Month: August 2021

1:56 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets defensive end Vinny Curry was diagnosed last month with a rare blood disorder that required the removal of his spleen and triggered complications that will cause him to miss the entire season, he revealed Wednesday in a statement. In an Instagram post, Curry, 33, a
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1:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Game 7 of the World Series is scheduled for Nov. 3, its latest since 2009. Major League Baseball said Wednesday its postseason will start with the AL wild-card game on Oct. 5, followed by the NL wild-card matchup the following day. Both AL Division Series will start
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1:12 PM ET The FedEx Cup playoffs continue this week with the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worth considering? Betting analysts Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Anita Marks offer their best bets. Odds
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1:00 PM ET ESPN News Services The Denver Broncos have chosen Teddy Bridgewater as the winner in their starting quarterback competition over incumbent Drew Lock, the team announced Wednesday. The decision comes after coach Vic Fangio, who informed the team of the decision Wednesday morning, had maintained through training camp that the battle was “even-steven.”
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11:55 AM ET No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence will start at quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 1 against the Houston Texans, coach Urban Meyer announced. Meyer had previously said Lawrence was competing with Gardner Minshew for the starting spot. Lawrence has completed 20 of his 32 pass attempts in two games this preseason,
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Defending Vuelta a Espana champion Primoz Roglic won stage 11 to reduce the gap to leader Odd Christian Eiking. Norwegian Eiking took the red jersey from Roglic on Wednesday when the Slovenian crashed during stage 10. Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux’s Eiking holds a 58-second lead over second place Cofidis rider Guillaume Martin, with Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic 58 seconds
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11:39 AM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty is returning to the injured list with a right shoulder strain, manager Mike Shildt said Wednesday. Flaherty (9-2) left after two-plus innings in Tuesday’s 4-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers. He allowed four runs on four hits with three walks on 46 pitches,
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10:15 AM ET Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, who hasn’t played since June 16 because of a left quadriceps strain, is returning to the team Wednesday. “Hey y’all… it’s been a while…. see y’all this afternoon,” Bregman posted on Twitter. The Astros, who have a 4½-game lead over Oakland in the American League West,
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11:01 AM ET PITTSBURGH — For the first time since imploding against the Carolina Panthers in Week 16 of the 2020 season, Dwayne Haskins will start a football game. Haskins, competing for a roster spot in Pittsburgh, was given the starting nod for the Steelers‘ final preseason game against the Panthers, coach Mike Tomlin said
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7:40 AM ET Associated Press Serena Williams added herself to the list of big-name withdrawals from the US Open on Wednesday, pulling out of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament because of a torn hamstring. Williams hasn’t competed since injuring her right leg in the first set of her first-round match at Wimbledon in late
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9:37 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo has said that Kylian Mbappe wants to leave the club and confirmed the French giants turned down an offer from Real Madrid for the France international. Sources told ESPN on Tuesday that Madrid had seen an €160 million offer for the 22-year rejected,
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9:43 AM ET Haynes King will be Texas A&M’s starting quarterback, Jimbo Fisher said on Wednesday. Fisher told ESPN radio in Houston that King, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound redshirt freshman from Longview, Texas, will take over for four-year starter Kellen Mond, who led the Aggies to a No. 4 finish last year before being selected in
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