Month: January 2022

6:28 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Former Chicago Blackhawks forwards Eddie Olczyk, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp have agreed to help the team in its search for a new general manager. Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz said Olczyk, Hossa and Sharp “are respected hockey minds who have great knowledge of the game.” Mike Forde, the
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12:49 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Brian Daboll has a key piece in mind as he takes over as New York Giants head coach. He’s hoping to have Patrick Graham as his defensive coordinator, if Graham doesn’t get the Minnesota Vikings‘ head-coaching job. Graham spent these past two seasons as the Giants’ defensive coordinator
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5:53 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State has hired veteran NFL and college assistant coach Glenn Thomas as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The school announced Thomas’ hiring Monday, three days after offensive coordinator Zak Hill resigned amid an NCAA investigation into alleged recruiting violations. Thomas has coached for more than 20
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5:08 PM ET CHICAGO — New Bears coach Matt Eberflus had a very simple answer to how he’ll handle second-year quarterback Justin Fields as the team begins installing a new system. “Building the offense around him and his strengths,” Eberflus said Monday, after being introduced as the 17th head coach in franchise history. “What does
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4:52 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden, nursing a strained right hand, went through practice Monday and is questionable for the game Tuesday against the Phoenix Suns. “Progressing,” coach Steve Nash said after practice. “He went through practice. He’s working out right now.” Harden was a late scratch from the loss
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3:46 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild and left wing Jordan Greenway agreed Monday to a three-year, $9 million contract extension that runs through the 2024-25 season. Greenway, 24, has four goals, nine assists and a career-high plus-17 rating in 33 games for the Wild this season. He is
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3:55 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are taking an exhaustive look at why they endured one of the most painful seasons in franchise history. Ravens coach John Harbaugh recently met with his performance staff for four hours after a season in which Baltimore placed 25 players on injured reserve. The Ravens
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3:07 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Kirk Cousins have been added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster as injury replacements for Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, respectively. Brady, who rarely plays in the Pro Bowl, pulled out of Sunday’s game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, citing a shoulder injury. Sources have
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2:11 PM ET Wide receiver Deandre Moore Jr. decommitted from Oklahoma on Monday. Moore is the No. 11 prospect in the 2023 class and was the highest ranked commitment in the Sooners class. A 5-foot-11, 190-pound receiver out of Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California, Moore is the No. 1 receiver overall. He
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1:48 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Bengals have received a glimmer of good news regarding one of their core players. The initial tests on C.J. Uzomah‘s knee injury were labeled “encouraging” by coach Zac Taylor on Monday after the tight end left Sunday’s victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. Taylor
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1:38 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal is expected to miss the next two games for the Washington Wizards after spraining his left wrist. The Wizards updated Beal’s status Monday. He was injured in the third quarter at Memphis on Saturday. Washington plays at Milwaukee on Tuesday and at Philadelphia on Wednesday. The
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12:53 PM ET Few college football coaches embrace social media as much as Lane Kiffin, and even fewer have had more success in the transfer portal than the Ole Miss Rebels coach. So, after landing former USC quarterback Jaxson Dart and tight end Michael Trigg over the weekend, it was little surprise that Kiffin went
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11:55 AM ET The Show is going Sho Time. Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani will grace the cover of Sony’s MLB the Show 22 video game following his historic 2021 season. Ohtani made history in the process, becoming the first Asian athlete to be featured on the cover of a video game in the
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12:29 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia football has hired assistant coach Bryan McClendon to return to his alma mater less than a month after he took a job with Miami (Fla.). McClendon had been on new Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal’s staff at Oregon, and he followed Cristobal to Miami, taking a job
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12:06 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A plaque honoring baseball legend Jackie Robinson that was vandalized in Georgia is coming to Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to be put on display. The sign was erected in 2001 outside the birthplace of Robinson near Cairo, Georgia. Community members there discovered last year
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