5:39 PM ET Former four-division world titlist Adrien Broner has always been confident, almost to the point of cockiness, going into his fights and nothing appears to have changed as he prepares for the biggest fight of his career. Broner challenges legendary eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao for his secondary welterweight belt on Saturday (Showtime
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5:21 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants have hired pitching analyst Matt Daniels to join the staff of new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, who vowed when hired in November to find a wide array of experts to help the club. Now, he has a data-focused staff member to
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5:18 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — The Sanderson Farms Championship is moving its tournament dates for next season and increasing its purse money in hopes of attracting a better field. The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that the tournament will have its own weekend on the schedule from Sept. 19-22 and increase its purse
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4:53 PM ET Associated Press The coaching staffs of the Los Angeles Chargers and Dallas Cowboys have been selected to lead the Pro Bowl teams. Anthony Lynn and his Chargers staff will coach the AFC team while Jason Garrett and his Cowboys staff coach the NFC team. The Chargers finished 12-4 in the regular season
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4:49 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Former Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith, who was fired as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ defensive coordinator in 2018, says he won’t pursue any more coaching opportunities. Appearing Tuesday on “The Opening Drive” on SiriusXM, Smith expressed his desire to turn the page after 35 seasons of coaching, including
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5:00 PM ET Light heavyweight world titlist Dmitry Bivol, the most coveted boxing broadcast free agent on the market other than Gennady Golovkin in the wake of HBO’s exit from the sport at the end of 2018, signed a co-promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn on Tuesday. Bivol will appear exclusively on sports
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4:41 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are bringing back a familiar face to help fill their void at defensive tackle. They’re signing veteran Tyrunn Walker, a source confirmed, after starter Sheldon Rankins suffered a torn Achilles on Sunday. The NFL Network was first to report the news. An MRI confirmed a
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3:43 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — One day before he will be medically re-evaluated, LeBron James did the most he’s done at a shootaround since injuring his groin by shooting and passing during half-court situations Tuesday morning. While James has yet to do any full-court basketball activities with the team, Los Angeles Lakers coach
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3:46 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade‘s cousin has pleaded guilty to murder. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered the plea Tuesday to a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 shooting of 32-year-old Nykea Aldridge. Sorrells admitted
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3:50 AM ET Remember all the fun we had debating Tua Tagovailoa or Kyler Murray for the Heisman in 2018? Well, get ready for the Tua-Trevor debate in 2019. But quarterback is hardly the only spot where there figures to be some fierce competition for positional supremacy next season, and because we have a lot
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