Month: March 2022

9:11 PM ET Ulysses Bentley IV, who led the American Athletic Conference in rushing in 2020 and started 14 games at SMU during the past two seasons, announced on Wednesday he is transferring to Ole Miss after entering the portal. On Monday, first-year Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN that he met with Bentley on
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7:16 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars were big spenders in free agency again — and general manager Trent Baalke hopes it’s the last time. The Jaguars signed seven players this week to contracts totaling $259.5 million with $155.25 million in guarantees. A better use of that money would be on players the
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8:22 PM ET Associated Press GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina hired Tennessee assistant Michael Schwartz as its head men’s basketball coach Wednesday. Athletic director Jon Gilbert announced the hiring. Schwartz spent seven seasons at Tennessee, four as associate head coach. Schwartz has been Tennessee’s defensive coordinator the past five seasons, and the Volunteers are 118-45
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7:56 PM ET Money has been pouring in on Duke at sportsbooks around the nation, including one wager that would pay more than $5 million if the Blue Devils send coach Mike Krzyzewski out on a high note by winning the national championship. On Monday, a bettor in New Jersey placed a $300,000 bet on
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8:14 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Rhode Island has targeted former Indiana coach Archie Miller to be the school’s next coach, sources told ESPN. There’s mutual interest and the sides are working toward finalizing a deal in the upcoming days, sources said. Miller’s arrival at Rhode Island would mark a return to the Atlantic 10, a
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7:36 PM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Ian Kennedy and the Arizona Diamondbacks finalized a one-year, $4.75 million contract on Wednesday that returns the veteran right-hander to one of his former clubs. Kennedy gets a $4.5 million salary this year, and the deal includes a $4 million club option for 2023 with a $250,000
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6:32 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With Hall of Famer John Elway looking on in a crowded auditorium, Russell Wilson was formally introduced as the Denver Broncos‘ newest quarterback Wednesday. And Wilson left no doubt just how much he hopes to get done with his new teammates, in a new city, over the next decade.
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6:54 PM ET Eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller has agreed to terms with the Buffalo Bills on a six-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. The Bills also agreed with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end O.J. Howard on a one-year contract. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter it’s a $3.5 million deal that could be
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6:27 PM ET Third baseman Kris Bryant and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a seven-year, $182 million contract, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday. Bryant got off to a hot start in 2021 after a down and injured season in 2020. He cooled off some after being traded from the Chicago Cubs
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6:11 PM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons has remained sidelined with an irritation of the L-4 disc of the lower
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5:36 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has scheduled 30 additional doubleheaders to make up some of the 91 games postponed by the lockout that delayed opening day until April 7. MLB released a revised schedule Wednesday, extending the last day of the regular season by three days to Oct. 5.
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5:13 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The adoption of a designated hitter in the National League helped persuade the Milwaukee Brewers to sign Andrew McCutchen and bring the five-time All-Star outfielder back to the NL Central. McCutchen, 35, arrived at the Brewers’ spring training camp in Phoenix on Wednesday after agreeing to a one-year
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4:50 PM ET Former Green Bay Packers pass-rusher Za’Darius Smith is signing a four-year, $35 million deal that has a maximum value of $50 million with the Baltimore Ravens, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The move reunites Smith with the team that selected him in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL
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4:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Cy Young pitcher Zack Greinke has agreed to a one-year, $13 million deal with the Kansas City Royals, sources confirm to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The New York Post’s Joel Sherman was first to report the terms of the one-year deal. Greinke is a six-time All-Star who earned six
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