Month: March 2022

7:44 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — You know the script by now. Manchester United play a big game, their star players fail to perform as they are out-fought and out-thought by their opponents and, as surely as night follows day, they lose. Atletico Madrid‘s 1-0 Champions League win at Old Trafford, which sent United out
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4:51 PM ET Michigan has hired Milan (Mimi) Bolden-Morris, who recently finished her basketball career at Georgetown, to serve as a graduate assistant working with the Wolverines quarterbacks. Bolden-Morris, the sister of Michigan senior defensive end Mike Morris, will begin her new job June 1. She is the first woman to be a graduate assistant
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8:44 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Taylor Fritz defeated Spanish qualifier Jaume Munar 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2) on Tuesday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, making him one of six American men still alive in the desert tournament. Fritz reached the semifinals at Indian Wells last year, his career-best
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9:09 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — The Braves stayed busy in free agency Tuesday, adding former Tampa Bay right-hander Collin McHugh on a $10 million, two-year deal. The deal includes a $6 million club option for 2024 with a $1 million buyout. McHugh, 34, will earn $4 million this year and $5 million
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10:56 AM ET Recent U.S. Olympian Keyshawn Davis has a new date for his next fight. The junior welterweight will face Esteban Sanchez on April 30 in Las Vegas, a source familiar with the bout told ESPN. It will be on the undercard of the Shakur Stevenson-Oscar Valdez junior lightweight title unification at the MGM
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8:46 PM ET UFC fighter Kevin Holland says he helped apprehend a man who shot a gun off at a Houston restaurant Monday night. Holland told ESPN on Tuesday that he was eating sushi with his friend, Patrick Robinson, when he heard a loud bang and saw people running away in fear. Holland said he
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8:42 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving put together one of the most impressive offensive halves of basketball in recent NBA history during Tuesday’s game against the Orlando Magic, scoring 41 points in a dominant performance. In 23 first-half minutes, Irving went 14-for-19 from the field, 6-for-7 from beyond the arc,
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg said he doesn’t intend to aggressively push his recovery from thoracic outlet surgery to be ready for Opening Day. “I think for me it’s about sticking to the program,” Strasburg said Tuesday after facing hitters for the first time since
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7:28 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Baseball had seen nothing like Shohei Ohtani‘s unanimous AL MVP season in more than a century. With the new season arriving quickly for his Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani is eager to make more history. “I feel like I can’t be doing the same thing as last year,
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6:30 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball’s lengthy lockout this winter didn’t have any impact on Shane Bieber‘s wedding plans. He’s still happily getting hitched. It didn’t alter his desire for a long-term union with the Guardians, either. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner, limited to just 16 starts last season
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12:45 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — After a quiet first day of free agency, the Baltimore Ravens reached agreements with safety Marcus Williams and offensive tackle Morgan Moses on Tuesday, according to sources. The Ravens found their ball-hawking safety in Williams and an answer at right tackle in Moses. Baltimore and Williams reached an
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6:00 PM ET The Minnesota Vikings have reached a deal with free-agent linebacker Jordan Hicks, the team announced Tuesday. Terms were not released, but multiple reports said the two-year deal was worth $12 million. The Arizona Cardinals released Hicks last week in a move that saved the team $6.5 million on their salary cap. Hicks,
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6:31 PM ET The NFL awarded 39 compensatory picks to 16 teams on Tuesday, with a decidedly California feel amongst the teams receiving the most selections in the 2022 NFL draft. The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams each received five additional compensatory picks with the Los Angeles Chargers adding four extra choices. The
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6:29 PM ET Quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who played last season with the Houston Texans, intends to sign a two-year, $17 million deal with the New York Giants, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal includes $8.5 million in guaranteed money, the source said. The Giants made obtaining a capable veteran backup QB a priority
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5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services VENICE, Fla. — Rob Manfred made a startling admission while announcing the end of baseball’s bitter labor battle last week: He’s failed in his role as a diplomat to players. The acknowledgement was stunning enough that famously polite Atlanta Braves starter Charlie Morton nearly laughed when told about it.
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4:51 PM ET Michigan has hired Milan (Mimi) Bolden-Morris as the first woman to be a graduate assistant coach at a Power 5 program, according to a news release from the school Tuesday. Bolden-Morris, who recently finished her basketball career at Georgetown, will begin working with Michigan’s quarterbacks on June 1. She is the sister
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