Month: February 2020

5:42 PM ET An intriguing middleweight bout is getting uprooted and placed on a new card. The bout between top prospect Edmen Shahbazyan and Derek Brunson will be moving from UFC 248 to UFC Portland, UFC officials confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Shahbazyan had tweeted about a potential relocation earlier in the day. UFC Portland
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5:55 PM ET Sacramento Kings forward Marvin Bagley III will be out at least another three weeks with a left foot sprain, the team announced Thursday. Bagley continues to progress but is not ready to return, the team said, adding that another update would be provided in three weeks. Bagley, taken by the Kings with
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5:49 PM ET Daniil Medvedev overcame a poor start to beat Jannik Sinner 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the Open 13 Provence quarterfinals on Thursday. The U.S. Open runner-up, who lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open last month, dropped his serve twice but broke the Italian’s serve four times. Medvedev, ranked fifth
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5:05 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins cut tight end Jordan Reed on Thursday, parting ways with a talented but oft-injured player. The move comes as no surprise given Reed’s injury history and that the move saves Washington $8.5 million in cap space. He had been under contract through 2021. Reed missed all
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5:25 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — No decision was made immediately Thursday after a civil court hearing to determine whether emails between officials from the New Orleans Saints and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans will be made public. Attorneys for the Saints, the archdiocese, The Associated Press and plaintiffs suing the church over
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5:11 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills rookie Cody Ford‘s fine for an illegal blindside hit was reduced to less than a quarter of its original amount, the offensive lineman tweeted Thursday. Originally fined $28,075 for his hit on defender Jacob Martin during Buffalo’s AFC wild-card loss to the Houston Texans,
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6:00 PM ET Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Jay Johnson followed head coach Mel Tucker and fellow assistant Chris Kapilovic to Michigan State from Colorado, joining the Spartans on Thursday as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Johnson filled those roles last season at Colorado under Tucker. The Spartans hired Tucker last week following Mark
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