Month: January 2022

4:59 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts owner Jim Irsay released a statement Wednesday in which he apologized to the fans after the team ended its season “in perhaps the worst way possible and missed our chance to compete for history.” Irsay issued the statement just days after the Colts missed the playoffs for the fifth
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5:41 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is planning to have surgery to address a lingering abdominal injury, sources told ESPN. A final decision on the procedure and the timeline are expected to be determined after consultations with doctors this week. The procedure is likely to keep Lillard out at least 6 to
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11:23 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Edgar Berlanga and Steve Rolls have agreed to terms for a super middleweight fight on March 19 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The bout will be Berlanga’s first since he tore his left biceps in Round 3 of his victory over Marcelo Esteban
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4:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Rachel Balkovec is aware of the negativity in her social media feeds and tries to leave it there. Her sisters see it, too, and can’t help but pass along certain disparaging reactions to her barrier-breaking journey. “It’s hilarious to me,” Balkovec said. “Because it’s the American dream.”
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4:46 PM ET Penn State running back Noah Cain entered the transfer portal on Monday. Cain set a team freshman record with eight rushing touchdowns in 2019, and led the team with four rushing touchdowns this past season. The 5-foot-10, 220-pound junior suffered a season-ending injury on the opening drive of the 2020 season. He
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3:55 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Welterweight champion Terence Crawford filed a lawsuit Wednesday against his former promoter Top Rank in Nevada, alleging racial bias on the part of the company’s chairman, Bob Arum. The suit alleges that the 90-year-old Arum “continues to make racist and bigoted statements and purposefully damage the reputations of Black boxers.”
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10:37 AM ET Erin Dolan New York — you made it! Welcome to the mobile betting community, and what a first week it’s been. From nearly the greatest tie in both NFL and betting history to the end of sorry seasons for the Jets and Giants (and the QB sneak heard ’round the world) to
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3:00 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — This might be the last anyone hears of Aaron Rodgers‘ toe. The Green Bay Packers quarterback made it sound like his toe injury won’t be an issue in the playoffs. One sign of that came on Wednesday, when Rodgers took part in the first of two practices the
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3:17 PM ET Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski will miss Wednesday night’s game at Wake Forest due to a non-COVID-related virus, the school announced. Associate head coach Jon Scheyer will serve as the acting head coach for Wednesday’s game. Duke had games against Clemson and Notre Dame postponed in late December due to COVID-19 issues
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2:31 PM ET TCU starting defensive end Ochaun Mathis, a two-time All-Big 12 selection, has entered the transfer portal. Mathis, who announced his decision Wednesday morning on Twitter, started 34 games for the Horned Frogs. He recorded 45 tackles, including seven for loss and four sacks this season, after a breakout season in 2020 when
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2:04 PM ET The Big Ten released its revised 2022 football schedule Wednesday, adding a pair of cross-divisional games and shifting around other notable games — including Penn State‘s matchups against Michigan and Ohio State — on the calendar. The changes were done to accommodate adjustments that were made due to COVID-19 in 2020, when
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1:38 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins will retire the uniform number of former pitcher Jim Kaat, who was recently elected to the Hall of Fame. The Twins announced Wednesday that they’ll add Kaat’s 36 to their wall of retired numbers during a pregame ceremony at Target Field on July 16. Kaat
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12:56 PM ET Associated Press An extra week of games, close finishes and not being in an election year helped propel the NFL to its highest regular-season ratings in six years. The 272 regular-season games averaged 17.1 million viewers across television and digital platforms, that is a 10% increase over 2020 and is the league’s
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10:14 PM ET ESPN News Services Responding to what he called “continuing misinformation,” Novak Djokovic issued a statement Wednesday to clarify his movements leading up to his positive COVID-19 test result in mid-December that was used as grounds for his exemption to enter Australia ahead of tennis’ first major of the year. Djokovic wrote on
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