Month: September 2022

11:32 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association joined the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, strengthening its ties to the larger labor movement as it endeavors to significantly expand its membership by unionizing minor league players.
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11:09 AM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN The Buffalo Bills are taking care of one of Josh Allen‘s favorite targets just before the season is set to begin, reaching an agreement on a four-year extension with tight end Dawson Knox, it was announced Wednesday. The deal is for $53.6 million and includes $31 million guaranteed, sources told
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10:25 AM ET The New York Mets will place ace pitcher Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list in the latest hit to a reeling club that has seen its NL East lead evaporate. Mets manager Buck Showalter told reporters Wednesday that Scherzer still is experiencing irritation in his left side. Scherzer, 38, left his
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9:48 AM ET A record 46.6 million Americans plan to bet on the NFL this season, up 3% from last year, according to survey results released Wednesday by the American Gaming Association. As the NFL season kicks off Thursday, 31 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have launched legal betting markets, and a
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7:37 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN PRESIDENT AND CEO John Doleva was making what has become a routine phone call for him after more than 20 years with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On the other end of the line was New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations Swin Cash. Cash had cleared
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12:26 AM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Christian Yelich led off the game with a 499-foot homer for Milwaukee, but Randal Grichuk connected twice for the Colorado Rockies, including a three-run drive in the 10th inning to beat the Brewers 10-7 Tuesday night. The Brewers began the day two games behind San Diego for
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10:44 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Benches cleared during the seventh inning of Baltimore’s game against Toronto on Tuesday night after Orioles reliever Bryan Baker appeared to make a hand signal toward the Blue Jays’ dugout. Baker struck out Matt Chapman to end the top of the seventh, then appeared to make a
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