Month: March 2022

6:45 PM ET Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson will not compete in next month’s tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, marking the first time since 1994 that he won’t compete there. Mickelson, 51, had been listed among the participants until Monday, when his name was included among past champions who won’t participate. An Augusta National
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7:58 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — At a time when many starters are throwing two innings before hitting the showers, Max Scherzer pitched five innings of one-run ball in his New York Mets spring debut. He cruised against a Miami Marlins lineup stacked with major leaguers. “He’s as advertised,” Mets manager Buck Showalter
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7:59 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Carlos Correa met his new Minnesota teammates on Monday morning — and wasted no time making new friends. Two days after agreeing to a deal that makes him the highest-paid infielder in baseball, Correa walked into the Twins clubhouse and introduced himself to almost everyone inside.
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8:12 PM ET Sacramento Kings forward/center Domantas Sabonis has a bruised left knee and will be reevaluated once the team returns from its upcoming five-game road trip, sources told ESPN. Sabonis — a two-time All-Star who was acquired in a trade deadline deal with Indiana — injured the knee in a collision with Phoenix Suns
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6:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos won’t be fighting Vasiliy Lomachenko after all. Lomachenko had agreed to a deal last month for a fight with Kambosos on June 5 in Melbourne, Australia, but the two-time Olympic gold medalist has elected to remain in Ukraine with his family rather than leave the country for training
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7:53 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Yadier Molina is back, and both he and the St. Louis Cardinals couldn’t be happier. After missing the first week of camp for personal reasons, the 39-year-old Molina arrived at the Cardinals’ complex on Monday for what will likely be his final spring training. “It’s been tough
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6:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons has a herniated disk in his back, coach Steve Nash said prior to Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Nash remains optimistic that Simmons will play at some point this season, but with just 11 regular-season games left, the organization is running out of
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4:41 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals released cornerback Trae Waynes on Monday. He was entering the final season of a three-year contract that was worth up to $42 million. Cincinnati saves $10.9 million against the salary cap while incurring $5 million in dead money for the upcoming season, according to Roster Management System.
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3:22 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While he may have a brand-new three-year deal in hand worth $60 million ($40 million guaranteed), Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin described the past few weeks as a “whirlwind” of emotions. Godwin was dealing with the uncertainty his NFL future — trying to heal a torn ACL
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6:04 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a solid spring training debut on the mound Monday, striking out five while giving up one run over 2⅓ innings for the Los Angeles Angels. Last year’s American League MVP was sharp in the first, getting a called strike on his first
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6:01 PM ET Safety Jayron Kearse has agreed to terms with the Dallas Cowboys on a two-year contract, the team announced Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed but the deal is worth $10 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Kearse, 28, started 15 of the 16 games he appeared in for the Cowboys last
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6:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons has a herniated disk in his back, coach Steve Nash said prior to Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Nash remains optimistic that Simmons will play at some point this season, but with just 11 regular-season games left, the organization is running out of
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4:30 PM ET Associated Press A Kentucky judge has denied Bob Baffert’s request to stay his 90-day suspension but delayed it until April 4 to allow his representatives to seek emergency relief through the state’s Court of Appeals. Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stewards last month suspended Baffert for 90 days, fining him $7,500, and disqualified
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11:31 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks are moving on from Marc-Andre Fleury, trading the netminder to the Minnesota Wild on Monday in exchange for a conditional second-round draft choice (it becomes a first if the Wild make the Western Conference finals this season and Fleury earns at least four wins in the preceding two playoff
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5:06 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Maybe it was a friendly tape measure or maybe those stretches actually worked. Whatever it was, Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett‘s much-discussed hand size increased by ⅛ inch from his official NFL scouting combine measurement, checking in at 8⅝ inches at Pitt’s pro day Monday. “The stretches work,” Pickett said with
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