Month: October 2021

3:04 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata have agreed to a deal for a Dec. 29 middleweight title unification bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, multiple sources told ESPN. A formal announcement is expected next week. The fight will take place just outside Murata’s hometown, Tokyo. The Olympic gold medalist
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2:29 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mike White will make his first NFL start Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets coach Robert Saleh confirmed Wednesday. The status of their newest backup, Joe Flacco, is uncertain. Flacco, acquired Monday in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles, wasn’t at practice Wednesday. He was excused
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2:06 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — During the portion of Wednesday’s practice that was open to the media, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott showed no ill effects from a right calf strain suffered Oct. 17 that has put his availability for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings in some question. Prescott went through an extended
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1:55 PM ET Britain plans to spend a million pounds ($1.37m) on a proposed electric Extreme E off-road race in the Outer Hebrides next year, the series said on Wednesday. Finance minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday in the autumn budget statement to parliament that the government intended to fund the Hebrides X Prix. 1
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1:09 PM ET Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. — A suspended Virginia Tech linebacker accused in the fatal beating of a Tinder match has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder. Isimemen Etute, 18, who is accused in the death of Jerry Smith, who was 40, in May, was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday,
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12:54 PM ET Old Dominion will join the Sun Belt Conference no later than July 1, 2023, the conference announced on Wednesday, which will increase its membership to 14 schools. The Sun Belt presidents and chancellors voted unanimously to add ODU to the league, which includes current members Appalachian State, Little Rock, Arkansas State, Coastal
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12:58 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy said on Wednesday that no consensus has been reached regarding ailing superstar Khalil Mack‘s status for Week 8’s home game against the San Francisco 49ers. “The only thing I would say to that is we’re working through everything right now with Khalil, you
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12:17 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said that it’s “absolutely” possible he could return Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers after missing Cleveland’s last game with a left shoulder injury. Mayfield added that the torn labrum, along with the tuberosity fracture, in his non-throwing shoulder was already feeling better after he sat
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