Month: December 2022

10:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — New England Patriots wide receiver Jakobi Meyers stood in a stunned locker room following the team’s 30-24 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium, making no excuses for his role in the shocking play that ended the game with no time left. Meyers’ careless lateral was caught
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9:29 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired outfielder Connor Joe from Colorado on Sunday in exchange for pitching prospect Nick Garcia. The 30-year-old Joe hit .238 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in 111 games with the Rockies. Joe split time between left field, right field, first base and designated
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9:01 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams has been awarded a wild-card entry to play at the Australian Open next month, 25 years after she played the Grand Slam tournament for the first time. The 42-year-old Williams has reached the final twice in Australia, including a loss to her younger sister,
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9:00 PM ET Former Texas A&M starting quarterback Haynes King is set to transfer to Georgia Tech, a source confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. King, who began the past two seasons as Texas A&M’s starter, entered the transfer portal on Dec. 2 as a graduate transfer. He had 1,220 passing yards with seven touchdowns and
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6:51 PM ET JACKSONVILLE — The Dallas Cowboys‘ season did not end with Sunday’s 40-34 overtime loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but it did take a turn they could not afford heading into the Christmas Eve showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles. “Talk about short memory,” Cowboys All-Pro right guard Zack Martin said. “You got to
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8:04 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Right-hander Trevor May and the Oakland Athletics have finalized a $7 million, one-year contract. May gets a $1 million signing bonus, payable next November, and a $6 million salary next season. He can earn $500,000 in performance bonuses as part of the agreement announced Friday: $125,000 each
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8:00 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Defensive end Chandler Jones grabbed a bizarre, unnecessary lateral by New England’s Jakobi Meyers out of the air on the final play and returned it 48 yards for a touchdown, giving the Las Vegas Raiders a 30-24 victory over the Patriots on Sunday. With the game
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3:41 PM ET Lionel Messi has said he will not retire from international football after scoring twice as Argentina lifted the 2022 World Cup in a thrilling penalty shootout victory over France on Sunday. Messi scored the opener from the penalty spot at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar, before striking again in extra time
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6:25 PM ET LUSAIL, Qatar — Kylian Mbappe had converted France’s first penalty in the shootout, the fourth time he’d beaten Argentina keeper Emi Martinez in the World Cup final, following his earlier hat-trick. And so Lionel Messi walked up to take Argentina’s opening penalty. – Report: Messi, Argentina win 2022 World Cup on penalties
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7:23 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN The Bo Nix experience will continue at Oregon for one more season. In a video released by the school Sunday night dubbed “Bo Is Back,” the senior quarterback announced he will return to the Ducks for his final year of eligibility. “There’s nothing like a Saturday in Autzen Stadium, in
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6:10 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Third baseman Justin Turner and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a two-year contract worth just shy of $22 million that includes an opt-out after the first season, sources told
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6:31 PM ET TCU quarterback Max Duggan, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy this season, announced his intention to declare for the 2023 NFL draft following the upcoming College Football Playoff. Duggan, a fourth-year player with one season of eligibility left, made his announcement Sunday afternoon, noting, “We still have business to take care of.”
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6:01 PM ET ESPN News Services Former 15-year NBA veteran Amar’e Stoudemire is facing a misdemeanor battery charge after he allegedly hit one of his teenage daughters in the face. Miami-Dade County court records show that Stoudemire, 40, was arrested early Sunday and later released on $1,500 bond with a no-contact order issued. According to
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1:46 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears lost two players to injury early in the first quarter of their 25-20 loss to the the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field. Right guard Teven Jenkins sustained a neck injury on the sixth play of the Bears’ opening drive that left him facedown on the field for
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