Month: September 2022

9:15 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Rams right tackle Rob Havenstein has signed a three-year contract extension, the team announced on Wednesday. Los Angeles didn’t reveal money figures, but ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported the deal will bolster Havenstein’s spot among the top-10 highest paid right tackles. The right tackle was going into the
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9:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek beat Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a women’s quarterfinal match Wednesday night in which both players struggled to hold serve. The players combined for 10 breaks, five by each, in 12 games in the second set before the tiebreaker. Swiatek broke serve seven
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8:33 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte has a partial non-displaced fracture on his right middle finger and is day-to-day, the team said on Wednesday. Marte took a 96 mph fastball from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller to the middle finger on his right hand on Tuesday. He was out
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4:53 PM ET Liverpool were rocked by a dominant Napoli as the Premier League side fell to a 4-1 defeat in the Champions League group stage on Tuesday. The 2021-22 Champions League runners-up have struggled to maintain their usual commanding form in domestic football this season and their struggles continued in Naples, they found themselves
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7:15 PM ET Alabama tight end and preseason All-SEC pick Cameron Latu will play on Saturday at Texas. Coach Nick Saban told reporters on Wednesday that Latu, who missed all of preseason camp and the season opener against Utah State with an undisclosed illness, is doing well and “100%” healthy. “This will be his first
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5:19 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes expect to sell out every home game this season at Arizona State University’s Mullett Arena and say their season-ticket revenue has surpassed what they were generating in their former home in Glendale. The Coyotes will play in the new multipurpose facility on ASU’s campus for at least the next
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5:53 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Baker Mayfield has a reputation for coming up big in so-called “revenge” games, but the Carolina Panthers quarterback insists he’s not looking at Sunday’s opener against Cleveland that way even though his time with the Browns ended “abruptly and unexpectedly.” “It’s a great storyline,” Mayfield said Wednesday. “Obviously, there’s
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3:49 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pinpointing the Kansas City Chiefs‘ top wide receiver figures to be a weekly headache for fantasy football players. Patrick Mahomes confirmed as much. Mahomes warned fantasy football players that predicting his favorite receiver from week to week will be difficult as Kansas City’s passing game adjusts to life
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6:08 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Eric Lauer exited with elbow tightness after allowing seven runs in 2 2/3 innings against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday. A trainer and manager Craig Counsell came to the mound in the second inning after Lauer gave up Alan Trejo‘s two-run homer. An inning
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5:27 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Quarterback Lamar Jackson set Friday as his deadline to suspend negotiations on a contract extension with the Baltimore Ravens. “As of right now, we’re still talking,” Jackson said after Wednesday’s practice. “The week isn’t over yet.” Jackson wouldn’t divulge if the sides are any closer to a deal
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2:38 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a massive lightweight matchup between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler for UFC 281 on November 12. Contracts have not been signed but will be issued to all parties on Tuesday, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN. The 155-pound bout will take place on the pay-per-view card
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4:49 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars running back James Robinson will not be limited against the Washington Commanders on Sunday in his return from a torn left Achilles. Robinson may even get a heavy workload depending on how he feels and the game develops, Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said. “I think we’ve got to
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4:12 PM ET A women’s flyweight bout between Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo will be the new headliner for a UFC Fight Night event on Oct. 15 in Las Vegas after a middleweight matchup between Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland fell through because of injury, the promotion announced Wednesday. Nate Diaz returns to take on
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4:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The boxing exhibition between former NBA guard Nick Young and rapper Blueface on Saturday in Los Angeles has been canceled, a source told ESPN. Blueface’s license with the California State Athletic Commission is pending upon a hearing. A new opponent for Young is being sought, according to a source. The
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4:34 PM ET Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark isn’t bashful about his expansion strategy. He wants to go West. Speaking Wednesday during a visit to future Big 12 member Cincinnati, Yormark told reporters that the league be interested in adding members from the Pacific time zone. The new commissioner has taken a bold approach toward
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3:07 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With a job as a television analyst waiting and a desire to move on to the next stage of his life, wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, 35, formally announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday. Sanders, who spent most of six of his 12 NFL seasons in Denver, was
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