Month: March 2022

6:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — If the next All-Star Game in Major League Baseball goes deep into the night, a slugger may get a chance to decide it by going deep — in a Home Run Derby. That’s right, say going, going, goodbye to extra innings in the Midsummer Classic. Instead, bring
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8:34 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Andy Murray outlasted qualifier Taro Daniel 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open for his 700th career victory. “It does mean a lot to me because I know how difficult it’s been, certainly the last few years,” Murray said,
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8:05 PM ET Alabama opened spring practice Friday afternoon without a key offensive lineman and receiver because of injuries, but coach Nick Saban was nonetheless optimistic about the team and its additions. The Crimson Tide, who won the SEC but lost to Georgia in the national championship game, will be without center Darrian Dalcourt and
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6:03 PM ET Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a one-year contract worth $17 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, keeping the future Hall of Fame pitcher with the only organization for which he’s ever played. The deal also includes a possible $5 million in performance bonuses, the source
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7:42 PM ET Jeff Capel will return for another season as Pittsburgh‘s men’s basketball coach, the school announced Friday amid season-long speculation that Capel’s job could be in danger. Capel just finished his fourth season with the Panthers, going 11-21, including 6-14 in ACC play. They lost their final five games, including a 20-point loss
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7:09 PM ET Missouri fired head men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin after five seasons, the school announced on Friday. Martin took over the Tigers in 2017 after three seasons at California, with Missouri hiring him to replace Kim Anderson. The Tigers reached the NCAA tournament in Martin’s first season and then went to the tournament
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6:47 PM ET Paige VanZant just signed a professional wrestling contract to go along with her deal with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). But she has not closed any kind of doors on mixed martial arts, where she first made her name. VanZant told ESPN on Friday that she still plans to continue her MMA
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3:55 PM ET UFC announced Friday that a lightweight bout between Michael Chandler and Tony Ferguson is being set for UFC 274 on May 7 in Phoenix. Chandler and Ferguson have verbally agreed to the fight, but bout agreements have not been sent out and nothing has been signed, sources told ESPN. ESPN has Chandler
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5:38 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, entering his final year under contract, said he and the team’s front office are “really close” to agreeing on an extension with the 2022 season fast approaching. Roberts, 49, has led the Dodgers to three World Series appearances and one championship through six seasons. His .622
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6:12 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars have signed forward Joe Pavelski to a $5.5 million, one-year contract extension for the 2022-23 season. The 37-year-old Pavelski leads the Stars in assists (37) and points (59) and is third with 22 goals in the final year of a $21 million, three-year deal
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6:23 PM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is scheduled to undergo knee surgery on March 18, according to his manager, Marquel Martin. Ngannou (17-3), 35, is wrapping up a trip in his native Cameroon this week and is scheduled to return to the U.S. for the procedure next week. He suffered a torn MCL
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6:41 PM ET With the lockout lifted, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association have agreed to extend Trevor Bauer‘s administrative leave for another seven days (March 13 to 19), preventing the right-hander from reporting to the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ spring training facility. Bauer spent the last four months of the 2021 regular season
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6:13 PM ET Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Military Academy and fire-rescue officials said Friday that at least two of the school’s cadets, including a football player, were involved in a situation in which six people overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine at a Florida vacation home during spring break. Two of the six
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5:58 PM ET Joe Dooley is out as East Carolina‘s head coach after four seasons, the school announced Friday. Athletic director Jon Gilbert said he informed Dooley on Friday evening. “This evening, I informed Joe Dooley, staff and our student-athletes we are going to move forward with a new leader of our men’s basketball program,”
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4:32 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have released kicker Greg Zuerlein and tight end Blake Jarwin, freeing up around $5 million and putting them under the salary cap before the start of the league year next week. The moves, however, do not put the Cowboys in position to retain key players or
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5:04 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders have reached agreement on a multiyear contract extension with defensive end Maxx Crosby, the team announced Friday. The deal is for four years and worth $95 million in new money with over $53 million guaranteed, his agents told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal makes the third-year player among
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