Month: March 2021

3:28 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills submitted a rule change to the NFL, proposing that any coaching or front-office interviews wait until after the conference championship games and any hiring until after the Super Bowl, a league source confirmed Wednesday. Sports Illustrated’s MMQB was the first to report the story.
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10:35 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker Thomas Davis will end his NFL career where it began in 2005. Davis, 37, announced Wednesday on Instagram he will sign a one-day contract with the Carolina Panthers on March 11 so he can retire with the club. He was released by the Washington Football
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9:53 PM ET Villanova senior point guard Collin Gillespie left Wednesday’s game against Creighton with a left knee injury and will not return, the school announced. Gillespie landed awkwardly during a play with 6 minutes, 38 seconds remaining in the first half and immediately grabbed at his left leg. He tried to walk it off
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9:01 PM ET Golden State Warriors swingman Kelly Oubre Jr. will not play in Wednesday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers because of a sprained left wrist. The injury took place during Tuesday’s practice in Los Angeles after Oubre went up for a dunk and landed awkwardly after falling from the rim. “He’s just out
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News The West Indies batsman added his name to record books against Akila Dananjaya who had just taken a hat-trick During an extraordinary run chase in the first T20I against Sri Lanka, Kieron Pollard became just the third batsman to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket following Herschelle Gibbs in the 2007
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11:14 AM ET The Professional Fighters League has announced all of its opening welterweight and light heavyweight matchups for the 2021 season, including Rory MacDonald’s PFL debut. MacDonald (21-6-1) was the company’s top free agent acquisition in 2020, but his debut was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a year away from
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8:40 PM ET The UFC has released two of its most popular heavyweight fighters. Alistair Overeem and Junior Dos Santos were recently informed by the promotion that they were being released, sources confirmed with ESPN. Dos Santos broke the news himself on his Instagram account, while MMA Junkie first reported Overeem’s release. UFC officials subsequently
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5:58 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — It’s early March, and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has yet to announce his intentions for the 2021 NFL season. But the Cardinals are letting the 17-year veteran take his time. Arizona general manager Steve Keim said during a videoconference call Wednesday that he didn’t have anything to
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5:08 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — A month after Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer publicly backed Kirk Cousins, calling the quarterback “our guy” amid rumors and speculation over whether he could be traded this offseason, Minnesota general manager Rick Spielman doubled down his support for the QB on Wednesday. “I think Coach [Zimmer] put that to
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6:58 PM ET Associated Press Boston Bruins forward Charlie Coyle has entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, upping the number of players on the list to four, pending test results from Anaheim and the Los Angeles Kings. Coyle becomes just the second Bruins player added to the protocol, and first since Karson Kuhlman spent the first
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7:22 PM ET Kaden Martin, the son of former Tennessee quarterback and coach Tee Martin, committed to Miami to play baseball on Wednesday. Martin is a 6-foot-1, 205-pound outfielder from Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is projected as a prospect who could be selected in the MLB draft, but has committed to
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3:42 PM ET Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Tyrell Williams reached agreement on a one-year deal worth up to $6.2 million with the Detroit Lions, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Lions might have a revamped wide receiver corps in 2021, as Kenny Golladay, Marvin Jones Jr. and Danny Amendola are set to
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7:03 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Wide receiver Golden Tate has been released by the New York Giants in a cost-cutting move, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The move creates $6 million in cap space for the Giants, $10 million if he is designated a post-June 1 cut. Tate was to
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5:33 PM ET Barcelona advanced to the Copa del Rey final, 3-2 on aggregate, after a dramatic 3-0 extra-time victory over Sevilla in the second leg of their semifinal on Wednesday. Having lost the first leg at Sevilla, 2-0, Ronald Koeman’s men knew they needed to score two goals without reply to force extra time
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5:29 PM ET Associated Press Garbine Muguruza outlasted third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in a close second-round match at the Qatar Open on Wednesday, while top-seeded Elina Svitolina eased into the quarterfinals. Muguruza won 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3 after she served for the match at 6-5 in the second set before Sabalenka broke her serve and won
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