Month: August 2021

1:12 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Justin Rose of England has been selected to receive the Payne Stewart Award, one of the premier awards on the PGA Tour that recognizes character, sportsmanship and a commitment to charity. The award is named after the three-time major champion who died in a private
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1:15 PM ET Associated Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Winnipeg Jets have avoided arbitration and signed defenseman Neal Pionk to a four-year contract worth roughly $23.5 million. The 26-year-old Pionk will earn about $5.8 million per year, the team said in a statement Wednesday. The Jets acquired the Nebraska native in a 2019 trade with
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1:20 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Becky Hammon can’t wait for the time when it’s normal for women to interview for head-coaching positions in the NBA and their gender isn’t the story. “It’s huge and important. It’s something that can’t be [checking] the box,” the Spurs assistant told The Associated Press. “You have
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12:45 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award;
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News Tournament’s leading run-scorer credits ignoring criticism for her upturn in form India and Northern Superchargers batter Jemimah Rodrigues says she handled criticism by “ignoring it” as she overcame a few “tough months” in international cricket this year to emerge as the Hundred’s leading scorer after nearly 80% of the tournament’s league matches had been
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12:21 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens first-round pick Rashod Bateman will miss “a number of weeks” after the rookie wide receiver suffered a soft tissue injury to his leg, coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday. “I don’t know how many [weeks],” Harbaugh said. “It’s not going to be months, but it will be
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11:56 AM ET The Seattle Seahawks are releasing defensive end Aldon Smith, a source confirmed to ESPN. Smith was arrested in April for an alleged second-degree battery, two days after after he signed with the Seahawks, after he was accused of choking a man unconscious during an altercation that began inside a coffee shop. According
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10:33 AM ET Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz and guard Quenton Nelson are trending toward recovering from foot surgeries in time for next month’s regular-season opener against the Seattle Seahawks, sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. The Colts announced last week that Wentz and Nelson would be sidelined five to 12 weeks after operations to repair
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8:31 AM ET WESTFIELD, Ind. — Colts owner Jim Irsay has locked up head coach Frank Reich and general manager Chris Ballard with contract extensions through the 2026 season, the team announced Wednesday. Ballard’s new deal has been complete since June, while Reich finalized his deal last week, a source told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. “We
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9:00 AM ET Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei has partnered with Dr. Pepper and will appear in its popular “Fansville” ad campaign throughout the college football season, the company announced Wednesday. Uiagalelei will be the only active collegiate player featured in the “Fansville” commercials, which chronicle the lives of rival fans in a fictional college football
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2:08 PM ET The PGA Tour heads to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC this week for the Wyndham Championship, an event that Jim Herman snuck up and won last year. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worth considering? Sports betting deputy editor David Bearman
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7:32 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Guillermo Rigondeaux has heard it all before. He’s boring. Unwatchable. The opposite of entertaining. The two-time Olympic gold medalist absorbed all the criticism even as he was boxing circles around his opponents. Nonito Donaire, then the reigning ESPN fighter of the year, was thoroughly outboxed by Rigondeaux in 2013. Despite
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