Month: February 2023

12:21 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek successfully defended her Qatar Open title after beating No. 4-ranked Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0 in the final on Saturday. Swiatek broke Pegula for 2-0 and 4-2 but both times immediately lost her own serve. Pegula couldn’t hold again and Swiatek served out to love
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12:39 PM ET WBC interim junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora is returning to the ring on April 8 as part of a main event against Brian Mendoza in California, a source told ESPN. Fundora, 25, last fought in October when he beat Carlos Ocampo by unanimous decision. It was one of two big wins for
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6:34 AM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — When Michael Kopech started throwing again after right knee surgery, he felt a sense of relief. It was a real issue that prevented him from being himself for much of last season with the Chicago White Sox. “Absolutely. There’s a little bit of relief knowing that I
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7:08 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN AMONG THE SELLOUT crowd packed into Chicago’s United Center for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, Nick Elam and Jon Mugar couldn’t believe what they were witnessing. The league had decided to make a radical change for the league’s midseason showcase, and the excitement was palpable as the fourth quarter played
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3:34 AM ET Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s earthquakes in the region, the ex-Chelsea winger’s agent said on Saturday. “Atsu’s lifeless body was found under the rubble,” Murat Uzunmehmet told reporters in Hatay, where Atsu’s body was found. “Currently, more
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The second season of the International League T20 (ILT20) will begin on January 13, 2024. “Following the huge success of the DP World ILT20 2023, work has begun on Season 2 which is set to commence from Saturday, 13 January 2024,” an ILT20 statement read. “Season 2 will be played on the same 34-match format
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11:42 PM ET Los Angeles Kings starting goalie Pheonix Copley was given a match penalty against the host Anaheim Ducks on Friday night for throwing a punch while still wearing his blocking glove. At 19:36 of the second period, Ducks forward Max Jones was entangled with three Kings defensemen to Copley’s left. Anaheim forward Frank
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9:22 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — The recipients of the 2023 Naismith Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award, Andscape’s Marc J. Spears (print) and ESPN’s Holly Rowe (electronic), didn’t know each other well before sharing the stage at Vivint Arena on Friday afternoon. But through their decades of stellar coverage of
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