Month: July 2022

5:27 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The fans at Camden Yards wanted to give Trey Mancini a nice send-off — just in case. Then the Baltimore slugger lifted a routine flyball to right, and it turned into a wild trip around the bases. Mancini hit an inside-the-park home run in what might have been
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7:27 PM ET Defensive linemen Derrick LeBlanc committed to Oklahoma on Thursday. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound LeBlanc, ranked No. 37 in the 2023 ESPN 300, picked Oklahoma over Penn State and Florida. LeBlanc, a defensive end from Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Florida, is the 10th ESPN 300 recruit Brent Venables has reeled in. Nine of
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7:05 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf is signing a three-year, $72 million extension that includes $58.2 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. The deal, the source said, includes a $30 million signing bonus, the highest ever for a receiver. Metcalf will be a free agent again at
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6:25 PM ET Associated Press KITZBUHEL, Austria — Yannick Hanfmann stunned former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the semifinals at the Generali Open on Thursday. Thiem was trailing 5-4 in the third set when play was suspended because of rain, and the 2020 U.S. Open champion failed to hold his
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11:35 AM ET Adam Snavely Surveying the rolling hills and sun-spackled plains of North America, one cannot help but feel the sense of space, the vast openness, the sense of adventure, exploration, and corporate brand partnerships for meaningless tournaments involving clubs from the Premier League, LaLiga and beyond. 2 Related That’s right, this preseason across
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5:53 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — While San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan’s definitive declaration that this team now belongs to quarterback Trey Lance might have come as news to outside observers, it was just another day at the office for Lance himself. “Honestly, the only difference is I was hoping you guys would
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4:51 PM ET Veteran linebacker Kwon Alexander is signing a one-year deal with the New York Jets, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. The move reunites Alexander with Jets head coach Robert Saleh, who was his defensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers in the 2019 and ’20 seasons. The Jets plan to
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3:22 PM ET Adidas will not return as the NHL’s official supplier of uniforms and apparel when their agreement expires after the 2023-24 season, the NHL confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Sources told ESPN that Adidas, which has two years remaining on its seven-year deal, was the catalyst in not seeking to renew with the
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3:36 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Blue Jays announced plans Thursday for a $230 million renovation of Rogers Centre, their downtown home since 1989, but the changes will not involve replacing the artificial turf surface with grass. The renovation, to be undertaken in stages over the next two or three winters, will begin
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3:27 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins on Thursday brushed off recent comments from general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, closing the door on an awkward start to training camp at TCO Performance Center. Asked if he had any reason to question the Vikings’ commitment to him, Cousins said: “I haven’t given it
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1:56 PM ET The Professional Fighters League will crown a new heavyweight champion later this year. Bruno Cappelozza, the PFL’s 2021 heavyweight title winner, is out of the promotion’s 2022 playoffs because of an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Cappelozza will be replaced by Matheus Scheffel in the semifinals against Denis Goltsov on
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2:13 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. — Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, who has enjoyed tremendous popularity in his post-playing days through his work as an analyst
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