Month: February 2021

10:30 AM ET The calendar says the Major League Baseball offseason is just about over, but the calendar is telling us an incomplete story. What we have are questions, many questions. Will spring training really start this month? Should it? When are the rest of the free agents going to sign? What, exactly, are the
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10:10 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s top infectious disease expert doesn’t want the Super Bowl to turn into superspreading. So when it comes to Super Bowl parties during the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci says people should “just lay low and cool it.” Fauci said during TV interviews Wednesday that now isn’t
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9:34 AM ET On the first day of the final signing period for the 2021 class, Oregon added another ESPN 300 commitment in cornerback Avante Dickerson. The 6-foot, 170-pound corner from Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska, is the No. 49 ranked prospect overall and was one of only four recruits left uncommitted in February
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9:00 AM ET When the NHL Awards are handed out each year, there are accusations of geographic bias. Sometimes it’s due to the size of a market. More often it’s complaints about how one division or conference is covered by a larger press corps than another — the storied “East Coast bias” that always seems
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1:53 PM ET The UFC has moved a highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane into a main event slot on Feb. 27, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The heavyweight fight was originally targeted for a card on March 13. However, the UFC changed it to a five-round headliner at
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2:23 AM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Veteran left-hander Francisco Liriano has agreed to a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays that includes an invitation to spring training, according to the Toronto Sun. Liriano did not pitch in the majors during the pandemic-altered 2020 season. He was in camp with Philadelphia on
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11:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Designated hitter Nelson Cruz and the Minnesota Twins are in agreement on a one-year, $13 million contract, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Cruz, 40, has been a linchpin of the Bomba Squad Twins’ lineup. And he’ll be back right in the middle of it in
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