Month: April 2021

6:57 PM ET ESPN News Services The St. Louis Cardinals placed catcher Yadier Molina on the 10-day injured list Tuesday because of a tendon strain in his right foot, the team announced. Molina initially injured his foot on Friday while running out a double. He missed games on Saturday and Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds
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7:08 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — For those who had any doubts, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Tuesday that the team will pick up quarterback Lamar Jackson‘s fifth-year option before Monday’s deadline. “Guarantee it,” Harbaugh said on “The Rich Eisen Show.” Jackson will make a guaranteed $23.1 million in 2022, a significant raise
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7:00 PM ET Josh Giddey — a 6-foot-8 Australian playmaking guard — is entering the 2021 NBA draft, his agents Daniel Moldovan and Alex Saratsis of Octagon Sports told ESPN on Tuesday. Giddey is the No. 13 prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 NBA draft rankings, and could climb higher in the lottery. Giddey, 18, has
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5:55 PM ET The SEC will not require fully vaccinated individuals who are asymptomatic to participate in the league’s surveillance testing program, according to an updated version of its COVID-19 protocols. As long as they have approval from their local health authority, fully vaccinated SEC staff and players also will no longer have to quarantine
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5:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball says 70% of players, on-field staff and support personnel have been fully or partially vaccinated for the novel coronavirus. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Tuesday during SporticoLive’s online discussion of its estimates to baseball franchise valuations. In an email to The Associated
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4:54 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Outfielder Luis Robert was placed on the injured list Tuesday by the Chicago White Sox as a precaution after he reported feeling flu-like symptoms. General manager Rick Hahn said in a statement that Robert informed the team’s medical staff of the symptoms Monday night. The team is awaiting
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4:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball would consider expansion fees in the range of $2.2 billion for new franchises, though there are no current plans to add teams. Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke Tuesday during SporticoLive’s online discussion of its estimates to baseball franchise valuations. The company estimated the average MLB
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4:23 PM ET Just three days after its spring football game, Ole Miss has fired offensive line coach/running game coordinator Randy Clements, school officials confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Clements, who was entering his second season on Ole Miss’ staff, was hired by Lane Kiffin soon after Kiffin was named the Rebels’ head coach in
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3:38 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott “is right on track or maybe a little ahead of schedule” as he returns from a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle suffered last season, coach Mike McCarthy said Tuesday. McCarthy said he attended Prescott’s workout on Saturday, calling it the most
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2:17 PM ET Associated Press Sepp Straka has withdrawn from the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook after testing positive for the coronavirus. Straka is the third player to test positive this week. Will Gordon and Brice Garnett withdrew after a positive test on Monday. This is the fourth PGA Tour event since golf resumed in June
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2:41 PM ET The semifinals of the 2020-21 Champions League are upon us, and there will be a new name on the trophy with holders Bayern Munich eliminated in the quarterfinals. Those games seem like a lifetime ago: first came the ill-fated Super League breakaway, then came confirmation of the reconfigured Champions League format for
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12:58 PM BST Premiership Rugby announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the British & Irish Lions to release its players at the end of their domestic commitments and before their warm-up game against Japan. The match against Japan on June 26 is being held outside World Rugby’s Regulation 9 window for
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11:15 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace expressed confidence that players will report in person when the team kicks off the second phase of the voluntary offseason workout program on May 17, despite players releasing a recent statement through the NFL Players Association suggesting the contrary. “As we approach
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12:09 PM ET While Major League Baseball has been experimenting with extra innings rule changes in recent years, the Pioneer League — an independent league designated as an MLB Partner League — is taking things a step further. On Tuesday, the league announced that it will implement a first-of-its-kind “Knock Out” rule that will resolve
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