Month: March 2022

3:32 PM ET Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers on Thursday finalized a two-year, $13 million deal for left-hander Andrew Chafin, one of the top relief pitchers on the free-agent market. Chafin, 31, gets a $1 million signing bonus, $5.5 million this season and $6.5 million in 2023. He had a 1.83 ERA
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3:43 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s amateur draft will be held in Los Angeles from July 17-19, its second straight season located at the city of the All-Star Game. The Baltimore Orioles will pick first after finishing a major league-worst 52-110 last season. In 2023, the top six selections with
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3:08 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — After being traded twice in one year, new Washington Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz on Thursday let it be known that it was good to be “wanted.” “Knowing that you’re wanted and feeling that support means a lot,” Wentz said during his first news conference with Washington. “It allows me
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1:04 PM BST Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn has replaced regular fly-half Finn Russell as one of two changes for their final game of the Six Nations against title-chasing Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. Russell has been a mainstay in this year’s championship but is on the bench in a surprise switch by coach Gregor Townsend. The
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1:53 PM ET Associated Press SEBRING, Fla. — NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports have partnered on an effort to enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year with a modified version of its new Next Gen car. The collaborative effort announced Thursday at Sebring International Raceway seeks the “Garage 56” entry, which was created in
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2:00 PM ET Former longtime Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson sued the team Thursday, alleging that owner Mark Cuban fired him last summer as retaliation for reporting that Cuban’s chief of staff sexually harassed and sexually assaulted his nephew during a job interview in 2020. The lawsuit also alleges that Cuban offered Nelson, who
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2:04 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — After no success in finding a suitable trade, the Dallas Cowboys have decided to release right tackle La’el Collins and designated it a post-June 1 move, according to sources. The move will save the Cowboys $10 million, which will come off the books in June. However, he will count
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1:43 PM ET Although Indiana Pacers guard T.J. Warren has recovered from consecutive stress fractures in his left foot and returned to full basketball activities, he will sit out Indiana’s final 12 games and prepare for the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN. Warren, 28, has missed the entirety of this season and played only four
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12:05 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — A day after making one of the biggest free agency moves in franchise history, the Buffalo Bills continued their cap clearing moves Thursday by releasing wide receiver Cole Beasley. The Bills had granted Beasley — who was ready to move on — permission to seek a trade
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12:52 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is expected to return for the start of the Western Conference playoffs
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1:24 PM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Ben Howland is out as men’s basketball coach at Mississippi State, the school announced Thursday, ending his seven-year stint at the school without an NCAA tournament victory. Howland, 64, reached three Final
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