Month: July 2020

10:39 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch won the NASCAR Truck Series race at Texas on Saturday night, getting the victory in his second race of the day after a postrace disqualification took away an apparent Xfinity Series win. Busch made a final green-flag stop with 36 laps to go, when
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9:17 PM ET Steve KimESPN Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been suspended indefinitely by both the Nevada Athletic Commission and the Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission due to his refusal to take a drug test prior to his Dec. 20 bout against Daniel Jacobs. Chavez was temporarily suspended in Nevada after not submitting to a
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6:03 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch celebrated a 10th NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Texas Motor Speedway, and then had it taken away. Busch failed postrace tech inspection Saturday after finishing ahead of Austin Cindric, who was declared the winner for the third victory in a row after winning both
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2:57 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — The Blue Jays have been denied approval by the Canadian government to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced in a statement Saturday that the federal government had denied the request. “Unlike preseason training, regular-season games would require repeated cross-border travel of
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6:09 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — Yankees All-Star second baseman DJ LeMahieu resumed his preseason workouts this week for the first time since what he called the “scary” experience of having tested positive for COVID-19. “It was surprising. It was shocking. It’s
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7:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Rick Reed, whose career as a big league umpire spanned three decades and included two All-Star games and a World Series, has died. He was 70. Reed died Thursday night. Born in Detroit, Reed first worked a handful of American League games in 1979 before eventually becoming
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7:57 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — After causing a stir Friday night with several cryptic Instagram posts implying he was retiring from baseball, embattled New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German apologized for his comments on Saturday. “To my teammates, the Yankees organization,
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7:38 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman doesn’t know if he has time to be ready for the Atlanta Braves‘ opener. Following a scary journey in his battle with COVID-19, Freeman is grateful to even have a chance. On Saturday, the four-time All-Star revealed he had a high temperature of 104.5 degrees early
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