Month: November 2022

7:32 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Miami-Dade County has asked a federal bankruptcy court for immediate permission to end its naming rights deal with FTX and strip that brand off the arena where the NBA’s Miami Heat play. In a motion filed Tuesday, the county — which owns the arena and negotiated the naming
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4:24 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Rams waived running back Darrell Henderson Jr., the team announced Tuesday. Henderson played just four snaps in Sunday’s loss to the New Orleans Saints, with Cam Akers and rookie Kyren Williams getting the majority of the work in the backfield. On Monday, Rams coach Sean McVay said Henderson
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4:55 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s attempt to tax NASCAR for broadcasting its races in Ohio was unlawful. At issue before the court was whether the state tax commissioner properly subjected those broadcasts to Ohio’s commercial activities tax during an audit from 2005 to
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2:31 PM ET Associated Press MALAGA, Spain — Alex De Minaur and Jordan Thompson won their singles matches to help Australia qualify for the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time since 2017 at the expense of the Netherlands. De Minaur beat Botic Van De Zandschulp 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the series 2-0 and
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4:51 PM ET Iowa senior tight end Sam LaPorta will miss Friday’s game against Nebraska, coach Kirk Ferentz said on Tuesday. “We don’t expect Sam to play,” Ferentz said. LaPorta left with a leg injury in the first quarter of last Saturday’s 13-10 win at Minnesota, a victory that allowed the Hawkeyes to stay in
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5:08 PM ET Amid speculation he’s leaving for the Auburn head-coaching job, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin met with his players Tuesday and assured them that he hasn’t accepted a job at any other school, sources told ESPN. Kiffin as a rule doesn’t respond to coaching rumors, but sources told ESPN that he felt as
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4:33 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the revolving door known as the Carolina Panthers quarterback position, Sam Darnold will become the team’s third different starter in as many weeks Sunday against the Denver Broncos at Bank of America Stadium. The team made the announcement Tuesday after interim coach Steve Wilks told his quarterbacks he
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4:18 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Thursday’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants might be the Beckham Bowl. They are among the teams to have an interest in adding free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. for the stretch run as he comes back from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in
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2:30 PM ET Despite playing only nine rounds in three major championships this past season, Tiger Woods has once again claimed the top bonus in the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program, according to documents obtained by ESPN on Tuesday. World No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy let the cat out of the bag on Nov. 8
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2:25 PM ET Associated Press CANTON, Ohio — Four-time All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis is one of five first-year eligible players among 28 modern day semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2023. Joining Revis as candidates for induction are offensive linemen Jahri Evans and Joe Thomas, defensive lineman Dwight Freeney and linebacker
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1:22 PM ET Associated Press For the first time, the Final Four is headed to Las Vegas, where wagering on the NCAA tournament has long been a staple of March Madness revelry, after the NCAA awarded the men’s national semifinals and championship game to Allegiant Stadium for the 2027-28 season. The NCAA also announced Tuesday
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12:41 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo has left the club, effective immediately. Ronaldo, 37, has agreed a mutual termination of his contract following his explosive interview with Piers Morgan in which he criticised United and manager Erik ten Hag. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) A statement
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12:56 PM ET The NFLPA has filed a grievance, claiming the NFL and its teams have colluded against its players’ pursuit of fully guaranteed deals, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. A third-party arbitrator is expected to hear the grievance, which the union filed “in recent weeks,” a source told ESPN. The Athletic first reported
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12:20 PM ET One thing I’m annually thankful for when spending Thanksgiving back east? That frosty November chill one receives whilst dashing outside to harvest the local paper of record. (Today’s: The Washington Post. Tomorrow’s: The Bucks County Courier Times.) Come Thanksgiving week, I would take a shallop across the bay to acquire a tactile
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11:17 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald appointed Nicolas Colsaerts as his third vice captain on Tuesday for next year’s event in Rome. The Belgian golfer, who turned 40 last week, joins Thomas Bjorn of Denmark and Edoardo Molinari of Italy as vice captains for the European team. Colsaerts
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Luke Wright, the former England and Sussex allrounder, has been named as the new England Men’s selector. The role, which covers many of the duties previously carried out by the former national selector, Ed Smith, will see Wright sharing responsibility for the selection of England’s red- and white-ball teams, alongside the coaches and captains of
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