Month: October 2021

11:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Rivas defeated Ryan Rozicki on Friday in Montreal to become the inaugural WBC bridgerweight champion. Rivas, 222 1/4 pounds, dished out punishment on the undersized Rozicki over 12 rounds en route to the unanimous decision victory via scores of 116-111, 115-112 and 115-112. Rozicki, 203 pounds, applied pressure and
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3:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers‘ rocky start to the season continued with teammates Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard getting involved in a heated exchange in the first half of Friday’s 115-105 loss to the Phoenix Suns. Amid a 27-11 run by Phoenix to take a 13-point halftime lead, Howard and Davis had
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3:29 AM ET Associated Press CHIBA, Japan — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship on Saturday after a 2-under 68 that included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting heading into the final round. Matsuyama trailed by a stroke after the first
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6:19 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal sat out the Washington Wizards‘ home opener Friday night against the Indiana Pacers because of right hip problems. Coach Wes Unseld Jr. said Beal was sore and the team was going to be cautious. Unseld said he expects Beal to be available Monday night at Brooklyn.
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7:20 PM ET NBA journeyman and prolific dunker Gerald Green has announced his retirement after 12 seasons. The former Houston Rockets wing will join the team’s coaching staff as a player development coach, the team announced Friday. Green, a native of Houston, played two seasons for the Rockets before sitting out all of last season
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12:21 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — After the Brooklyn Nets needed to score 16 of the final 17 points and a triple-double from Kevin Durant to win their first game of the season, coach Steve Nash said he loved the competitiveness he saw but also set early expectations for his title contender. “It’s not going to
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12:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — In the wake of Ben Simmons meeting with and addressing his teammates for the first time since his holdout, 76ers forward Tobias Harris gave an impassioned defense of Simmons after Philadelphia’s 114-109 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. “I think it’s obviously a good start,” Harris
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