Month: February 2020

2:14 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — The most fascinating matchup in a potential playoff preview Saturday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena pitted the tallest man on the floor against the shortest, a 7-foot-1, two-time reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year guarding a 6-foot-3 recent MVP. The Houston Rockets‘ unprecedented commitment to a
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10:50 PM ET Dan Hooker kissed his daughter, hugged his wife Isabella and went down the front row embracing his teammates. As he walked toward backstage, he let out two loud roars. With a badly swollen jaw late in a pivotal career fight, Hooker was able to stave off an incredibly game Paul Felder with
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12:51 AM ET Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. It’s been 20 years since boxing has had an undisputed heavyweight champion, Lennox Lewis. Now that Tyson Fury has beaten Deontay Wilder to claim the WBC and lineal heavyweight championships, fans, promoters and fellow fighters are clamoring
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10:46 PM ET Dan Hooker got a signature win in New Zealand this weekend, his first headlining slot in his home country. It was a hard-fought, back-and-forth split-decision win over Paul Felder in the main event of UFC Auckland on Sunday. With three consecutive wins, Hooker is in prime position to get another big fight
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12:14 AM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — The Rio Open semifinals were suspended early Sunday because of rain. Third-seeded Cristian Garin of Chile led Croatia’s Borna Coric 6-4, 4-4 when play was halted for the third time since Saturday afternoon. Italy’s Gianluca Mager, who eliminated top-seeded Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals earlier Saturday,
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