Month: February 2022

11:38 AM ET The results of the NFL’s coaching diversity efforts are “unacceptable,” commissioner Roger Goodell said in a memo issued to all clubs Saturday morning. The memo, titled “Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” surfaces four days after the NFL called claims in coach Brian Flores’ lawsuit over discrimination in the hiring process
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10:30 AM ET Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Harold Varner III birdied the par-5 18th hole on Saturday to shoot a 2-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead over Adri Arnaus into the final round of the Saudi International. Defending champion Dustin Johnson was five strokes back at the Asian Tour
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7:00 AM ET When Calvin Austin found out last Sunday what the Senior Bowl was giving players as gifts, he was shocked: Each player would be able to make his own unique NFT — of which there would be only one copy — to keep or sell. He had only just started to research NFTs,
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6:00 PM ET Manchester United console Anthony Elanga after his penalty miss in an FA Cup loss to Middlesbrough. Getty Middlesbrough shocked Manchester United in an 8-7 penalty shootout win to advance from the FA Cup fourth round at Old Trafford on Friday night after 120 minutes of regular and extra time ended in a 1-1
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News The former NZ allrounder suffered a major heart problem last August Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, after a series of health complications last year. The 51-year-old revealed on his Instagram post that it came as a “big shock”. According to New Zealand media reports, he was discharged
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10:40 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring New York Giants assistant head coach Patrick Graham as their defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Graham, 43, joins newly hired head coach Josh McDaniels in Las Vegas after spending the past two seasons as the Giants’ defensive coordinator under Joe Judge. Graham replaces Gus Bradley,
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8:20 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid was upset in the fastest skater skills competition for the second straight NHL All-Star Weekend, as the heavy favorite was beaten by St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou on Friday night. Kyrou finished with a time of 13.55 seconds. McDavid, the last skater in
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8:53 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Former NHL enforcer Chris Nilan says he was fired from a Montreal sports radio station for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter posted to social media Thursday advising listeners of his departure from TSN 690, the 63-year-old Nilan said a request for an exemption was
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8:58 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Even for being located next to the ocean, the iconic finishing hole at Pebble Beach is short for par 5s by modern standards. That didn’t keep Seamus Power, who has plenty of pop, from taking an iron off the tee and playing it as a three-shot
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8:09 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the San Francisco 49ers await word on the potential loss of one key member of their coaching staff, they made a significant addition Friday. The Niners are hiring former Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn to their recently opened assistant head coach position, league sources told ESPN’s Adam
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7:57 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Leona Maguire and Marina Alex shared the lead Friday in the LPGA Drive On Championship after another windy round at Crown Colony. Maguire birdied the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65, and Alex closed with birdies on the par-4 eighth and par-5 ninth for a 66.
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7:12 PM ET The rivalry between Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes is just getting started. Peña, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, and Nunes, the woman whom Peña beat for the title, will coach against one another on the 30th season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, it was announced Friday. Peña and Nunes will then
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12:33 PM ET Max Holloway has been medically cleared to resume training and has offered to serve as a backup for the featherweight division’s next title fight, sources close to Holloway told ESPN. The former champion received medical clearance on Thursday, sources said. Holloway, of Waianae, Hawai’i, was briefly scheduled to challenge Alexander Volkanovski for
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