Month: November 2022

6:30 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners have begun the process of bolstering their bullpen by signing right-hander Trevor Gott to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Gott appeared in 45 games last season with Milwaukee, going 3-4 with a 4.14 ERA. Gott had 44 strikeouts in 45⅔ innings and held opponents to a
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6:10 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson‘s rough week continued on Wednesday, when the Baltimore Ravens quarterback did not finish practice due to a quadriceps injury. A team spokesman said Jackson left practice early to receive treatment from a trainer and would not be available to speak to reporters on Wednesday, which is
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1:36 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson didn’t speak Wednesday, as scheduled. Speaking for him instead, Watson’s teammates praised his talent and admitted there’s a buzz in the Cleveland Browns‘ locker room this week heading into Watson’s return to the field after his lengthy suspension. “We’re all excited,” said Browns running back Nick Chubb.
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10:07 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia is expected to hire Wren Baker as its next athletic director, sources told ESPN. A deal has not been signed but is expected to be finalized in the next 24 hours, according to sources. Baker is the athletic director at North Texas and emerged as one of the
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9:47 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Don Mattingly is joining the Blue Jays as bench coach to manager John Schneider, the team announced Wednesday. The former New York Yankees slugger, a six-time All-Star, joins the Blue Jays after seven seasons as manager of the Miami Marlins, where he won National League Manager of the
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5:36 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The NBA’s Last Two Minute Report on Tuesday said Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should have gone to the line with 2.3 seconds remaining and a chance to tie the game instead of picking up a charge call against New Orleans Pelicans forward Herb Jones on Monday night. In
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7:28 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Justin Fields regained consciousness in the back of the ambulance with no recollection of what had happened. All he remembered from that morning in ninth grade was feeling “a little bit off” as he headed to Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia. Sitting in health class, Fields said
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Nov 29, 2022 PHILADELPHIA — Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson will be sidelined indefinitely with a lacerated kidney, a league source confirmed. A decision on whether to place him on injured reserve has not yet been made, the source added, as they work to establish a timetable for his return. Gardner-Johnson was injured late in the
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6:14 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Daniel Dubois has said he believes Saturday’s fight against Kevin Lerena can be his launchpad into the “big league” of world heavyweight title boxing.
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5:14 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) and Yuta Watanabe (right hamstring strain) will not play Wednesday against the Washington Wizards, the team announced Tuesday. Wednesday’s contest will mark the seventh game that Simmons has missed this season because of the ongoing knee problem. He left Monday’s 109-102
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12:33 AM ET DALLAS — The full list of 40-point triple-doubles in the NBA this season: Luka Doncic 3, the rest of the league 0. “It’s getting boring,” Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said after Doncic’s 41-point, 12-rebound, 12-assist performance in Tuesday’s 116-113 win over the Golden State Warriors. “I mean, let’s see something different.
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7:29 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With an eye toward strengthening a run defense that currently ranks in the middle of the league, the Kansas City Chiefs plan to sign veteran defensive tackle Brandon Williams to their practice squad, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Williams is expected to be in Kansas City
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7:24 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Major League Baseball Players Association has voted to extend the contract of executive director Tony Clark through 2027. The 50-year-old Clark — who had a 15-year big league career, mostly with the Detroit Tigers and Arizona Diamondbacks — helped broker the players’ current labor deal with
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2:13 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls and head coach Billy Donovan agreed to a contract extension before the start of the 2022-23 season, the Bulls’ public relations staff announced on Tuesday afternoon. Donovan is currently in his third season as the team’s head coach, with an overall record of 86-88 with
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4:07 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Colts interim coach Jeff Saturday, in a reversal from his postgame comments on Monday night, said Tuesday that he had regrets about the team’s handling of a late-game scenario in a 24-17 loss to the Steelers. Saturday declined to call a timeout before a key third-down play, opting
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1:48 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to miss four to six weeks with a right calf strain, sources told ESPN. After initial fears of a significant injury when he left Monday night’s 142-127 loss to Washington in the third quarter, Towns underwent imaging on Tuesday in Minneapolis. The expectation exists
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2:24 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — With nearly all of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed against Deshaun Watson having been settled, most of the women who accused the Cleveland quarterback of sexual misconduct have no interest in his return to Houston on Sunday and just want to move on with their lives,
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10:25 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Odell Beckham Jr.’s removal from an American Airlines flight at Miami International Airport on Sunday will have no bearing on the Dallas Cowboys‘ interest in the free agent wide receiver, according to owner and general manager Jerry Jones. “His overall team compatibility, his judgment, his behavior is not an
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