7:00 AM ET Once again, it’s elimination Monday. The Colorado Avalanche and Boston Bruins — two popular Stanley Cup picks — both need to win out in their series, or they’ll leave the bubble. That also means the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning are a win away from making it to the conference finals. …
4:44 PM ET Daniel Cormier said Monday that he won’t need surgery for the torn cornea he suffered in his Aug. 15 unanimous-decision loss to Stipe Miocic, which Cormier agreed was the right call by the judges. Miocic inadvertently poked Cormier in his left eye during the third round, but Cormier was able to finish …
11:52 PM IST Cricket South Africa have been forced to postpone their Annual General Meeting scheduled for Saturday, during which they were due to elect a new president and at least two other board members. The postponement comes after CSA were due to meet with the country’s minister of sport, Nathi Mthethwa, who demanded to …
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5:31 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB trade deadline, the strangest deadline in Major League Baseball history, has passed. The San Diego Padres stole the headlines by dealing for Mike Clevinger on a deadline day that lagged behind other recent ones in overall volume of moves. But that doesn’t mean the trades that went …
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5:21 PM ET Steve KimESPN The WBO has ordered Jose Ramirez, just days removed from a title defense over Viktor Postol this past weekend, to begin negotiations with mandatory challenger Jack Catterall. Gustavo Olivieri, the in-house counsel for the WBO, confirmed to ESPN that both parties have 20 days to reach an agreement before the …
10:44 AM ET The problem with analyzing the future of Lionel Messi is that, after 20 years, his relationship with Barcelona lies somewhere between the professional and the romantic. You can use reason and logic on the first part to come up with plausible scenarios. You can’t account for the second, partly because it’s intensely …
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1:39 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer, is back at his Churchill Downs barn after recovering from COVID-19. Lukas, who turns 85 on Wednesday, said he got “really sick.” “I couldn’t get any air and I felt like I was drifting away,” he said. “You just …
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The most unusual MLB trade deadline in the sport’s history is approaching with a 4 p.m. ET deadline on Aug. 31 for teams to make deals. We’ve got you covered with all of the trade rumors, reaction and analysis you need as your team ponders its next blockbuster move in …
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World champion Annemiek van Vleuten will join Movistar on a two-year deal from next season. The Dutch rider, 37, is leaving Mitchelton-Scott after five successful years at the Australian team. Following back-to-back world time trial titles, Van Vleuten won the world road race in Yorkshire last year after a stunning 105km solo attack. “I’m not …
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6:41 AM ET NFL NationESPN A little more than two weeks before the 2020 NFL regular season kicks off, a few teams are still trying to settle on a starting quarterback. The Chicago Bears traded for Nick Foles this offseason to provide competition for incumbent Mitchell Trubisky. The New England Patriots signed Cam Newton this …
Caleb Ewan produced a dazzling sprint finish to win stage three of the Tour de France as Julian Alaphilippe held on to the yellow jersey. The Australian Lotto Soudal rider timed his sprint to perfection to squeeze past Peter Sagan and snatch victory from Irishman Sam Bennett. Frenchman Jerome Cousin had led by nearly three …
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6:55 AM ET In the salary-cap era, no NFL team can head into a season with above-average starters at every position. Some teams have come close — and others have been able to mask their issues with dominant players at other positions — but every team’s weakness gets exposed. The New England Patriots, who have …
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10:10 AM ET Notre Dame football attendance this fall will be limited to 20% or less of stadium capacity with priority going to students, the school announced Monday. Once student ticket demand is met, Notre Dame faculty and staff will receive the remaining tickets. No fans from outside the university community will be allowed, with …
8:48 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 197 for 3 (Dent 60) beat Worcestershire 175 for 8 by 22 runs Chris Dent justified his recall in the Gloucestershire Vitality Blast side after a lengthy absence with a match-winning knock and two crucial interventions in the field during a 22-run success over Worcestershire Rapids at Blackfinch …
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3:42 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – It was probably fitting that Tiger Woods‘ weekend at the BMW Championship and his 2019-20 PGA Tour season came to an end with him struggling on the back nine at Olympia Fields Country Club. Woods wrapped up the final round of the BMW shooting a 1-over 70 on …
9:04 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Robin Montgomery was hanging out after practice one day in early August at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland, when she got the text. It was only a few words, but they changed her life in an instant: “You got the wild card.” The 15-year-old was in …
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8:00 AM ET With six first-round series done in the 2020 NBA playoffs, let’s bounce around some positives and negatives we haven’t covered in other places (i.e., enough about The Process). We’ll have more on the Jamal Murray–Donovan Mitchell firestorm before Tuesday’s Game 7. The Mavs are here … right? Through four games against perhaps …
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9:44 AM ET For the record, Tiger Woods finished 63rd in the FedEx Cup standings, his 2019-20 season coming to an end Sunday at the BMW Championship, where he failed to qualify for this week’s Tour Championship. That means he won’t be able to play for the $45 million in FedEx bonus money that is …
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