Month: July 2021

8:34 PM ET Associated Press In 2016, Brett Favre spoke for 36 minutes in one of the most memorable Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speeches ever, a mark that was topped by Tony Gonzalez’s 39-minute address in 2019. Nobody will challenge those marks next month when the classes of 2020 and 2021 are enshrined
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8:35 PM BST All three tests between world champions South Africa and the British & Irish Lions will be played in Cape Town, officials confirmed on Tuesday, wary that the risks associated of a return to the altitude of the Highveld are too great. The second and third tests in the series were due to
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7:10 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says he doesn’t plan on having infielder Starlin Castro back with the team this season. Castro was placed on administrative leave July 16 by Major League Baseball as it investigates a domestic violence accusation. Rizzo, speaking with a group of reporters about
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6:28 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veteran defensive end Alex Okafor has signed a one-year deal to return to the Kansas City Chiefs, just days before the first players begin reporting for training camp. The Chiefs did not disclose financial terms in announcing the deal Tuesday. The 30-year-old Okafor has 30
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11:45 AM ET The PFL has announced its official playoffs schedule, which consists of three events in August. The events will take place on Aug. 13, 19 and 27. All of the cards will be held at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida and air on ESPN platforms. The first event features
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5:32 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Left-hander Jared Pettitte, son of three-time All-Star lefty Andy Pettitte, agreed to terms with the Miami Marlins as an undrafted free agent on Tuesday. Marlins CEO Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte were New York Yankees teammates for 15 seasons. The younger Pettitte pitched for Dallas Baptist University this
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5:01 PM ET Oakland City Council members voted 6-1 in favor of a non-binding term sheet for the Oakland Athletics‘ proposed waterfront ballpark on Tuesday, but the session ended with confusion as to whether negotiations between the city and the team would continue. A’s president Dave Kaval stated during the session that the new term
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5:00 PM ET The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on Tuesday became the first conference on record to mandate vaccinations. In a statement, the SIAC, which competes in Division II, said that all players and coaches must be fully vaccinated in order to compete. The policy also applies to staff and other auxiliary groups, including officials,
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4:23 PM ET The Detroit Pistons, owners of the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA draft, are conducting individual workouts with some of the top prospects in the draft pool this week, sources told ESPN. The Pistons hosted Cade Cunningham for a light workout in Detroit on Tuesday, and are slated to bring Jalen
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10:07 AM ET Caitlin Murray The players don’t seem to particularly enjoy when reporters ask about it, but the possibility hangs over the Tokyo Olympics all the same: For the icons of the U.S. women’s national team, this might be their last hurrah before they hang up their cleats for good. It’s a possibility that
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3:09 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday neither he nor his players are in favor of an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, but he also knows that change is inevitably coming to the format. In his first news conference since the CFP board of managers authorized commissioners to move forward
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3:33 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban hasn’t officially named Bryce Young the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback, and yet Saban says that Young is already approaching $1 million in endorsement deals. According to reports, Saban told the Texas High School Coaches Association’s convention on Tuesday that Young, a sophomore, is due to make “ungodly numbers.”
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