Month: February 2022

7:04 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment said Friday it will discontinue the proof of vaccination requirement for fans entering its venues, beginning March 1. MLSE owns the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, NBA’s Toronto Raptors, Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts. The move follows
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7:01 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Manu Ginobili, a four-time NBA champion who spent his entire career with the San Antonio Spurs, headlines this year’s group of finalists for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Ginobili was one of 11 finalists announced at a press conference Friday as part of All-Star
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6:31 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN After one season of college athletes being allowed to profit off their name, image and likeness, the NCAA announced Friday afternoon that it will begin a review of NIL policies. The Division I Board of Directors met virtually Friday and agreed to task the Division I Council with a review
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5:46 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia explained why he parted ways with trainer Eddy Reynoso during a Friday appearance on ESPN’s “Max on Boxing” with Max Kellerman, saying Reynoso “didn’t really have time to train me.” The star boxer announced last week that he’s training with Joe Goosen ahead of his April 9 comeback
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6:31 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Three-time champion Bernhard Langer shot his age Friday to take the first-round lead in the Chubb Classic. Langer, the 64-year-old German star who has six Charles Schwab Cup season titles and 42 victories on the 50-and-over tour, had five straight birdies on the back nine in a
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4:30 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens added Nick Bobrov and former NHL star Vincent Lecavalier to their front office Friday. Bobrov will serve as co-director of amateur scouting while Lecavalier becomes a special adviser to hockey operations. Bobrov will share the scouting position with Martin Lapointe. He joins the Canadiens after
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8:33 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Jurgen Klopp has said he now possesses the best squad during his time at Liverpool but warned that the players are “not the Harlem Globetrotters” and said he is happy with the team’s attitude rather than quality. Liverpool took a huge step to making the Champions League quarterfinals with a
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5:44 PM ET The NFL has informed the House Oversight Committee and Reform that Mary Jo White will lead the investigation into new allegations surrounding Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder. The NFL says that a written report will be released publicly, something that was not done after the initial investigation into Washington’s workplace culture. White,
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4:30 PM ET A week after getting the green light to continue as Auburn‘s coach, Bryan Harsin has promoted two veteran assistants into coordinator roles. Eric Kiesau is Auburn’s new offensive coordinator after serving as the football program’s wide receivers coach for most of the 2021 season. Kiesau, who spent four seasons under Harsin at
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2:47 PM ET The NFL will not be opening an investigation into the events surrounding the Dallas Cowboys‘ $2.4 million confidential settlement with four members of their cheerleading squad who accused a now-former team executive of voyeurism in their locker room in 2015, a league spokesman told ESPN on Friday. The cheerleaders’ allegations, along with
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2:35 PM ET Spring training games won’t begin until at least March 5, Major League Baseball announced in a statement on Friday. “We regret that, without a collective bargaining agreement in place, we must postpone the start of spring training games,” the statement said. “All 30 clubs are unified in their strong desire to bring
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12:51 PM GMT There are no plans to change the participants of Rugby’s Six Nations, the organising body said in a statement on Friday, amid media reports that South Africa are set to replace Italy in the tournament. British newspaper the Daily Mail reported this week that South Africa were keen to re-align with northern
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