10:25 AM ET Former Jackson State coach Deion Sanders tweeted Saturday that he is “ashamed” of 31 NFL teams after Isaiah Bolden was the lone HBCU player drafted this year. Bolden, a cornerback and returner for Jackson State, was selected by the New England Patriots in the seventh round (245th overall) on Saturday. Sanders, now
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9:11 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Drew Maggi got his first major league hit Saturday night, three days after making his big league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates following 13 years in the minor leagues. The 33-year-old lined a 2-2 splitter from Hobie Harris into center field for an RBI single in the seventh
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11:51 PM ET CHICAGO — After jogging lightly to first base on a ground ball back to the pitcher, White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr was pulled from the team’s 12-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Leading off the bottom of the first inning, Robert hit a ground ball to the
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10:51 PM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas was supposed to be a competitive bout between two bantamweight prospects. It turned into a one-sided showcase fight for Song Yadong. Yadong defeated Ricky Simon by TKO in the fifth round of their five-round headliner on Saturday. After torching Simon with a perfect
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7:25 PM ET When the Houston Texans made the first trade of the NFL’s draft weekend, it was the start of a record number of swaps of players and picks that took place Thursday, Friday and Saturday. At the conclusion of draft business Saturday night teams had completed 43 trades over the three days. It
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7:09 PM ET A key welterweight fight is now on the docket for summer. Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and Vicente Luque have agreed to a welterweight fight that will headline UFC Fight Night on July 15, sources confirmed with ESPN on Saturday. The card does not have an official location, but it
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1:48 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva found the perfect way to celebrate her 16th birthday by continuing her breakout showing at the Madrid Open with a two-set win over Magda Linette on Saturday. Andreeva thrust her arms high after winning a long exchange that ended with her breaking Linette’s serve
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