Month: March 2021

3:12 PM ET The Houston Texans restructured running back David Johnson‘s contract, which now will be worth up to $6 million in 2021, including $4.25 million fully guaranteed at signing, a source told ESPN. Johnson might have been a salary cap casualty if he had not restructured his contract. Johnson, who signed a three-year, $39
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2:01 PM ET Associated Press ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Andrey Rublev advanced to the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament by beating American qualifier Marcos Giron 7-6 (1), 6-3 on Tuesday. Fourth-seeded Rublev won after he was pushed hard by Giron as the first set went with serve, before breaking the American twice
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2:37 PM ET Associated Press The SEC wants the few fans able to attend the men’s basketball tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, to know the rules. Health officials are allowing a seating capacity of 20% at Bridgestone Arena for approximately 3,400 fans because of COVID-19 restrictions at the tournament starting March 10. The SEC said Tuesday
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1:49 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — In her first match since September, former U.S. Open finalist Madison Keys beat Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-1 at the Qatar Open on Tuesday. Keys hit 24 winners against 13 for the sixth-seeded Bencic, who was coming off a loss to Iga Swiatek in the final of the
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12:16 PM ET The Pac-12 released its full nine-game 2021 conference schedule Tuesday, becoming the final Power 5 conference to announce its plans for what is expected to be a return to normalcy after a season severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. UCLA will be the first Pac-12 team in action when it hosts Hawai’i
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1:43 PM ET Former Auburn defensive end Big Kat Bryant announced Tuesday he will transfer to UCF, reuniting with coach Gus Malzahn. Bryant, a second-team All-SEC selection a year ago, initially announced his plans to transfer to Tennessee in January. But after the Vols fired then-coach Jeremy Pruitt, Bryant decided to look elsewhere. Malzahn was
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12:13 PM ET The Cleveland Indians were made aware of complaints about Mickey Callaway’s sexually inappropriate behavior during his tenure as their pitching coach, despite the team’s public statements to the contrary, according to a report by The Athletic. Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti, in response to an earlier report by The Athletic
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10:49 AM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — – An attorney for the family of a 5-year-old girl critically injured in a crash involving former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid says the girl suffered a devastating brain injury that has left her unable to speak or walk. Ariel Young likely has permanent
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9:08 AM ET Chelsea have stabilized their form under new manager Thomas Tuchel, who replaced Frank Lampard on Jan. 26. The reworked Blues have been unbeaten since, winning six games and drawing three in all competitions, but much of the positivity has been lacking one person in particular: Christian Pulisic. The USMNT international, who has
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10:32 AM ET The Detroit Lions might be switching quarterbacks for 2021, going from Matthew Stafford to Jared Goff, but it won’t necessarily preclude them from taking a signal-caller early in this year’s draft. General manager Brad Holmes, who is not yet allowed to discuss the Stafford-Goff trade until it can become official when the
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