Month: September 2022

10:50 PM ET The UFC is bringing in a fighter who is just shy of his 18th birthday. Raul Rosas Jr. became the youngest fighter to sign with the UFC on Tuesday night, following a unanimous decision win over Mando Gutierrez on Dana White’s Contender Series. White, impressed by Rosas’ performance, offered the teen a
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10:33 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — Only five players had hit 60 home runs in a single season in the history of the major leagues — that is, until New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge joined that exclusive club with a solo
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9:46 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have signed forward Barrett Hayton to a two-year contract right before the start of training camp. Financial terms of the deal announced Tuesday were not released. Hayton, 22, was a restricted free agent and not initially listed on Arizona’s roster for camp, which begins
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James Pattinson has moved a step closer to retirement after he and Victoria mutually agreed to terminate the final year of his state contract. The official statement called it “an extended break from the game” as Pattinson cited the impact of a county season with Nottinghamshire on his body and a desire to spend time
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8:49 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Canada likely will drop the vaccine requirement for people who enter the country by the end of September, according to multiple reports Tuesday, a move that impacts unvaccinated professional athletes who travel there for games. To enter the country, the Canadian government currently requires a person to
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8:06 PM ET Los Angeles Angels catcher Kurt Suzuki said Tuesday he plans to retire at season’s end following a 16-year career. “I feel like it’s time,” Suzuki said, according to the Orange County Register. “I’ve had a great run, won a World Series, All-Star Game. Played 16 seasons. I’ve accomplished a lot of things
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8:22 PM ET Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Tuesday that any discussion about his school’s role in the future of the Bedlam rivalry with Oklahoma was “childish.” Athletic directors for both schools told the Action Network on Monday that the series would officially be ending when Oklahoma departs for the SEC. “We don’t have
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2:06 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Two weeks into the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ season, quarterback Mitch Trubisky hears the calls to open up the passing game. And he wants to answer the bell. “I like to throw the ball down the field,” he said Tuesday. “Why I haven’t given the certain looks, especially during the game, I
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6:47 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — The Texans placed center Justin Britt on the reserve/non-football illness list Tuesday. Coach Lovie Smith said last Wednesday that Britt was out for personal reasons and he remained out all week. Britt also missed Sunday’s game at Denver. Asked Monday if Britt would be back this week, Smith
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7:41 PM ET Despite his league winning 12 of the last 16 national championships, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said one of the most important components of an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff would be helping the sport not to be so regionalized. “My view is how do you bring more people into November, including in
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7:00 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NFL on Tuesday suspended Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Bobby Hart for one game after the league said he took a swing at a Titans player following Monday night’s game but instead hit a Tennessee coach. Per the league’s release announcing the suspension for violating unsportsmanlike conduct
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6:13 PM ET LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman said Tuesday that he has been asked not to attend the QBE Shootout, an event he founded and has hosted since 1989. The 54-hole competition between two-man teams will be held at the Norman-designed Gold Course at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, on Dec.
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5:37 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers veteran defensive lineman Akiem Hicks tore the plantar fascia in his left foot and is expected to be sidelined for a month, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Hicks suffered the injury in the second quarter Sunday in the Bucs’ 20-10 victory at the Saints —
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3:40 PM ET United States star Christian Pulisic has criticized his former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, saying he was left “dumbfounded and very disappointed” by the decision not to start him in the Champions League semifinal second leg against Real Madrid in 2021. Pulisic started and scored Chelsea’s goal in a 1-1 draw in the
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4:53 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Braves rookie Spencer Strider has a sore left oblique and will not make his next start in Philadelphia. Strider, the fastest pitcher to record 200 strikeouts in a single season, told the team he didn’t feel right after making his last start, a 5-2 victory Sunday over
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4:31 PM ET Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff does not anticipate any more teams exiting for the Big Ten or the Big 12, as his league continues to negotiate its next media rights deal. Speaking on Canzano & Wilner: The Podcast, Kliavkoff said the Pac-12 remains unified despite rumors of additional Big Ten expansion and the
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