Month: December 2022

11:48 AM ET Right-hander Tommy Kahnle and the New York Yankees are in agreement on a two-year, $11.5 million contract, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Kahnle pitched for the Yankees for four seasons (2017-20) and underwent Tommy John surgery in August of his most recent season with the team. A hard-throwing
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10:05 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 Josh Warrington is urging Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn to match him against a rival world featherweight champion in the United States next year, providing
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3:15 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Even Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady‘s own daughter, Vivian, who turned 10 years old Monday, expressed skepticism that her father could defeat the New Orleans Saints at home on her birthday. “She was a little worried when I said, ‘We’re playing the Saints,'” Brady told the ESPN broadcast.
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8:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal will miss the next three games because of a right hamstring strain, the team announced Monday. Beal suffered the injury in the first quarter of the loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Lakers. He sat on the bench after an early substitution, talked with
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10:07 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Angels, looking to patch several holes in their pitching staff, signed right-handed reliever Carlos Estevez to a two-year, $13.5 million contract Monday, the first full day of Major League Baseball’s winter meetings. 2 Related Estevez, 29, is the latest reliever to benefit from what has evolved
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10:11 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Maricarmen Reyes scored a go-ahead goal off a rebound in the 107th minute and top-seeded UCLA rallied past North Carolina 3-2 on Monday night to win its second women’s soccer championship in program history. UCLA (22-2-1) trailed 2-0 late in the second half before scoring two goals
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10:03 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The New York Yankees want to make clear that Aaron Judge is their top — and currently only — priority in free agency. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Monday at the MLB winter meetings that the team is continuing to have conversations with Judge and his representatives, and
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3:46 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is “week-to-week” with a knee injury after undergoing MRIs on Monday, coach John Harbaugh said. “As the week goes on, we’ll see for this week,” Harbaugh said. “It’s probably less likely for this week, but it’s not impossible. Then, after that, it’ll become
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8:11 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After the San Francisco 49ers again lost quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a season-ending injury Sunday, they spent the ensuing 24 hours sifting through both the short- and long-term implications of his loss. On Monday afternoon, that meant doing everything from determining whether to pursue released signal-caller Baker Mayfield
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7:03 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — James Harden returned to the Philadelphia 76ers‘ starting lineup Monday night against the Houston Rockets after missing 14 games because of a foot injury. Harden, who spent just more than eight seasons with the Rockets before being traded to Brooklyn in January 2021, last played Nov. 2. He
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2:48 PM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Kiley McDaniel Close ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. SAN
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5:04 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN After initially suspending its partnership with Kyrie Irving and scrapping the release of his upcoming Kyrie 8 signature shoe last month, Nike confirmed Monday that it has fully cut ties with the Brooklyn Nets point guard. “Kyrie is no longer a Nike athlete,” a Nike company spokesperson told ESPN. Irving’s
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3:24 PM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com The University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation has been added as a defendant to a civil lawsuit centered around the misuse of state welfare money that already included NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre, according to a court filing Monday. The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) is seeking damages
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12:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander has agreed to a two-year, $86 million deal with the New York Mets, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Monday. The deal includes a vesting third-year option, a source told ESPN. Verlander, who turns 40 in February, returned from Tommy John surgery
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11:19 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers waived quarterback Baker Mayfield on Monday. Carolina (4-8) is still in contention in the weak NFC South and will go the rest of the season with Sam Darnold and PJ Walker at quarterback, with Darnold starting Sunday’s road game against the Seattle Seahawks. The decision to
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2:50 PM ET BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson‘s knee injury is not a season-ending one, but there is no definitive timetable for the Pro Bowl quarterback’s return, coach John Harbaugh said after the Baltimore Ravens‘ 10-9 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Jackson is scheduled to undergo more testing Monday. Harbaugh said the team would
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