Month: November 2022

5:01 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Fourteen free agents received qualifying offers from their former teams Thursday as Major League Baseball free agency officially began and players were
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4:40 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN HOUSTON — Texans wideout Brandin Cooks admitted to being frustrated on Thursday, speaking publicly for the first time since the NFL’s trade deadline passed on Nov. 1. The Texans are 1-6-1, which is part of the reason why Cooks hoped to be traded to a contender. “For me personally, I
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5:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham said Thursday that LeBron James avoided a serious groin injury in Wednesday’s 114-101 loss to the LA Clippers and is considered day-to-day. Ham says the MRI results showed that James has a strained left adductor, and that “there wasn’t anything torn.” James limped
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4:18 PM ET PFL featherweight Shane Burgos has been forced out of his scheduled bout against Marlon Moraes on Nov. 25 because of an injury, according to promotional officials. Burgos (15-3) was scheduled to face Moraes (23-10-1) in a featured bout on PFL’s inaugural pay-per-view event in New York. Moraes will remain on the card
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3:13 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The New York Mets exercised a $14 million option on right-hander Carlos Carrasco and a $775,000 option on reliever John Curtiss, who is coming back from Tommy John surgery. Carrasco, 35, was 15-7 with a 3.97 ERA in his second season with the Mets, who acquired him
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2:45 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Conference USA’s new media rights deal with ESPN and CBS will include midweek football games throughout October as the league tries to increase visibility similarly to the way the Mid-American Conference has by playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays late in the season. The multiyear deal announced Thursday starts
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3:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane $15,000 on Thursday for kicking a ball into the stands. Joe Dumars, the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the fine. Bane kicked the ball into the stands with 54.7 seconds left in the fourth
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3:29 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC head coach Lincoln Riley said Thursday that he expects star wide receiver Jordan Addison to play in Friday night’s game against Colorado after missing the last two games with an unspecified, lower body injury. Addison, who has 39 receptions for 585 yards and seven touchdowns this season, suffered the
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1:36 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are placing a pair of Pro Bowl pass-catchers — tight end Darren Waller and slot receiver Hunter Renfrow — on injured reserve, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Waller and Renfrow will both miss at least four games, starting with Sunday’s home matchup against the Colts,
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Nov 10, 2022 Barbarians coaches Ronan O’Gara and Scott Robertson have both expressed their interest in the England job when Eddie Jones leaves his role as boss after the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Jones’ contract with England expires after the tournament in France, where his side will look to go one step further than the
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1:02 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have declined a $13 million club option on centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier for next season, triggering a $2.5 million buyout and making the defensive whiz a free agent on Thursday. Kiermaier, 32, spent parts of 10 seasons with the Rays, who drafted him
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1:35 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The attorney general for the District of Columbia says his office is filing a civil consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, owner Dan Snyder, the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell. Attorney General Karl Racine announced the civil complaint for colluding to deceive district residents at a news
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12:15 PM GMT Eddie Jones has made five changes for England’s match against Japan on Saturday, with Leicester’s Guy Porter getting the nod at outside centre while Northampton lock David Ribbans will make his Test debut. England will be looking to bounce back from their one-point defeat to Argentina on Sunday with Jones starting Jack
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Nov 10, 2022 Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Two years after it first invested in women’s golf, Golf Saudi is raising the prize money of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International from $1 million to $5 million, making it equal to the men’s prize fund and the seventh-highest in all of women’s
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11:53 AM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — The Pelican Women’s Championship will be 54 holes because of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Nicole and will not start until Friday at the earliest, the LPGA Tour says. The one development from washing out the opening round: Hye-Jin Choi decided to withdraw, meaning Atthaya Thitikul has
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