Month: October 2022

4:42 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Georgia Tech is preparing two backup quarterbacks to play Saturday at Florida State with Jeff Sims nursing a sprained foot. “He had an MRI, and everything checked out with it,” interim Yellow Jackets coach Brent Key said of Sims on Tuesday. “He’s day-to-day moving forward.” Key said Sims
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4:23 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — On a stellar day for veteran Grand Slam champions, Stan Wawrinka beat third-ranked Casper Ruud and Andy Murray rallied to win in three sets in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday. Wawrinka, 37, hit his ninth ace to seal a 6-4, 6-4 win over
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5:16 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark has been suspended by the NFL for two games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Clark’s suspension begins immediately. The Chiefs (5-2) have their bye this week, so Clark will miss games in Week 9 against the Tennessee Titans and Week 10
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Oct 25, 2022 Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia — Professional tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has been acquitted of domestic violence charges in his home country of Georgia in a case involving his former wife. The 30-year-old Basilashvili has been as high as No. 16 in the ATP rankings and is currently No. 94. He is playing
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2:27 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers have hired Tampa Bay scouting director Rob Metzler as vice president and assistant general manager, the team announced Tuesday. Metzler spent 15 seasons with the Rays, working the past seven years as the team’s senior director of amateur scouting. He will lead the Tigers’ amateur
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4:17 PM ET The Miami Marlins have hired Skip Schumaker as the team’s new manager, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. A first-time manager, Schumaker played 11 seasons in the majors, with the first eight coming with the St. Louis Cardinals. He won a World Series with the Cardinals in 2011. Schumaker spent this
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3:53 PM ET Missouri football coach Eliah Drinkwitz said his team will honor the victims of Monday’s shooting at a St. Louis high school when the Tigers play at South Carolina on Saturday. Drinkwitz opened his Tuesday news conference by reflecting on the shooting that resulted in the death of two people and injuries to
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4:22 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans‘ proposed domed stadium would seat approximately 60,000 people and cover 1.7 million square feet under renderings released Tuesday. The renderings follow last week’s announcement that the Titans had reached an agreement with the Nashville mayor for local funding. That final piece of $760 million
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4:14 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky forward and consensus national player of the year Oscar Tshiebwe said Tuesday he “absolutely” anticipates being ready for the No. 4 Wildcats’ season opener after having a procedure on his right knee earlier this month. The 6-foot-9 senior spoke publicly for the first time since Wildcats
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2:31 PM ET Mired in a three-game losing streak, Texas A&M has indefinitely suspended three players, all true freshmen, for violating team rules, sources told ESPN. TexAgs.com was first to report the suspensions, which sources told ESPN stem from a postgame locker room incident. The suspended players are defensive back Denver Harris, receiver Chris Marshall
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2:05 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Looking to shore up the their run defense, the Dallas Cowboys acquired defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins and a 2024 seventh-round pick from the Las Vegas Raiders for a 2023 sixth-round pick on Tuesday, according to multiple sources. The Cowboys have allowed 117 or more rushing yards in five of
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2:02 PM ET Ohio State star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba did not reinjure his left hamstring or sustain any other setback in last Saturday’s win against Iowa, and he is on track to play this week at No. 13 Penn State, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said. Smith-Njigba, a third-team AP All-America selection in 2021, has
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of Dallas Cowboys great Emmitt Smith breaking Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton’s all-time rushing record of 16,726 yards. Of course, Smith wasn’t quite finished yet; he played for 2½ more seasons, winding up with 18,355 rushing yards. This is a milestone that is unlikely to ever be broken. For
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1:48 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — The Pelicans will be without three starters on Tuesday night as the team downgraded the statuses of Zion Williamson and Herbert Jones to out late Tuesday morning. Williamson (right posterior hip/lower back contusion) and Jones (right knee hyperextension) were both originally listed as questionable for the game
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1:12 PM BST Italy lock Sara Tounesi has been suspended for 12 matches for biting a player from Japan at the women’s Rugby World Cup, meaning she miss Saturday’s quarterfinal against France. Tounesi was cited for biting an unnamed opponent during Italy’s 21-8 win on Sunday. The tournament’s judicial committee upheld the citing complaint, World
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1:50 PM ET Steve Masiello is out as Manhattan‘s head coach, sources told ESPN, just two weeks before the start of the season. Masiello was entering the final season of his contract and no agreement on an extension had been reached, sources told ESPN. Associate head coach RaShawn Stores is the leading candidate to be
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