Month: March 2022

8:32 PM ET Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Right-hander Tyler Mahle will start for the Cincinnati Reds on Opening Day April 7 in Atlanta against the World Series champion Atlanta Braves. Manager David Bell gave Mahle the news on Wednesday morning ahead of his second spring training start. “It means a lot,” Mahle said. “Some
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6:44 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments are seeing double-digit viewer increases over last year. The men’s tournament is up 12% over last year. The tournament is also off to its best start in five years, averaging 9.12 million viewers through the second round on TBS, CBS, TNT
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Shortly after his introductory news conference with the Philadelphia Phillies, Nick Castellanos went to a back field at the team’s spring training complex and fielded grounders at third base. The All-Star slugger hasn’t played the position since 2017, but he’s ready just in case. “Whatever the team
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3:22 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MIAMI — The Golden State Warriors are resting Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Otto Porter Jr. on Wednesday against the Miami Heat, the second night of a back-to-back. The move isn’t necessarily out of character for the Warriors — they’ve been resting Thompson and Porter on one end of back-to-back
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8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Sonny Bill Williams has blasted Barry Hall out inside two minutes and says Paul Gallen could be his next opponent. New Zealand’s dual code rugby star Williams demolished AFL great in Sydney on Wednesday night, dominating from the opening seconds. Williams jolted the Sydney Swans premiership winner in the first
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5:45 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Eager to get back to where he was, Justin Verlander says he still needs to get sharper. The Houston Astros ace was pulled after another scoreless outing, taken out after 2⅔ innings Wednesday when he reached a team-imposed pitch limit. “I felt good physically,” Verlander
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6:05 PM ET ESPN News Services OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi quarterback Matt Corral showed off his right arm and his apparently healthy right ankle for NFL teams. Corral threw for representatives of almost every NFL team at the Ole Miss pro day on Wednesday, including at least four head coaches: The Pittsburgh Steelers‘ Mike Tomlin,
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6:05 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The progress toward further changes to New York City’s private-sector vaccine mandate has inspired confidence that
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5:45 PM ET COLUMBUS, Oh. — Ohio State‘s pro day offered a sneak peek at one of the best NFL draft prospects — for 2023. Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud made 55-yard throws look effortless inside the school’s indoor practice facility on Wednesday. With representatives from all 32 teams watching, including a few NFL head coaches,
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4:40 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hopes fluid conversations on a one-year deal or a long-term contract can be completed before the team’s opener on April 7. Judge was disappointed a deal wasn’t reached before Tuesday’s deadline to swap proposed arbitration salaries. He asked for a raise
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4:50 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Arizona guard Bennedict Mathurin said Wednesday that he has attempted to apologize to a TCU dance team member after a video widely circulated on social media showed the Pac-12 player of the year possibly making contact with her after the Wildcats’ second-round victory. Mathurin didn’t say what
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4:23 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It all came together perfectly for the Tennessee Titans and former Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods. The Titans desperately needed a veteran wide receiver after they released
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4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen With Manchester United a long way from recapturing the Premier League trophy they once almost took for granted, the club’s struggles to even secure a top-four finish this season suggest that it’s going to take more than just a few transfers to catch up to the likes of Liverpool and
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