Month: April 2022

4:50 PM ET Former All-Star pitcher and three-time World Series champion Dave Stewart is leading a group seeking to obtain an MLB franchise in Nashville, Tennessee, that would be the first majority minority-owned team in major league history. Music City Baseball appointed Stewart to lead its diverse equity ownership initiative designed to land a big
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5:36 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields acknowledged feeling different at the start of his second NFL offseason given the uncertainty he isn’t facing with his status as the team’s starting quarterback. “It feels good just having that mindset,” Fields said. ‘It’s definitely a different mindset than last year, so
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5:09 PM ET BOSTON — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons has been cleared for contact as he continues to make his way back from a back injury that has prevented him from playing since he was acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers just before February’s trade deadline. Nets head coach Steve Nash ruled Simmons out of
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4:12 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Left-hander Kyle Freeland and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a five-year, $64.5 million contract that includes a sixth-year player option, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN. The contract ties
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4:40 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa linebackers coach Seth Wallace has been added as a defendant in lawsuit filed against the university and coaches by former football players who allege they faced discrimination and harassment because they are Black. The Cedar Rapids Gazette first reported the amended lawsuit filed this month
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3:21 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said Tuesday that despite reports that quarterback Tom Brady was prepared to be named a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins and possibly play for them before coming out of retirement to rejoin the Bucs, he and the seven-time Super Bowl winner
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4:26 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Terry Roberts has announced his plans to transfer from Bradley, where he was a first-team Missouri Valley Conference point guard, to Georgia. Roberts posted his transfer plans on his Twitter account on Monday, giving new Georgia coach Mike White a boost to his first-year roster. The 6-foot-3
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2:44 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The implementation of a strict pitch clock across Minor League Baseball has shaved 20 minutes off game times, dramatically speeding up the pace while not having a demonstrable effect on scoring, setting
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3:02 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo emphatically said “yes” on Tuesday when asked whether Sam Darnold was his starting quarterback and added that the third pick of the 2018 draft was one reason he took this job. Seconds later, the former New York Giants head coach tempered his
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2:09 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $50,000 by the NBA after he flipped off several Boston Celtics fans on two occasions during Sunday’s Game 1. In a release Tuesday, NBA president of league operations Byron Spruell said Irving was being fined for “making obscene gestures on the playing court and
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12:02 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — John Millman tainted Dominic Thiem’s return from injury by beating the Austrian 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Serbia Open on Tuesday. Thiem was playing his first tour-level match since injuring his right wrist last June, and the former world No. 3 showed some
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9:39 AM ET Mikel Arteta is hoping to guide Arsenal to their first Champions League qualification since 2017. Robin Jones/Getty Images Mikel Arteta has said Champions League qualification would be a “game changer” for Arsenal and insisted they can still seal a top four spot despite a dismal run of three successive defeats. Arsenal travel to
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11:41 AM ET North Carolina will be without starting defensive end Tomari Fox for the entire regular season after the NCAA denied his appeal of a yearlong suspension for using a banned substance. “Unfortunately, I will not be able to participate in the 2022 football season for reasons I cannot control,” Fox said in a
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11:33 AM ET ESPN News Services Deshaun Watson reported Tuesday for his first voluntary offseason program with the Cleveland Browns, who mortgaged their future in acquiring the quarterback in a trade. With snow falling, Watson arrived at the team’s facility in Berea, Ohio, on Tuesday for the voluntary program. The Browns posted a photo on
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