Month: January 2020

5:29 PM ET Seldom-used forward Travis Boyd, in the lineup because Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had to serve a one-game suspension, scored his third goal of the season as Washington outlasted the Canadiens 4-2 on Monday in Montreal. The win was Washington’s fourth in a row, and it padded the Capitals’ lead atop the NHL
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5:08 PM ET Representatives for unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev are close enough to making a deal that on Monday they asked the IBF for a second extension of their deadline. “(We are) making great progress and closing in on a deal,” Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN
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5:29 PM ET The league’s top team returns from the All-Star break on Monday, but will be without its top player. Alex Ovechkin will serve his one-game suspension when the Washington Capitals take on the Canadiens in Montreal. Ovechkin is not eligible due to his decision to skip the All-Star Game in St. Louis on
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5:13 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Big league players, managers and fans might be hearing a lot more from umpires this season. Much like NFL referees have done for years, umpires could be mic’d up and announce whether reviewed calls are upheld or overturned, sources told ESPN’s Pedro Gomez. They may also
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4:11 PM ET Mechelle VoepelespnW.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. HARTFORD, Conn. — Chicago Sky guard Katie Lou Samuelson couldn’t hold back her emotions Monday. Growing up in Huntington Beach, California,
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5:47 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA has postponed the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ next game against the Clippers on Tuesday night after the deaths of retired superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash on Sunday afternoon in Calabasas, California. The league said in a statement Monday that
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5:38 PM ET The Cleveland Browns are hiring Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Andrew Berry to be their general manager and executive vice president of football operations. Here’s what you need to know about the Browns’ new GM: Why Berry? Owner Jimmy Haslam wanted to hire a general manager who was on the
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