Month: November 2022

6:54 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Sandor Martin has agreed to a deal to fight former lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez on Dec. 10 in New York, sources told ESPN. Martin (40-2, 13 KOs) replaces Jose Pedraza, who withdrew from the 140-pound Top Rank on ESPN bout with a non-COVID illness. Martin, a 29-year-old Spaniard, scored a
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7:01 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired former Rookie of the Year Kyle Lewis in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for outfielder/catcher Cooper Hummel on Thursday, sending a pair of 27-year-olds in search of
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6:51 PM ET St. Louis Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt has been voted the National League MVP, beating out teammate Nolan Arenado and San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado. Goldschmidt, 35, took home his first MVP honor, receiving 22 of 30 first-place votes and eight seconds for 380 points from a Baseball Writers’ Association of
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4:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia announced on Instagram on Thursday that they’ll meet in a long-awaited superfight next year in Las Vegas. The fight will be contested at a 136-pound catchweight and is slated to take place on April 15, sources told ESPN. Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) tweeted that he’ll
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7:36 PM ET MetLife Stadium, home of the Giants and Jets, is in the process of reviewing proposals to replace the current FieldTurf that has come under fire in recent years. The stadium, which currently is using a version of FieldTurf, is contemplating new synthetic surfaces, not the natural grass that players have publicly called
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7:04 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana punt returner Connor Delp has been suspended indefinitely from all team activities, the school announced Thursday. No reason for the punishment was cited. Delp also was suspended from all team activities in November 2021. The announcement comes two days before Indiana travels to Michigan State as
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5:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Cole Hammer would have been happy with pars in the cold and wind off Sea Island. He wound up with more birdies than he imagined Thursday for an 8-under 64 and the low score to par after one round of the RSM Classic. “It was
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4:10 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is trending toward playing Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings after missing the past two games with a hyperextended right knee. “I’m definitely very optimistic about this week,” Elliott said. “Barring any setbacks the next couple days, I think I feel good. I’ve felt
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4:05 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Minkah Fitzpatrick knew something was wrong at the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ walk-through Saturday morning. He alerted team doctors after having trouble using the bathroom, and 20 minutes later, he was on an operating table having his appendix removed. “I thought it was bubble guts, gas,” Fitzpatrick said with a wry laugh.
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