Month: February 2021

5:38 PM ET Former Oregon starting quarterback Tyler Shough is joining Texas Tech as a graduate transfer, he announced Monday. Shough, who started all seven games in 2020 as Oregon won its second consecutive Pac-12 championship, will have three years of eligibility remaining with the Red Raiders. He completed 63.5 percent of his passes for
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5:28 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green admitted that he was “wrong” for getting ejected late in Saturday’s 102-100 loss to the Charlotte Hornets and acknowledged that he felt worse about this episode than he did about getting suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 Finals. “I can admit my faults and when
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5:00 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville coach Chris Mack admits it was “not a good look” to be shown maskless in a video while celebrating the Cardinals’ Dec. 26 victory over rival Kentucky. The 33-second clip, tweeted Saturday night by Drew Franklin of Kentucky Sports Radio, shows the third-year Louisville coach with former Cardinals
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3:34 PM ET PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets infielder Francisco Lindor flashed his trademark smile when asked about the new contract fellow National League shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. signed on Monday with the San Diego Padres. “Tatis got an outstanding deal,” Lindor said after his first day of spring practice with the
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2:06 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Four-time Pro Bowl guard Mike Iupati, who spent the past two years with the Seattle Seahawks, is retiring after 11 seasons in the NFL. Iupati announced his decision in an interview with The Spokesman-Review, saying, “My body was telling me it was time to close the door.” The
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2:20 PM ET Fans are coming back to New Jersey sporting events beginning March 1, according to governor Phil Murphy. It will be the first time since COVID-19 shut down much of the country last March that fans will be at professional and major collegiate games taking place in the state. The governor announced during
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4:03 PM ET Associated Press NL MVP Freddie Freeman won’t report with the Atlanta Braves‘ position players on Tuesday following the birth of his twin sons. Manager Brian Snitker said Monday he supports Freeman arriving later in the week. Freeman and his wife, Chelsea, on Sunday used their Twitter accounts to announce the additions of
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4:16 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Kemah Siverand, who was signed by the team to a futures contract last month after spending the second half of the 2020 season on the practice squad, was arrested early Saturday after a street racing incident in Houston, police announced Monday. Officers stopped three of
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4:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather resigned Monday after comments he made to a a Rotary Club earlier this month surfaced and received widespread backlash Sunday. Mariners chairman and managing partner John Stanton said in a statement Monday that he “was extremely disappointed” when he learned of Mather’s
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3:01 PM ET ESPN News Services WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Right-handed reliever Jeremy Jeffress agreed to terms with the Washington Nationals on a minor league deal that is pending the successful completion of a physical exam. “He’s got to come in, take his intake test, take a physical, and then we’ll know more after
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3:47 PM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka‘s Australian Open championship moved her up one spot to No. 2 in the WTA rankings Monday, while men’s finalist Daniil Medvedev rose to a career-best No. 3 behind winner Novak Djokovic on the ATP list. Jennifer Brady, the 25-year-old American who was the runner-up to Osaka, jumped 11
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2:45 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Evidently no amount of money will get quarterback Carson Wentz his No. 11 jersey with his new team, the Indianapolis Colts. Colts second-year receiver Michael Pittman Jr., who currently wears No. 11, says he has talked to Wentz about the number, and the answer is no on a possible switch.
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3:43 PM ET Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry went through all of Monday’s practice and is expected to play Tuesday after sitting out Saturday’s game because of an illness. “He’s feeling better today,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said during a video conference with reporters after Monday’s practice. “He went through practice, participated fully, so
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2:36 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was recently diagnosed with COVID-19, sources told ESPN. Tomlin, 48, was diagnosed last week. The Steelers could not confirm the head coach’s diagnosis but said members of the coaching staff and personnel were sent home from the facility last week after a couple of positives came
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2:25 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Over the course of a 45-minute chat to a local Rotary Club in early February, Seattle Mariners CEO Kevin Mather disparaged a Japanese player for not learning English, belittled a star prospect
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