Month: April 2022

6:15 PM ET Former United States women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo tweeted on Friday that she is voluntarily entering an in-patient alcohol treatment program and requested that her induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame be postponed until 2023. Solo, 40, was arrested on March 31 after she was found passed out behind
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6:35 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Rockies placed struggling left fielder Kris Bryant on the 10-day injured list Friday because of back pain. The move is retroactive to Tuesday, and Bryant won’t be eligible to return until May 6 at Arizona. Bryant, who signed a seven-year, $182 million free-agent deal in March,
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7:42 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not a first-round receiver, but for the Green Bay Packers, it’s the next-best thing. Actually, the second-next-best thing. Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst, who ran the team’s streak of not drafting a receiver in the first round to 20 years on Thursday, didn’t wait long to make
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6:09 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The biggest criticism of the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ decision to select Travon Walker is that the defensive end’s production at Georgia didn’t match the expectations of a No. 1 overall NFL draft pick. Both Walker and the Jaguars believe that’s going to change pretty quickly once he gets into camp
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5:14 PM ET Miami Hurricanes guard Isaiah Wong has elected not to enter the transfer portal, he told ESPN, less than 24 hours after his agent said he would transfer if his name, image and likeness compensation wasn’t increased. Wong will keep his name in the NBA draft while maintaining his college eligibility and leaving
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1:21 PM ET AnnMaria DeMars, the mother of combat sports superstar Ronda Rousey and a former judo world champion, was appointed Thursday to the California State Athletic Commission by Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to a release. DeMars, 63, was a pioneer in United States judo, becoming the first American to win a gold medal at
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3:59 PM ET UFC bantamweight contender Rob Font has missed weight for his main event bout against Marlon Vera this weekend in Las Vegas. Font (19-5) was at 138½ pounds Friday during the official weigh-in at the UFC’s Apex facility — 2½ pounds over the limit. The UFC Fight Night headliner will still take place
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4:02 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — For the past week, Marquise “Hollywood” Brown had a secret he couldn’t tell one of his closest friends, Kyler Murray: He might get traded to the Arizona Cardinals. Murray tried to squeeze any tidbit of information out of Brown about the possibility of a trade that would eventually send
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12:28 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Being more positive is paying off for former No. 1 Naomi Osaka early in her clay-court season. Osaka kicked off her clay campaign with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over qualifier Anastasia Potapova in the first round on the Madrid Open center court on Friday. “I’m honestly trying
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3:44 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Though he didn’t rule out re-signing with the Chicago Bulls, Zach LaVine didn’t slam the door on joining another team either. The two-time All-Star played it coy. And with that, the offseason took a dramatic turn in Chicago. LaVine made it clear Friday that he plans to explore
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3:07 PM ET Major League Baseball announced a 324-game suspension for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Friday, the equivalent of two full seasons, making it by far the most severe punishment handed out under the sport’s domestic violence policy. Bauer promptly released a statement announcing he was appealing the suspension, thus becoming the
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3:14 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders on Friday announced they are not picking up the fifth-year contract options on any of their three first-round picks from the 2019 draft — defensive end Clelin Ferrell, who was selected fourth overall that year, running back Josh Jacobs, who went 24th, and safety Johnathan
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2:49 PM ET Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer is hiring Kentucky‘s Jai Lucas as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN on Friday. Lucas is the first basketball hire from outside the Duke family since Mike Krzyzewski hired Tim O’Toole as an assistant coach in 1995. He is the third and final assistant for Scheyer’s
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11:09 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2½ years in prison Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. The three-time Wimbledon champion was convicted earlier this month on four charges under the Insolvency Act and had faced a maximum
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2:23 PM ET MIAMI — As the Heat prepare for their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers, coach Erik Spoelstra knows his team must get ready to face a group that is “totally different than the team we played this year” because of the addition of former MVP James Harden to the Sixers’
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12:36 PM ET The consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly is in exclusive negotations to buy Premier League club Chelsea for $3 billion (£2.4bn), a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Boehly’s consortium was one of a number of bidders that had approached New York bank Raine with bids
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