Month: May 2022

12:20 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A deal for Drug Free Sport International to police medication in horse racing was announced Tuesday, two months before the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority takes effect. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency had been set to become the regulator for anti-doping and medication control for thoroughbred racing.
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11:37 AM ET Associated Press Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson, 35, announced his retirement from professional tennis on Tuesday. The 6-foot-8 player from South Africa was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open in 2017 — No. 32 at the time, Anderson was the lowest-ranked finalist in tournament history — and to
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10:32 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons are keeping one of their cornerstone defensive players around for the foreseeable future. The club agreed to a three-year extension with defensive tackle Grady Jarrett on Tuesday that is worth up to $17 million per year in new money and $51 million in totality for the extension if he
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11:53 AM ET The Charlotte Hornets are beginning to interview candidates for the franchise’s head-coaching opening, including the possibility of a reunion for general manager Mitch Kupchak with ex-Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni, sources told ESPN. D’Antoni has been identified as a serious candidate early in the process, especially because of the possibility of pairing him
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9:06 AM ET New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt and plate umpire Chad Fairchild apologized to each other Monday night in a rare player-umpire exchange of mea culpas after an apparent missed call. Bassitt and his Mets teammates started heading to the dugout in the fifth inning after what he thought was a called third
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9:55 AM ET South Dakota State transfer Baylor Scheierman, arguably the best available player in the portal, committed to Creighton on Tuesday. Scheierman, a Nebraska native, chose the Bluejays over Nebraska, Clemson, Arkansas and Duke. “I decided to commit to Creighton because I really like how they play,” Scheierman told ESPN. “They are an unselfish
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7:00 AM ET The journey from the green room to the stage Thursday night in Las Vegas was a short one, lasting about one minute and 100 steps. It was enough time for NC State offensive tackle Ikem Ekwonu to reflect on the longer one he had just completed, from Pop Warner to three-star college
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7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Stanley Cup playoffs are when the spotlight shines the brightest on the NHL. Not coincidentally, they’re also when hockey’s star players shine the brightest, too. Every preseason, we publish the ESPN NHL Rank, which rates the top 100 players based on how good they’re expected to be in the
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