Month: December 2021

4:04 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants shut down quarterback Daniel Jones for the remainder of the season because of his neck injury, the team announced Monday. It prematurely ends what many considered a make-or-break year for the young quarterback. Jones, 24, was officially placed Monday on injured reserve. He was
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5:06 PM ET The Oakland Athletics have hired Mark Kotsay to be their next manager, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Monday, confirming an earlier report. Kotsay, 46, was Oakland’s third-base coach last season and is a former bench coach with the Athletics. He now takes over for Bob Melvin, who left to manage the
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3:37 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — New San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin has rounded out his coaching staff with the addition of Matt Williams, a former All-Star third baseman and Washington Nationals manager, and Bryan Price, former manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Williams, best known for his 10 seasons with the NL
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2:47 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Bowl wide receiver Chris Godwin suffered a torn ACL during Sunday night’s 9-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints and will miss the remainder of the season, coach Bruce Arians announced Monday. Godwin suffered the knee injury in the second quarter while falling awkwardly after
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1:20 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Bowl wide receiver Chris Godwin suffered a sprained MCL during Sunday night’s 9-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints, a source confirmed to ESPN. Godwin suffered the knee injury in the second quarter while falling awkwardly after a collision with New Orleans safety P.J. Williams. Godwin has 98
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1:17 PM ET NC State‘s men’s basketball program was placed on one year of probation and former Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried was given a one-year show-cause order on Monday, as punishment for a former assistant coach helping facilitate money from Adidas to a prospect’s family. The Wolfpack weren’t banned from playing in the postseason. Former
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1:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Four minor league teams that lost their big league affiliations before the 2021 season have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball, using a law firm that has represented players’ unions. Parent companies of the Staten Island Yankees, Tri-City Valley Cats, Norwich Sea Unicorns and Salem-Keizer
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12:58 PM ET Texas A&M’s Jalen Wydermyer, a three-year starter at tight end, announced on Monday that he’ll be declaring for the NFL draft and will not play in the Aggies’ upcoming game against Wake Forest in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. “Aggie Nation, 12th Man, and the entire College Station community, from my first visit
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10:35 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Monday that Indianapolis Colts receiver T.Y. Hilton should have been ejected from Saturday’s game for pushing an official to the ground, and questioned the NFL’s officiating department why he wasn’t. Belichick was speaking for the first time since having a chance to
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12:38 PM ET Associated Press Steve Kerr saw everything that Gregg Popovich went through as coach of the U.S. men’s national team, saw exactly how difficult it was last summer for the Americans to emerge from the Tokyo Olympics with another gold medal. And when he walked off the floor for the last time in
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12:31 PM ET Associated Press Defending national champion Baylor maintained its top spot in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, though not without ceding a No. 1 vote to Arizona, while the six remaining unbeatens continued their rise Monday. The Bears ended a four-week streak of turnover atop the poll by taking care of
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Dec 20, 2021 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Trying to separate the outstanding successes of Tyson Fury and Josh Taylor is desperately hard — and inevitably invites debate — but ESPN’s British
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11:44 AM ET Associated Press The Pac-12 is tapping into former football stars such as Brock Huard, Toby Gerhart and Lincoln Kennedy as it explores ways to boosts the conference’s fortunes on the field and off. The conference announced Monday the formation of the Pac-12 football alumni council. The group includes more than 20 players
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11:40 AM ET Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was released from a Denver-area hospital Monday morning and is doing well, the team announced. Bridgewater will enter the NFL’s concussion protocol, the team said. The veteran quarterback suffered the injury while diving for a first down with 5:34 remaining in the third quarter and the Broncos facing
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10:42 AM ET Virginia Tech quarterback Braxton Burmeister entered the transfer portal Monday morning. He is listed as a graduate transfer. Burmeister started all 12 games for Virginia Tech, passing for 1,960 yards with 14 touchdowns and four interceptions. He added 521 rush yards, which ranked second on the team, and two rushing touchdowns. In
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