Month: August 2021

1:34 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have signed Kevin Fiala to a one-year, $5.1 million contract. The team announced the deal with the 25-year-old Swiss forward on Monday. Fiala had 20 goals and 20 assists in 50 games last season with the Wild, leading the team with five game-winning
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1:59 PM ET Retired quarterback Alex Smith, who returned to play last season after suffering a devastating leg injury two years earlier, has been hired by ESPN as an NFL analyst. Smith, who retired in April to end his 16-season career, will appear on various ESPN shows, including SportsCenter, Monday Night Countdown and Sunday NFL
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12:22 PM ET Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is separating himself in the team’s quarterback competition, although no decision on the starting job has been made yet, coach Ryan Day said Monday. Stroud, a redshirt freshman, has been competing with redshirt freshman Jack Miller and true freshman Kyle McCord during training camp. Quinn Ewers, a
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12:08 PM ET Associated Press Another college football season will start with everyone chasing the Tide. Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll for fourth time in the past six seasons. Coming off its sixth national championship under Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide enters the season loaded with potential replacements
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11:46 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens backup quarterback Trace McSorley will miss the rest of the preseason with a back injury. With McSorley sidelined, Tyler Huntley is now the frontrunner to become the backup quarterback to Lamar Jackson. McSorley injured his back picking up a box on Saturday, just hours before the
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Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Key information Dates: 25-28 August (track), 31 August-3 September (road) Venue: Izu Velodrome/Fuji International Speedway Gold medals on offer: 51 How does it work? Para-cycling at the Paralympics includes both track
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8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault allegations. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, one of the most polarizing players in his sport, is expected in court Monday for a civil hearing with wide-ranging implications for both the sexual assault allegations against him and, ultimately, his future in baseball.
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10:11 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Udonis Haslem is officially back with the Miami Heat. Haslem signed another contract — the 10th of his career — with the Heat on Sunday, assuring that he will return for a 19th season with Miami. It is a one-year deal worth about $2.8 million. The 41-year-old would
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8:28 PM ET The LA Clippers are trading Patrick Beverley, Rajon Rondo and Daniel Oturu to the Memphis Grizzlies for guard Eric Bledsoe, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The deal saves the Clippers $30 million in luxury tax and creates an $8.3 million traded-player exception that they will have a year to use. Bledsoe, 31,
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Aug 15, 2021 Houston Texans slot receiver Anthony Miller left Saturday’s preseason opener against the Green Bay Packers with a “slight dislocation” of his shoulder, coach David Culley said. Miller injured his shoulder midway through the third quarter of Houston’s 26-7 win after he caught a pass from quarterback Jeff Driskel. He ran two yards
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Aug 15, 2021 Taysom Hill got the first start of the preseason. Jameis Winston threw the first touchdown pass. But neither of the New Orleans Saints‘ quarterback contenders was able to avoid the turnovers that doomed a 17-14 loss at the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. Each QB threw an interception as part of the Saints’
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