Month: November 2021

8:26 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — Right-hander Alex Cobb is close to finalizing an agreement with the San Francisco Giants, according to multiple reports. Cobb still must pass a physical to complete the deal. A 34-year-old free agent, Cobb would give the reigning NL West champions a key veteran near the front
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5:43 PM ET Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand has been suspended three games for slew-footing Vancouver Canucks defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson on Sunday. Marchand will be eligible to return on Dec. 8, when the Bruins face the Canucks again. This marks the seventh suspension for Marchand in his 13-year NHL career. His most recent suspension came
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6:59 PM ET Associated Press TURIN, Italy — Croatia became the first team to reach the Davis Cup semifinals after seeing off Italy 2-1 on Monday. With the singles squared, the top-ranked doubles team of Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic had no trouble beating Fabio Fognini and Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4 in the decider. Sinner
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7:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-handed reliever Daniel Hudson and the Los Angeles Dodgers are nearing an agreement on a one-year deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. When completed, it’s expected to be for around $7 million. Hudson, 34, was acquired by the San Diego Padres in a midseason trade with the Washington Nationals.
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7:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday after receiving important injury news on two of their best players. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that receiver Deebo Samuel and linebacker Fred Warner suffered groin and hamstring strains, respectively, in San Francisco’s 34-26 victory Sunday
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7:15 PM ET The Atlanta Braves have signed right-handed reliever Kirby Yates to a two-year, $8.25 million contract, the team announced Monday. Yates will earn $1 million in 2022 and $6 million in 2023. The contract has a $5.75 million team option for the 2024 season that includes a $1.25 million buyout. Yates signed with
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4:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was retroactively suspended for 20 regular-season games on Monday by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred for violating the league’s domestic violence policy. The suspension is retroactive to Sept. 10 and covers the final 24 days of the regular season while he was on
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5:08 PM ET Major League Baseball’s expanded playoff proposal, as part of a new collective bargaining agreement between owners and players, includes the ability for division winners to pick their wild-card opponent, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. The format would call for 14 teams — seven from each league — to make the
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6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Georgia Tech running back Jahmyr Gibbs, who finished third in the nation in all-purpose yards, announced plans on Monday to enter the transfer portal. Gibbs made the announcement on his Twitter account. “After a long and hard process and talks with my family, I have decided to
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6:26 PM ET A day after being shocked by Lincoln Riley’s abrupt departure for the USC job, Oklahoma president Joe Harroz and athletic director Joe Castiglione held a news conference to discuss Riley’s exit and reintroduce a familiar face in interim coach Bob Stoops. “We’re here today, surprised by yesterday, but with unlimited excitement for
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6:28 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are expected to use rest — not surgery — to help the quarterback’s fractured pinkie toe heal. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Monday that Rodgers is “gathering other opinions, so we’ll see where that goes,” but a source said those opinions
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4:45 PM ET Shortstop Corey Seager and the Texas Rangers are in agreement on a 10-year, $325 million deal, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal comes a day after the Rangers agreed to a seven-year, $175 million contract with second baseman Marcus Semien, sources told Passan. Seager, 27, batted .295/.364/.501
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5:28 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Fresno State football coach Kalen DeBoer has been named the new head coach at Washington, the school announced
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5:41 PM ET The NFL suspended Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill without pay for two games on Monday for punching Raiders guard John Simpson following Dallas’ Thanksgiving Day loss to Las Vegas. The suspension was issued by NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan for violations of unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct rules. “After
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3:37 PM ET NEW YORK — Falling completely out of the Brooklyn Nets‘ rotation was not something Blake Griffin saw coming. After starting 17 games this season, Griffin has sat the past two games after Steve Nash inserted LaMarcus Aldridge into the starting lineup. “No, I mean listen, [Aldridge] has been playing unbelievable,” Griffin said.
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3:47 PM ET Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Hall of Famers Rod Carew, Fergie Jenkins, Mike Schmidt and Ozzie Smith are among the 16 voters on the Hall of Fame’s Golden Days Era Committee. Former commissioner Bud Selig, former Atlanta general manager John Schuerholz and retired manager Joe Torre — all three also in the
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3:07 PM ET Jacksonville State is set to hire UL Monroe offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez as its next head football coach, sources told ESPN on Monday. An agreement is being finalized and an announcement is expected soon. Rodriguez, the former coach at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona, completed his first season at ULM under coach
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