Month: October 2022

10:50 PM ET Prominent boxing promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing filed a lawsuit last month against Jake Paul for defamation after Paul, in an interview, accused Matchroom of paying off a boxing judge, who is now also suing Paul. Glenn Feldman, a prolific and well-known boxing judge, is joining Hearn’s lawsuit against Paul with
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11:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Bellator MMA and Japanese fight promotion Rizin have worked together several times before but never on such a grand scale as what they have planned for New Year’s Eve. The companies announced Monday that they will co-promote a fight card at 36,500-seat Saitama Super Arena outside Tokyo on Dec. 31
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8:22 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Pascal Siakam and Christian Koloko made history for their native Cameroon on Monday night. And they might be involved in more later this week. Siakam and Koloko were both in the starting lineup for the Toronto Raptors against the Miami Heat. It marked the first time in NBA
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1:59 PM ET MEMPHIS — Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant had high praise for Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, noting that the 23-year-old point guard is “doing some stuff that we’ve never seen before.” When asked prior to Monday’s game against the Grizzlies if Morant’s game reminded him of anyone, Durant said it was
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2:50 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram is in the NBA’s concussion protocol after colliding with a teammate in Sunday’s 122-121 overtime loss to the Utah Jazz, the team announced Monday. There is no timetable for Ingram’s return; he will have to clear a series of steps to
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4:46 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN In an interview with ESPN’s Malika Andrews on “NBA Today,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that he believes the changes the league has made to its system in recent seasons, from flattening the lottery odds to adding the play-in tournament, have greatly reduced the incentives for teams to tank for
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7:46 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles expressed support for quarterback Justin Fields during an impromptu news conference inside Gillette Stadium hours before his team took on the New England Patriots on “Monday Night Football.” “I know Justin has been a big topic and his development,” Poles said. “And we’re
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8:01 PM ET The New York Jets have agreed to acquire running back James Robinson from the Jacksonville Jaguars, sources told ESPN on Monday, confirming a report by NFL Network. In return, the Jets are sending Jacksonville a conditional sixth-round pick that will become a fifth-round pick if Robinson rushes for 600 yards this season,
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