Month: January 2022

4:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL, not surprisingly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, has looked into other potential sites for next month’s Super Bowl. That’s not unusual because the league does so every year. But with Los Angeles the site for this year’s title game, and restrictions
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4:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Belmont Stakes is moving to Fox Sports as part of an eight-year deal beginning in 2023. The deal announced Wednesday between Fox and the New York Racing Association includes NYRA Bets as the title sponsor of the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown series. NYRA
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4:43 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former Syracuse coach and Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Greg Robinson died Wednesday, his son Dominic told Syracuse.com. Robinson was 70. He died from a form of Alzheimer’s Disease, his son told Syracuse.com. Robinson helped the Broncos win two Super Bowl titles as their defensive coordinator during the 1997 and 1998
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4:38 PM ET Texas A&M is hiring Ole Miss defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin for the same role, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Durkin, who spent the past two seasons at Ole Miss, oversaw a defense that improved significantly in 2021, helping the Rebels to a top-10 ranking and a Sugar Bowl appearance. He
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11:44 AM ET Breaking News: the wait is over. The Brooklyn Nets just signed European superstar “Jean Patrick.” NBA GMs attempted to lure the fictional French 2-guard to the Association for years. Dangling huge contracts. Sponsorship deals. Untold amenities. Just for the hint of a rumor of the chance of retaining Jean Patrick’s services. Last
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3:26 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins was activated from the COVID-19/reserve list on Wednesday and will start in the season finale against Chicago, according to coach Mike Zimmer. Cousins was unable to play in the Vikings’ 37-10 loss at Green Bay on Sunday, a defeat that knocked Minnesota out of postseason
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2:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will continue his rehab away from the team as he tries to return from a fractured foot, the team announced Wednesday. While the Pelicans did not announce the location, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Williamson is doing his rehab in Portland, Oregon. In
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1:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Portland Trail Blazers superstar guard Damian Lillard will be out for at least another week due to the ongoing lower abdominal tendinopathy that has bothered him all season, the team said Wednesday. Lillard will miss Portland’s next three games — home matchups against the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Sacramento
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1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in exchange for forward Alex Nylander. Lafferty is slated to join the slumping Blackhawks in Arizona. The 26-year-old Lafferty, who is signed through this season with a $750,000 salary-cap hit, has no
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2:09 PM ET Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, the projected No. 1 selection in the 2022 NFL draft, announced Wednesday that he will be leaving the Wolverines program to turn pro. Hutchinson was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2021, becoming the third defensive player to finish second in the history of the award. He was
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12:15 PM ET Associated Press Ross Browner, a two-time All-American at Notre Dame and one of four brothers who played in the NFL, has died. He was 67. Browner’s son, former NFL offensive lineman Max Starks, posted on Twitter early Wednesday morning that his father had died. “The world has lost a Titan,” Starks said.
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1:45 PM ET CHICAGO — Rookie quarterback Justin Fields will start the Bears’ season finale in Minnesota on Sunday after missing the last two games with an ankle injury, head coach Matt Nagy announced on Wednesday. The Bears say Fields has improved enough to practice all week and their intention is to play him. He’ll
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