Month: December 2021

1:41 PM ET Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Cleveland Indians outfielder and commentator Jack Graney has won the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting. Graney, who died in 1978, will be honored during the Hall’s induction weekend from July 22-25. Graney first played for Cleveland, then known as the Naps,
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12:49 PM ET Oklahoma has finalized a deal with Jeff Lebby to be the Sooners‘ new offensive coordinator and will make him one of the highest-paid coordinators in college football, sources told ESPN. Lebby has been Ole Miss‘ offensive coordinator the past two seasons under Lane Kiffin and is scheduled to be in Norman, Oklahoma
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12:55 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, who tested positive for COVID-19, will be back to work Thursday as his team continues preparation for Sunday’s big NFC East game against the Washington Football Team at FedEx Field. “The protocol experience has been an education to say the least, but I feel
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1:14 PM ET Justin Fields will return to his starting role at quarterback for the Chicago Bears this Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, coach Matt Nagy announced Wednesday. Fields has missed the Bears’ past two games with an injury to his ribs but Nagy said Wednesday that the rookie has been medically cleared. Nagy
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12:16 PM ET Oklahoma fans haven’t taken former football coach Lincoln Riley’s abrupt departure to USC very well, and that includes at least one state senator. Republican Senator Bill Coleman of Ponca City proposed a bill on Tuesday that would rename 3 inches of a westbound lane of State Highway 325 in the panhandle as
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10:44 AM ET Just one day after resigning as offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh, Mark Whipple has resurfaced at Nebraska in the same role under head football coach Scott Frost, it was announced Wednesday. Whipple, 64, stepped down Tuesday after his third season at Pitt, where he had mentored Heisman Trophy finalist Kenny Pickett. The Panthers
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10:49 AM ET Washington Football Team pass-rusher Montez Sweat, who missed the past four games with a fractured jaw and was expected to return to practice Wednesday, tested positive for COVID-19, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sweat, who is second on the team with four sacks this season, is expected to be out the
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9:58 AM ET Associated Press REFORM, Ala. — Alabama authorities are investigating after former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr. died in custody following a high-speed chase that resulted in his arrest and then a fight involving officers in the county jail where he was being held. The 31-year-old former New Orleans Saints player died Monday
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10:19 AM ET Associated Press DENVER — International Tennis Federation president David Haggerty, a member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee board of directors, is among those echoing the IOC’s call for behind-the-scenes negotiations to ensure the well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai. Haggerty, who received an automatic spot on the USOPC board when
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9:37 AM ET Brazil great Pele is in hospital to undergo treatment for a colon tumour, Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein said on Wednesday. It added that the 81-year-old former Brazil international was in stable condition and should be discharged in the next few days. The three-time World Cup winner underwent surgery to remove a
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9:22 AM ET Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams needs season-ending surgery for a torn labrum, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Adams suffered the injury in Sunday’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll initially referred to the injury as a “sprain” after Sunday’s game. He suffered a similar injury to
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