Month: August 2021

3:09 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn defensive tackle Tyrone Truesdell is no longer with the team. Coach Bryan Harsin didn’t elaborate Tuesday on reasons for Truesdell’s absence from preseason camp. But he said, “as of right now, he is not part of this football team, and that’s where we stand at this
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2:27 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Kings have signed top draft pick Brandt Clarke to a three-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract. Clarke agreed to the deal Tuesday after the Kings chose the defenseman with the eighth overall pick last month. The 18-year-old Clarke is expected to play most of
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2:30 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed defenseman Josh Mahura and left wings Max Comtois and Max Jones. Comtois got a two-year contract through the 2022-23 season, and Jones signed a three-year deal through 2024. Mahura’s contract is for two years, and it is a two-way deal in the
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2:33 PM BST South Africa made 10 changes to their side to kick-off the Rugby Championship against Argentina in Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday, with hooker Joseph Dweba to debut and players who did not feature against the British & Irish Lions given a run. Coach Jacques Nienaber says they do not mean to disrespect
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1:27 PM ET WESTFIELD, Ind. — Indianapolis Colts rookie Sam Ehlinger has closed the gap against Jacob Eason to be the team’s starting quarterback if Carson Wentz is not ready for the start of the regular season. Ehlinger, who was selected in the sixth round of this year’s draft, split first-team practice snaps with Eason
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1:23 PM ET Associated Press VALPARAISO, Ind. — Valparaiso University announced Tuesday that it has adopted the Beacons as its new team name, replacing the Crusaders, a term school officials dropped this year after saying it had been embraced by hate groups. The university’s President José D. Padilla said the private Lutheran school’s new nickname
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12:40 PM ET Veteran cornerback Patrick Robinson has informed the New Orleans Saints he plans to retire, his agent, Ron Butler, told ESPN’s Mike Triplett. Robinson’s decision adds to a pressing need at cornerback for the Saints that coach Sean Payton had said his team “must” address at the start of training camp. The Saints
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1:02 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Marlins manager Don Mattingly, sidelined since he tested positive for COVID-19 on July 31, is expected to rejoin the team Friday. The 60-year-old Mattingly, who was vaccinated in mid-April, experienced mild symptoms. The last-place Marlins began a series at San Diego on Monday, and Mattingly plans to return
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12:21 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Craig Ogletree, an Auburn linebacker who played on three straight Southeastern Conference championship teams in the 1980s, has died. He was 53. He died Monday from complications related to COVID-19, his family said. Known as “Tree” to his teammates, Ogletree was part of Auburn’s title teams from
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11:38 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers‘ 2021 preseason will be the Jordan Love show. Coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday that quarterback Aaron Rodgers will “most likely not” play at all in the preseason. That likely has little or nothing to do with Rodgers’ offseason in which he voiced concerns about
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9:23 AM ET New England Patriots tight end Hunter Henry is expected to miss “a couple of weeks” with a shoulder injury he suffered last Sunday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The injury appeared to have occurred during a one-on-one blocking drill in the Patriots’ full-pads practice. Henry later left for the locker room
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11:01 AM ET Early Tuesday morning, members of the Dallas Mavericks met with star guard Luka Doncic in a Slovenian hotel to officially put pen to paper on a five-year, $207 million contract extension. And hours later they were on a stage to announce it, with Doncic saying he “never had a doubt” about signing
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6:53 AM ET Sam Marsden Julien Laurens Lionel Messi is flying to Paris on Tuesday to finalise his move to Paris Saint-Germain, sources have told ESPN. The Argentina international is travelling to the French capital following Sunday’s emotional farewell to Barcelona at a news conference. Sources added that Messi has signed a two-year contract at
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