Month: August 2022

4:23 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark is confident that at least 30% of minor league players will sign recently distributed union authorization cards in the coming days and weeks, paving the way for thousands more players to potentially join the organization. “There was tremendous response,”
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4:31 PM ET Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz confirmed senior Spencer Petras will start Saturday in the Hawkeyes‘ season opener against South Dakota State. Petras and junior Alex Padilla both received snaps during spring practice and fall camp. “It’s a long evaluation and we evaluate everything to our guys, starting in January,” Ferentz said Tuesday. “Obviously
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3:02 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Demetrius Andrade vacated his WBO middleweight title and in his place, interim titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly was elevated to champion, Top Rank announced Tuesday. Alimkhanuly’s first title defense is slated for a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN show in November against an opponent to be determined, a source told ESPN. Andrade
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3:55 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks plan to bring back manager Torey Lovullo next season, exercising the club option on his contract for 2023, it was announced Tuesday. The move comes one day after the biggest comeback win in franchise history: Arizona was trailing 7-0 in the fourth inning against the
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3:13 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN The Houston Texans made a surprise cut and released veteran running back Marlon Mack, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. The Texans signed Mack to a one-year deal in March after his four-year stint with the Indianapolis Colts. Mack was relegated to 32 carries over the past two
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Aug 30, 2022 The Premier Hockey Federation unveiled the Montreal Force as its newest expansion franchise on Tuesday. In introducing the PHF’s seventh team, the women’s hockey league also shared the logo and jerseys ahead of the Force’s inaugural 2022-23 campaign. Montreal’s colors will be maroon, white and black, with a primary logo featuring a
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Aug 30, 2022 Mike Sullivan, the winningest coach in Pittsburgh Penguins history, has agreed to a new contract that runs through the 2026-27 season. Sullivan, 54, has two years remaining on a contract that he signed in 2019. Once that deal concludes following the 2023-24 season, Sullivan’s new three-year contract extension will kick in. “Mike
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2:34 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The vacant WBC junior welterweight title fight between Regis Prograis and Jose Zepeda was won by upstart promotional company MarvNation on Tuesday with a commitment of $2.4 million. TGB Promotions on behalf of PBC was the other bidder at $1.2 million. The fighters will split the $2.4 million evenly. “We
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12:46 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins placed starting cornerback Byron Jones on the reserve/physically unable to perform list Tuesday as they finalized their initial 53-man roster, after he missed all of training camp with an Achilles injury. His placement on the PUP list means he will miss at least the team’s first
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1:31 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has been placed on the injured list with a right calf injury. The team announced the move Tuesday and said that an MRI on the calf Monday revealed fascial disruption but no muscle fiber disruption. Verlander’s stint on the injured list is retroactive
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10:28 AM ET The Minnesota Vikings plan to waive quarterback Kellen Mond, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday morning. Mond’s fate was sealed last week when the Vikings acquired quarterback Nick Mullens in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders. It’s possible but not certain that Mond could be signed to the team’s
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12:32 PM ET Associated Press Unvaccinated NBA players and team personnel must submit to weekly COVID-19 testing this season, the league told its clubs in a memo Tuesday. There will be certain exceptions to that mandate, the league said, such as when the unvaccinated person is considered to have been “recently recovered” from COVID-19. But
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