Month: July 2022

7:17 AM ET Neymar moved from Santos to Barcelona in 2013. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images Neymar, Barcelona and Santos will stand trial on Oct. 17 on fraud and corruption charges over the transfer of the Brazil forward to Barca in 2013, the Brazilian investment group DIS said in a statement on Wednesday. Neymar’s father,
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1:46 PM ET Prized safety Caleb Downs committed to Alabama on Wednesday. The 6-foot, 190-pound Downs, from Mill Creek High School in Hoschton, Georgia, is No. 16 in the 2023 ESPN 300 and becomes the 11th ESPN 300 football prospect for the Crimson Tide. He chose Alabama over Ohio State, Georgia, Notre Dame and North
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1:45 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets offensive lineman Mekhi Becton returned to the field Wednesday for the first time in 11 months, sporting a smaller waistline and playing a new position. Becton, drafted 11th overall in 2020 as a potential franchise left tackle, played right tackle in practice and will remain
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11:05 AM ET LIV Golf is expanding its series to 14 tournaments on the 2023 schedule, with 48 players competing on 12 established team franchises for an unprecedented $405 million in purses in the LIV Golf League, the circuit announced Wednesday. LIV Golf, which debuted with eight tournaments in the LIV Golf Invitational Series this
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1:35 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features BEDMINSTER, N.J. — The three newest LIV Golf members met the media Wednesday, amid protests from 9/11 families against the Saudi-backed golf league’s event
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1:15 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry dropped out of Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, less than two weeks before the Democratic primary to choose who will take on Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. Lasry’s departure leaves Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes as the top Democratic candidate in the
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12:07 PM ET Darlington Raceway has signed Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall in the first lengthy name, image and likeness partnership between a NASCAR racetrack and a college football player. Atlanta Motor Speedway has done one-off social media promotions with a trio of Georgia football players to promote its most recent NASCAR Cup Series events,
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11:31 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — There’s finally an explanation for why Green Bay Packers All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari still isn’t back from his torn ACL of 573 days ago: He had another knee procedure — which would be at least his third known surgery since the initial injury on Dec. 31, 2020.
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10:45 AM ET The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) has passed a pair of MMA rule changes, including one that could make a major impact in fights. On Wednesday at its annual conference, the ABC approved a rule that would give fighters on the receiving end of an eye poke five minutes
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10:28 AM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder are hiring Chip Engelland, considered the NBA’s preeminent shooting teacher, as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Engelland comes to the Thunder after 17 seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, where he had been significantly credited with the shooting development of young players like Kawhi Leonard,
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9:03 AM ET Pittsburgh Steelers captain Cameron Heyward took exception to Ben Roethlisberger’s recent assertion that too many current NFL players have “a me-type attitude,” saying his former teammate’s comments “rub me the wrong way.” Roethlisberger, in a wide-ranging interview published Friday by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, said “the game has changed” and “people have changed”
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