Month: December 2022

12:38 PM ET Associated Press TCU’s Sonny Dykes was named Associated Press Coach of the Year on Monday after leading the No. 3 Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff in his first season with the school. Dykes received 37 of 46 first-place votes and 120 points from AP Top 25 voters to become the
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2:43 PM ET A highly anticipated middleweight bout between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa will not happen at UFC 284 as planned, sources told ESPN. The UFC still has the 185-pound contest officially listed on its website for the UFC 284 event, which is scheduled to take place on Feb. 11 in Perth, Australia, but
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2:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kodai Senga hardly hesitated when asked who he is most looking forward to facing when he pitches for the New York Mets. “The Phillies‘ lineup,” the Japanese right-hander said in English. The Mets are excited for that showdown with the reigning National League champions, too. Senga was
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2:13 PM ET Former Arizona wide receiver Dorian Singer, the Pac-12’s leading receiver, is set to transfer to USC, continuing a trend of top wideouts joining the Trojans. Singer earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors this season, recording 1,105 receiving yards and six touchdowns on 66 receptions for Arizona. He had seven receptions for 141 yards and
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1:06 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Maple Leafs acquired Dryden Hunt from the Colorado Avalanche for fellow forward Denis Malgin on Monday. Hunt has put up 14 goals and 42 points in 193 regular-season games in parts of six NHL seasons with the Florida Panthers, Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers and Avalanche. He
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1:01 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh defended embattled quarterback Zach Wilson on Monday, but wouldn’t give him this week’s starting assignment — not yet, anyway. Saleh was noncommittal on which quarterback will start Thursday night against Jacksonville Jaguars, saying Mike White (fractured ribs) still was being evaluated by
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12:52 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Sammy Watkins experiment is over for the Green Bay Packers. A source confirmed that he has been released before Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. It comes as rookie receiver Romeo Doubs is set to return from his ankle injury, putting the Packers receiver group
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Dec 19, 2022 Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers signed goaltender Stuart Skinner to a three-year, $7.8 million contract extension Monday. The 24-year-old from Edmonton has a 9-8-1 record, a 2.83 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage for the Oilers this season. He was drafted by Edmonton in the third round (78th)
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12:00 PM GMT England have named Leicester Tigers’ Steve Borthwick as head coach to replace Eddie Jones, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Monday. Borthwick will take over in time to lead England at the Six Nations, with his first game to be against Scotland on Feb. 4. England have just nine Tests remaining
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12:25 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Dante Moore, the No. 3 player in the Class of 2023, told ESPN that he’s flipped his college commitment to UCLA from Oregon. Moore is a 6-foot-3, 200-pound quarterback from Detroit powerhouse Martin Luther King High School. He led King to a state title earlier this month, and in a
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12:00 PM ET ON THE AFTERNOON of Sept. 21, Phoenix Suns employees logged onto an all-hands Zoom session led by team president and CEO Jason Rowley. Hours earlier, Robert Sarver had announced he was selling the Suns and Phoenix Mercury amid continuing and widespread anger over his conduct as majority owner. While employees eagerly anticipated
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12:34 PM ET Associated Press Purdue maintained its grasp on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday. Another unbeaten is closing the gap, though. The Boilermakers received 40 of the 60 first-place votes from a national media panel after knocking off Davidson in their only game last week, allowing
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11:26 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Bijan Robinson, who joined elite company as one of the most prolific running backs in Texas history, announced Monday that he is forgoing his final season with the Longhorns, will be entering the NFL draft and will not play in the Valero Alamo Bowl. “I’ve done everything that I
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