Month: March 2022

10:56 AM ET Recent U.S. Olympian Keyshawn Davis has a new date for his next fight. The junior welterweight will face Esteban Sanchez on April 30 in Las Vegas, a source familiar with the bout told ESPN. It will be on the undercard of the Shakur Stevenson-Oscar Valdez junior lightweight title unification at the MGM
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7:28 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Baseball had seen nothing like Shohei Ohtani‘s unanimous AL MVP season in more than a century. With the new season arriving quickly for his Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani is eager to make more history. “I feel like I can’t be doing the same thing as last year,
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8:42 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving put together one of the most impressive offensive halves of basketball in recent NBA history during Tuesday’s game against the Orlando Magic, scoring 41 points in a dominant performance. In 23 first-half minutes, Irving went 14-for-19 from the field, 6-for-7 from beyond the arc,
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8:46 PM ET UFC fighter Kevin Holland says he helped apprehend a man who shot a gun off at a Houston restaurant Monday night. Holland told ESPN on Tuesday that he was eating sushi with his friend, Patrick Robinson, when he heard a loud bang and saw people running away in fear. Holland said he
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg said he doesn’t intend to aggressively push his recovery from thoracic outlet surgery to be ready for Opening Day. “I think for me it’s about sticking to the program,” Strasburg said Tuesday after facing hitters for the first time since
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5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services VENICE, Fla. — Rob Manfred made a startling admission while announcing the end of baseball’s bitter labor battle last week: He’s failed in his role as a diplomat to players. The acknowledgement was stunning enough that famously polite Atlanta Braves starter Charlie Morton nearly laughed when told about it.
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6:30 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball’s lengthy lockout this winter didn’t have any impact on Shane Bieber‘s wedding plans. He’s still happily getting hitched. It didn’t alter his desire for a long-term union with the Guardians, either. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner, limited to just 16 starts last season
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6:00 PM ET The Minnesota Vikings have reached a deal with free-agent linebacker Jordan Hicks, the team announced Tuesday. Terms were not released, but multiple reports said the two-year deal was worth $12 million. The Arizona Cardinals released Hicks last week in a move that saved the team $6.5 million on their salary cap. Hicks,
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