Month: August 2022

4:42 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier expects to be ready for Opening Day next year following season-ending left hip surgery, but what team he will be with is yet to be determined. The 32-year-old Kiermaier is in the final season of a $53.5 million, six-year
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Hosts: Munich Dates: 11-21 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app. Great Britain claimed BMX and track cycling silver medals at the European Championships in Munich. Pfeiffer Georgi finished second behind Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky in the women’s track cycling
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3:31 PM ET The Houston Astros have activated right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. from the 60-day injured list. McCullers will make his season debut starting at home against Oakland on Saturday. He has been sidelined all season after suffering a setback during the lockout while recovering from a flexor tendon injury suffered during the playoffs last
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3:10 PM ET Justin Reid will undoubtedly want to keep his day job as a starting safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, but he showed in Saturday’s preseason game against the Chicago Bears that he might be able to help his team in an emergency in a different role. Reid kicked a point-after-touchdown late in
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2:43 PM ET A passionate Mark Stoops defended the Kentucky football program on Saturday after comments earlier in the week from men’s basketball coach John Calipari in which he called the university a “basketball school.” Stoops responded immediately on Thursday, tweeting, “Basketball school? I thought we competed in the SEC?” He spoke publicly for the
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2:12 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will stop contract negotiations when the regular season starts. After Saturday’s practice, Jackson confirmed for the first time that he will cut off talks by Week 1 of the regular season, which is four weeks away. “We’re coming up to it. It’s coming
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1:19 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns starting center Nick Harris will likely need season-ending knee surgery, coach Kevin Stefanski said Saturday. Harris injured his right knee on the second play of Friday’s preseason opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He had to be carted off the field. “Nick is certainly a guy who has
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10:36 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Baker Mayfield will start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers in today’s preseason opener at Washington. Mayfield is in what the Panthers call an “open” competition with 2021 starter Sam Darnold for the starting job. He will play the first series today, and Darnold the second. The two split
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12:29 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov will miss the first few months of the season with a torn right Achilles tendon. General manager Mike Grier said Saturday that Knyzhov got hurt while participating in off-ice training. Knyzhov had surgery Wednesday, and the Sharks estimate it’ll take
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11:55 AM ET Manchester City eased past newly-promoted Bournemouth to claim a 4-0 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden scored in the first half while Jefferson Lerma scored an own goal near the end of the game. – Bernardo Silva speaks to ESPN about his future,
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11:31 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will miss two to four weeks after an MRI exam Saturday morning revealed a bone bruise and a meniscus tear in his right knee, sources confirmed. The Jets believe there is a chance Wilson could be ready for the season opener against
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9:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Detroit Tigers ace left-hander Tarik Skubal will not pitch again in 2022 because of left arm fatigue. Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Skubal will visit with a specialist next week to address his arm issue, with specific focus on his elbow. “We’re concerned about Tarik,” Hinch told reporters. “He’s
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9:52 AM ET Notre Dame starting receiver Avery Davis has a torn ACL in his right knee and is out for the season, the school announced Saturday. The injury happened during practice Friday. Davis had previously injured the ACL in his left knee in November, forcing him to miss the final month of last season.
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9:31 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets infielders Jeff McNeil and Eduardo Escobar left Friday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies with injuries. The Mets said McNeil had a right thumb laceration and Escobar suffered tightness in his left side that will require an MRI. McNeil tried to duck under the tag of Philadelphia’s
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