Month: March 2022

4:12 PM ET The Tennessee Titans are planning to release wide receiver Julio Jones, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Dianna Russini on Wednesday. Jones was signed through the 2024 season. It is likely he will be released with a post-June 1 designation, giving the Titans $9.5 million in salary-cap savings. The Titans acquired Jones
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4:15 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The New York Rangers acquired Frank Vatrano from the Florida Panthers on Wednesday for a 2022 fourth-round pick, a trade between two playoff-bound Eastern Conference teams that serves a different purpose for each. Getting Vatrano gives the Rangers the kind of veteran forward general manager Chris
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4:05 PM ET The reality of the Yankees being the highest-spending baseball team in New York City went out the window when Steve Cohen bought the Mets, but despite pressure from fans, Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner says he won’t cave to spend money to keep up with his crosstown rivals. “I think everybody
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News Committee accused of pressurising ECB into suspending club from Test hosting Julian Knight MP, the chair of the parliamentary select committee investigating claims of institutional racism in English cricket, has weighed into the feud that threatens Yorkshire’s future as an international venue, by calling on the club’s former chair, Robin Smith, to retract his
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1:59 PM ET Running back J.D. McKissic changed his mind about playing for the Buffalo Bills and will return to the Washington Commanders. Washington initially didn’t offer McKissic a deal — until he agreed to one with Buffalo on Tuesday during the NFL’s free-agent negotiating period, agents Doug Hendrickson and CJ LaBoy told ESPN’s Adam
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12:49 PM ET The Saudi Arabian-financed breakaway golf league isn’t going away. LIV Golf Investments on Wednesday announced an eight-event series that will start in London in June and will feature four tournaments played in the United States. The LIV Golf Invitational Series will include seven-regular season events and a team championship match-play finale at
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11:08 AM BST England have dropped Max Malins for their final Six Nations match against France in Paris on Saturday. Malins has been ever-present through the Championship on the wing for Eddie Jones’ side, but has missed out on a spot in the 28-man squad. With Malins omitted, Elliot Daly looks primed for a spot
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2:29 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Kansas City Royals traded left-hander Mike Minor to the Cincinnati Reds for left-hander Amir Garrett on Wednesday. Cincinnati would get $500,000 from the Royals if Minor’s mutual option for 2023 is declined, covering half the cost of the buyout. The 29-year-old Garrett was 0-4 with a
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2:31 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders have reached agreement on a contract with four-time Pro Bowl pass-rusher Chandler Jones and are trading veteran defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Indianapolis Colts, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The Colts are trading cornerback Rock Ya-Sin to Las Vegas in exchange for Ngakoue, according to sources. Ngakoue
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2:16 PM ET Travis Steele is out as the men’s basketball coach at Xavier following multiple meetings between Steele and the administration on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Musketeers beat Cleveland State in the NIT on Tuesday night, but speculation began to grow Wednesday morning that Steele could be let go before their next
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2:44 PM ET The Louisville Cardinals will officially announce Kenny Payne as its next men’s basketball coach at a news conference on Friday morning, sources told ESPN. Payne has been viewed as the favorite since Louisville’s search to replace Chris Mack began in January. Interim athletic director Josh Heird considered a number of other candidates
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12:01 PM ET Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, who have teamed together for 20 NFL seasons in the broadcast booth, have signed multiyear agreements to join ESPN as the new voices for Monday Night Football, it was announced Wednesday. The duo, who both have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will also
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1:15 PM ET The Oconee County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that former University of Georgia football player Akhil Crumpton was arrested in connection to the murder of 23-year-old gas station clerk Elijah Wood last year. Wood was shot and killed at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 19, 2021, by an armed assailant who
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