Month: February 2020

8:08 AM ET Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred defended his punishment of the Houston Astros for their sign stealing in 2017 and said Major League Baseball will institute new rules to police the use of technology before the 2020 season. In a wide-ranging interview with ESPN’s Karl Ravech, Manfred explained why he didn’t punish any Astros
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7:28 AM GMT As Australian rugby keeps its fingers crossed for an improved broadcast deal, this was not the weekend Rugby Australia administrators were after. The Brumbies and Reds were both in positions to win their respective matches over the Highlanders and Reds, only for a lack of discipline — perhaps some dubious refereeing in
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2:45 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Seven-time major champion Inbee Park saw a seven-shot lead shrink to two shots Sunday before winning the Women’s Australian Open by three strokes to clinch her first LPGA title in almost two years. Park started her final round three shots in front of 19-year-old South Korean compatriot
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1:14 AM ET ESPN News Services Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien was frustrated with the officiating Saturday night, feeling referees Dean Morton and Garrett Rank missed several calls in his team’s home loss to the Dallas Stars. Tyler Seguin scored twice, including the overtime winner, to give the Stars a comeback 4-3 victory. Mattias
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11:29 PM ET Jan Blachowicz knew he needed to make a serious statement Saturday to even have the slightest shot at UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. And that’s exactly what he did. Blachowicz (26-8) recorded the 16th finish of his professional career, as he knocked out Corey Anderson (13-5) with a devastating right hand
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11:52 PM ET Super middleweight world titlist Caleb Plant’s dream since he was a child was to have a world title fight in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He not only realized it on Saturday night, but won in dominating and emphatic fashion. Plant beat down game mandatory challenger Vincent Feigenbutz for the entire fight
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