Month: August 2021

2:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAS VEGAS — The NBA announced Sunday afternoon that the summer league game between the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers has been postponed because of health and safety protocols. Because the Wizards had several players in contact tracing, they didn’t have enough players available to play Sunday night against Indiana
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1:35 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Boston Red Sox activated designated hitter J.D. Martinez and outfielder Jarren Duran from the COVID-19 injured list Sunday and put both players in the lineup for their game against the Blue Jays. Duran was placed on the COVID-19 list Friday night, and Martinez joined him there before
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12:56 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars receiver DJ Chark had surgery to repair a broken finger but head coach Urban Meyer said Chark should return in time for the season opener. Chark had a plate inserted into the finger, Meyer said after Sunday’s scrimmage. Chark had missed the two practices before the scrimmage. Chark
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11:26 AM ET Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale is coming back, and it can’t come soon enough for Boston. Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters that Sale has completed his minor league rehab assignment and will start Saturday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles. Sale made five rehab starts in the minors, and Cora said
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11:15 AM ET New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo has tested positive for COVID-19, manager Aaron Boone announced Sunday. Boone said Rizzo, who turned 32 on Sunday, is experiencing some symptoms and will be placed on the COVID-related injured list. Rizzo joins catcher Gary Sanchez and starting pitchers Gerrit Cole and Jordan Montgomery as
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10:57 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers receiver Devin Funchess apologized early Sunday morning after he used an anti-Asian slur and gesture during a news conference Saturday night. “I want to apologize for the disparaging remark I used tonight,” Funchess tweeted. “It was not ok. I have grown to develop deep personal
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10:54 AM ET As Ole Miss begins preseason football practice on Sunday, coach Lane Kiffin is heartened by the commitment he’s seen from the Rebels’ players and coaches on the vaccination front. Kiffin said there is a 100% vaccination rate among those players, coaches, staff members and everybody within the program who will be on
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10:02 AM ET The Miami Dolphins have restructured Xavien Howard‘s contract after the All-Pro cornerback requested a trade last month. Coach Brian Flores said the organization was “excited” to have reached the agreement but did not disclose details of the contract. “In any negotiation compromise is important,” Flores said. Howard’s 2021 base salary of $12.785
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6:25 AM ET A tearful Lionel Messi has said his next move is not confirmed but he is talking about a lot of things, amid speculation he is set to join Paris Saint-Germain after leaving Barcelona. Barca announced on Thursday that Messi, a free agent since his contract expired in June, will not rejoin the
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9:53 AM ET Shaedon Sharpe, the No. 6 prospect in the ESPN class of 2022, says he’s narrowed his list of options to five: the G League Ignite, Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State. Sharpe made a strong case for consideration as the best long-term prospect in high school basketball with an outstanding spring and
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8:28 AM ET Indianapolis Colts linebacker Darius Leonard is signing a five-year, $98.5 million extension that makes him the highest-paid inside linebacker in NFL history, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Leonard passes San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner, who signed his new deal at the outset of training camp that made him the NFL’s highest-paid
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