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SAN DIEGO, October 14, 2017 – On a very busy night in sports across the U.S. with college football, baseball playoffs, hockey, and soccer in full swing, fans who chose to take in boxing action from Brooklyn on the Showtime tripleheader boxing card did not go away disappointed.
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SAN DIEGO, May 20, 2017 – Terence "Bud" Crawford showed he belongs among the top pound for pound fighters in the world today, delivering a thorough beating to Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic at Madison Square Garden Saturday. Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) fought the entire bout as a southpaw against the southpaw Olympic gold medalist…
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Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) makes his third IBF world heavyweight title defense and is looking to capture the vacant WBA and IBO belts Saturday when he meets Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 54 KOs) at Wembley Stadium in the richest bout in British boxing history. A sellout crowd of 90,000 at the famed London stadium is expected…
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LONDON - Unbeaten Deontay Wilder will have a ringside view of rival heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko in their unification showdown at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, with hopes to fight the winner by December. The 31-year-old American, who owns the World Boxing Council crown, will serve as a television analyst when Britain's unbeaten Joshua…
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The baseball season is nearing. You can see it in the starting lineups that are being marched out each day in spring training games. They are looking more and more like the lineups you will see next week when the season begins. And yet still the games are not as compelling as the World Baseball Classic…
LOS ANGELES -- Right-hander Marcus Stroman took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ian Kinsler had a two-run home run, and the United States beat Puerto Rico 8-0 to win the World Baseball Classic for the first time on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. Stroman gave up a walk to Carlos Beltran in the second inning and…
One of the biggest fears of a Major League Baseball team is having one of its players injured during the World Baseball Classic. And for the second time, it happened to the New York Yankees, as shortstop Didi Gregorius sustained a strained subscapularis muscle in his right (throwing) shoulder while playing for the Netherlands in the…
LOS ANGELES -- Adam Jones' bobbled ground ball drove in Brandon Crawford with the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, and the United States advanced to its first World Baseball Classic title game with a 2-1 victory over Japan at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. The U.S. meets Puerto Rico in the championship game Wednesday. Puerto Rico…
LOS ANGELES -- Eddie Rosario's sacrifice fly drove in Carlos Correa in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving Puerto Rico a 4-3 victory over the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic semifinals at Dodger Stadium on Monday. Correa opened the inning at second base and Enrique Hernandez was placed at first in a game played…
New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius injured his throwing shoulder over the weekend and will not play for the Netherlands in the final round of the World Baseball Classic. Gregorius had a preliminary MRI exam on Sunday and was traveling back to the Yankees' spring training headquarters in Tampa, Fla., for further tests. Yankees manager Joe…
SAN DIEGO -- The United States has made it to the final round of the World Baseball Classic for the second time. Giancarlo Stanton hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the fourth inning. Andrew McCutchen added two-run double in the eighth and the U.S. avenged a first-round loss to the Dominican Republic with a 6-3 elimination…
NEW YORK, March 18, 2017 – Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez of Nicaragua, widely considered the world's top pound-for-pound fighter when he walked into the ring Saturday night in front of 19,939 fans at Madison Square Garden, walked out with the first defeat of his professional career, losing a majority decision and his WBC title in a way…
SAN DIEGO -- Second baseman Javier Baez singled, stole three bases and scored a run as Puerto Rico advanced to the final round of the World Baseball Classic with a 6-5 victory over the United States on Friday night at Petco Park. Puerto Rico (2-0) strung together six singles in a four-run first inning, and a…
SAN DIEGO — The good people of San Diego just lost their NFL team. They're not going to have much of a baseball team to cheer for this summer. No better time for a hometown hero. With the United States six outs from what would have been an ominous loss to Venezuela, Adam Jones hit the…
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Israel's hopes to go all the way in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) came to an end Wednesday with a loss to Japan. The Israeli team stunned the sports world by going 3-0 in the first round of the WBC and going undefeated in its first four games. By advancing to the second round, Israel made…
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Berlin (dpa) - Twice champions Japan and up-starts Netherlands booked their tickets to the semi-finals of the 2017 World Baseball Classic with victories on Wednesday in Tokyo. Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh slugged a home run to start a five-run sixth inning as Japan finished off two undefeated groups of action by beating Israel 8-3 for first place in…
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For the first time in eight years, the Dominican Republic lost a game in the World Baseball Classic. Puerto Rico held the defending champion, who had won 11 straight in the tournament during an eight-year span since 2009, in check Tuesday night at Petco Park in San Diego and claimed a 3-1 victory in Pool F.…
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Israel"s surprising squad in the World Baseball Classic lost its first game in the tournament, dropping a rematch with the Netherlands, 12-2. Israel is now 1-1 in the second round of the 16-team quadrennial tournament and 4-1 overall. Israel likely must defeat powerhouse Japan on Wednesdayto advance to the semifinals. Didi Gregorius, the New York Yankees"…
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Five American pitchers combined to throw a four-hit shutout as the United States earned a berth in the second round of the World Baseball Classic with an 8-0 victory over Canada on Sunday night in Miami. The Americans went 2-1 in pool play, finishing behind the Dominican Republic, which went 3-0 in the four-team group, and…
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Israel"s national baseball team upset Cuba 4-1 in the World Baseball Classic, continuing its unlikely run in the tournament. After falling behind 1-0 in the second inning Sunday, Israel took control of the game, driving in four consecutive runs and holding the heavily favored Cuban team to just five hits. The game was the first of…
