died Wednesday in his native Butte, Montana. He was the Hurricanes’ athletic director from 1983 to 1990 and hired coaches Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson,
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7:33 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals will be without running back Chase Edmonds against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night, but a decision has yet to be made public about whether running back David Johnson will be able to play. Coach Kliff Kingsbury ruled Edmonds out on Wednesday afternoon as he
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