Month: January 2020

8:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN Promoter Eddie Hearn said on Wednesday that he’s made an offer to former Pro Bowl wide receiver Antonio Brown to box YouTube personality Logan Paul. “We’ve made two offers now to Antonio Brown, and we’re negotiating a fight at the moment,” Hearn told ESPN. “I don’t know if it’s going
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7:00 AM ET Since time immemorial, a favorite offseason pastime for the passionate baseball fan has been to scratch out possible batting orders for their favorite team for the coming season. You might do it on a text file you bring up surreptitiously on your office computer. You might do it on the back of
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7:26 PM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin honored the late Kobe Bryant by swapping his No. 8 jersey for the No. 24 during warm-ups on Wednesday night, ahead of the team’s home game against the Nashville Predators. The jersey will be signed and put up for auction, with proceeds benefiting the Kobe & Vanessa
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7:55 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Wright, a former Minnesota football star who led grocery wholesaler Supervalu Inc. for 20 years, has died. He was 81. Wright died Monday at his home in Wayzata of complications from pneumonia, Wright’s son, Adam Wright, told the Star Tribune. A Minneapolis native, Wright excelled in both
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7:55 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Wright, a former Minnesota football star who led grocery wholesaler Supervalu Inc. for 20 years, has died. He was 81. Wright died Monday at his home in Wayzata of complications from pneumonia, Wright’s son, Adam Wright, told the Star Tribune. A Minneapolis native, Wright excelled in both
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7:22 PM ET Detroit forward Markieff Morris is switching his jersey number from No. 8 to No. 88, to show “double respect” for the late Kobe Bryant. Morris, a Philadelphia native like Bryant, made the announcement before the Pistons took on the Nets in Brooklyn. Morris will not be able to don the jersey change
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7:09 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — When Kawhi Leonard decided to return to the Los Angeles area to play for the LA Clippers, he turned to a mentor and friend in Kobe Bryant for advice. Leonard says that conversation included asking Bryant about getting around. Bryant lived in Newport Beach and talked to Leonard
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