Month: December 2022

6:03 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford may not play again this season while on injured reserve with a spinal cord contusion, but coach Sean McVay said Friday he doesn’t anticipate Stafford needing any offseason surgeries. “He’ll be good,” McVay said. “To my knowledge, there’s nothing like that that’s going
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4:41 PM ET Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley Jr. has been cleared to return for Friday night’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing nine games because of a strained muscle near his left knee. The Jazz will still be short-handed in the backcourt with guard Collin Sexton, who replaced Conley in the starting
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4:15 PM ET Christmas is coming early for 100 MLB players who qualify for the first-ever pre-arbitration bonus pool. Chicago White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease will take home the most, a source told ESPN, over $2.4 million after finishing in second in AL Cy Young voting and sixth in WAR among qualified players. The new
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3:14 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors two-way forward Anthony Lamb has been named in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the University of Vermont, which alleges the university violated Title IX by mishandling procedures for reporting sexual harassment and violence on campus. Lamb is not named as a defendant in the
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3:54 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — For the first time in more than 18 years, the St. Louis Cardinals will have a new starting catcher. Catcher Willson Contreras signed a five-year contract with a club option for 2028, the team announced Friday at a news conference. “Willson is a proven All-Star performer who
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3:03 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 coach Mike Vrabel ruled rookie wide receiver Treylon Burks out for the Sunday game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Burks was under concussion protocol and unavailable to practice
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3:17 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable for Sunday’s matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles because of a neck injury. The Giants (7-4-1) are also likely to be without defensive tackle Leonard Williams. He is also dealing with a neck injury and did not practice
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3:47 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hall of Famer Larry Brown is stepping down from his role as a special adviser to Memphis men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway because of ongoing health concerns, the school announced Friday. “We wish Coach Brown a speedy recovery,” Hardaway said in a statement released by the school,
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3:55 PM ET Pitt freshman guard Dior Johnson pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges on Friday, for simple assault and strangulation, his lawyer told ESPN. Johnson was sentenced to one year probation, batterers intervention and a mental health evaluation and treatment if necessary. As part of the plea agreement, the strangulation charge was reduced from
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3:00 PM ET Former high school football standout and celebrated Michigan Wolverines fan Dametrius “Meechie” Walker died on Friday after a two-year battle with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, the school announced. He is survived by his mother, Leona Bell, and son, Kymere. Walker was a standout defensive end at Muskegon High School in
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2:25 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The industry’s executives and agents filed out of the Manchester Grand Hyatt in clusters late Wednesday afternoon, leaving behind the madness of an event that had somehow exceeded lofty expectations of extravagance. Major League Baseball’s winter meetings, back for the first time in three years, had seen money flow
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2:24 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are set to start backup quarterback Tyler Huntley on Sunday at the division-rival Pittsburgh Steelers after Lamar Jackson did not practice all week with a knee injury. “It looks like it’s going to be Tyler on Sunday,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said after Friday’s practice.
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2:33 PM ET The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed in principle to extend the Dec. 15 deadline that each side has to give notice of plans to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement at the end of the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN on Friday. Talks on a new CBA are
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1:19 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Trevor Williams and the Washington Nationals agreed to a two-year contract Friday, giving the rebuilding club a right-handed pitcher with experience as a starter and reliever. The agreement was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the deal, speaking on condition of anonymity because nothing
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1:01 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Left-handed pitcher Matt Strahm has joined the Philadelphia Phillies on a two-year deal, the team announced Friday. The 31-year-old free agent was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 2022 season, with a 3.83 ERA in 50 appearances, striking out 52, giving up 17 walks
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12:01 PM ET Associated Press GRINNELL, Iowa — Grinnell College set an NCAA men’s basketball record for 3-point attempts when it tried every one of its 111 shots from beyond the arc in the Division III school’s 124-67 victory over Emmaus Bible College. The number eclipsed the 109 3-point shots Troy attempted in its infamous
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11:58 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Two low-ranked French tennis players were banned from the sport for life after being found guilty of match-fixing by a hearing officer. Jules Okala, a 25-year-old with a career-best ATP ranking of No. 338, and Mick Lescure, a 29-year-old with a top ranking of No. 487, “admitted multiple
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