Month: December 2021

6:55 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former USC quarterback Kedon Slovis announced Tuesday that he’s transferring to Pittsburgh. Slovis entered the transfer portal earlier this month on the heels of the news that USC had hired Lincoln Riley as its next head coach. “USC will always be a special place to me,” Slovis wrote in an
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6:23 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette is “likely” to be placed on injured reserve because of the hamstring injury that left him on crutches Sunday night, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Fournette would miss the rest of the regular season, but a source said he is expected to return
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5:51 PM ET Missouri running back Tyler Badie, who led the SEC in rushing yards this season, will not play in Wednesday’s Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl and has chosen to enter the NFL draft. Badie, a senior and an All-American, could have returned next year by taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility
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5:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league’s last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling payrolls have sparked the labor unrest that led to the sport’s first work stoppage in more
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4:44 PM ET Miami announced Tuesday its football team is in COVID-19 protocols but remains committed to playing in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl against Washington State on Dec. 31. The school did not provide any other information. A source indicated multiple players, across several position groups, had tested positive for COVID-19. Miami is
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4:49 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Manu Ginobili leads the list of first-time nominees for the 2022 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, which was announced live on ESPN’s NBA Today on Tuesday. Ginobili was a mainstay of the San Antonio Spurs‘ dynasty, winning four championships in addition to an Olympic gold medal with Argentina
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3:45 PM ET The Washington Football Team will be without its top two quarterbacks for Tuesday’s road game against the Philadelphia Eagles, as starter Taylor Heinicke and backup Kyle Allen remain on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Washington instead will start Garrett Gilbert, who signed with the team Friday off New England‘s practice squad. Kyle Shurmur, a
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4:30 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NBA commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN’s Malika Andrews that the league has no plans to suspend its season as COVID-19 surges through the league. “No plans right now to pause the season,” Silver said in an interview on NBA Today on Tuesday afternoon. “We have of course looked at all
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2:22 PM ET Mixed martial arts fighter Jordan Young died Saturday at age 27, ESPN confirmed Tuesday with the Broward County (Florida) Office of Medical Examiner and Trauma Services. Young, a 6-foot-4 light heavyweight, had most recently fought with PFL. His cause and manner of death are pending, per a medical examiner spokesperson. PFL and
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3:17 PM ET Buck Showalter is 24th on the all-time wins list for managers. He’s managed three different teams to the postseason and is a three-time Manager of the Year. He’s also never won a World Series — and knows what the expectations will be for a Mets team that hasn’t made the playoffs since
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3:24 PM ET Alabama landed its second high-profile transfer in a week on Tuesday when former Georgia Tech running back Jahmyr Gibbs announced that he’ll play for the Crimson Tide in 2022. A sophomore, Gibbs ran for 746 yards and four touchdowns this season, earning a spot on the All-ACC team. He also caught 35
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2:09 PM ET Detroit Tigers first-base coach Kimera Bartee, who played six seasons in the majors, has died at the age of 49, the team announced Tuesday. No cause of death has been announced. “All of us in the Tigers baseball family were shocked and saddened,” Tigers general manager Al Avila said in a statement.
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2:26 PM ET A week after putting together his first signing class at Florida, new Gators coach Billy Napier added another piece to the puzzle by landing former Ohio State quarterback Jack Miller from the transfer portal on Tuesday. A former four-star prospect from Arizona, Miller appeared in four games as a redshirt sophomore this
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