Month: December 2022

10:37 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Not long after landing free agent catcher Omar Narváez, the New York Mets signed five players to minor league contracts Friday. Narváez and the Mets agreed to a $15 million, two-year contract, according to multiple reports. New York re-signed reliever Tommy Hunter to a minor league
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8:00 AM ET WESTWOOD, Calif. — Kyle Kuzma stepped off the Washington Wizards‘ chartered plane, some 2,700 miles West and 25 degrees warmer than his new home in the nation’s capital and couldn’t help but share his excitement with his million-plus Twitter followers. “Nothing like getting off the plane and that California breeze hit you,”
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LunchSouth Africa 84 for 4 (Bavuma 21*, Verreynne 35*) v Australia Australia’s attack justified Pat Cummins’ decision to bowl first on a Gabba green top and reduced South Africa to 27 for 4 in the first hour of this highly anticipated Test series. But it wasn’t just he bite of the bowlers that South Africa
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5:27 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer A record 120 international players from 40 countries helped the NBA tip off the 2022-23 season. Nudging that global surge along are four NBA academies tasked with developing high school-aged talent in Australia, India, Senegal and Mexico — host of Saturday’s regular-season game between the Miami Heat and San
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6:49 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox designated veteran first baseman Eric Hosmer for assignment on Friday to make room for right-hander Wyatt Mills, who was acquired from Kansas City for minor league righty Jacob Wallace. 2 Related Hosmer, 33, batted .268 with eight home runs and 44 RBIs last season,
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6:47 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A former student who accused ex-LSU football coach Les Miles of sexual harassment in 2013 sought a $2.15 million settlement with LSU and Miles, according to documents filed in a former athletic department official’s lawsuit. The documents detailed the ex-student’s allegations that Miles “groomed, sexually and
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6:00 PM ET William E. Ricks This weekend in college basketball features multiple top-25 matchups across the nation, along with stellar uniform selections. 1 Related The No. 8 Kansas Jayhawks, No. 2 Virginia Cavaliers, Utah Utes and Northwestern Wildcats will rock eye-catching threads when they take the floor on Saturday. The Cincinnati Bearcats already turned
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3:29 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge approved a bankruptcy settlement of about $100 million Friday over Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s failed plan to build a practice facility for his NFL team in South Carolina. The deal will turn the land and the incomplete steel shell of what was supposed
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3:17 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans rookie wide receiver Treylon Burks has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers, according to coach Mike Vrabel. Burks has been in the
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6:38 PM ET Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The NCAA has denied a waiver for immediate eligibility for guard Jose Perez at West Virginia, men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins announced Friday. The 6-foot-5 Perez transferred from Manhattan after his coach, Steve Masiello, was fired by the Jaspers on Oct. 25, two weeks before the start
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6:16 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, who leads the NFL with 1,402 rushing yards but suffered a “nasty” injury to his right pinky finger last week and is wearing a brace, said Friday he plans on playing Sunday against the New England Patriots. “My finger went out,” Jacobs
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5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers executive hired to be the chief operating officer of LIV Golf has resigned after one year as the Saudi-backed rival circuit moves toward a league format, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. The news was first reported by The New York Times. Atul Khosla
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9:35 AM ET France have been hit with a virus that could see the team’s starting centre-back pairing miss the World Cup final, sources have told ESPN. According to sources, Raphael Varane has small symptoms of the virus and fellow defender Ibrahima Konate has not left his room after feeling unwell. – Stream on ESPN+:
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4:27 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder Joey Gallo and the Minnesota Twins agreed on a one-year, $11 million contract Friday, sources told ESPN, giving the vaunted slugger a bridge year to rebuild his value after a struggle-filled
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5:44 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Mickey Joseph, Nebraska‘s interim football coach for nine games this season who was charged with felony assault, is no longer part of the Cornhuskers’ program, the athletic department announced Friday. The department said in a statement it would have no additional comment. Joseph is accused of putting
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4:31 PM ET Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder Andrew Benintendi and the Chicago White Sox agreed on a five-year, $75
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