Month: December 2022

1:37 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — The Golden State Warriors held a four-point lead over the Utah Jazz with 13.3 seconds remaining in the game. They had clawed their way back after trailing by 12 in the third quarter and did so without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins. But what
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12:24 AM ET Shortstop Xander Bogaerts and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on an 11-year, $280 million contract, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The 30-year-old Bogaerts, who has played his entire 10-year career with the Boston Red Sox, is a four-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion.
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11:39 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The Atlanta Braves traded for former All-Star reliever Joe Jimenez on Wednesday night, sending two minor leaguers to Detroit to help restock a bullpen now minus Kenley Jansen. The Tigers acquired outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy and left-hander Jake Higginbotham. The swap at the winter meetings came after Jansen,
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11:33 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Desmond Bane will be out at least another 3-4 weeks as he continues to deal with a right big toe injury. The Grizzlies said Wednesday night that Bane is progressing in his rehab for a sprained big toe and that if it responds positively to a “reloading protocol,”
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7:08 PM ET UTSA got a huge boost on Wednesday when star quarterback Frank Harris announced he would return for his seventh season after securing a new NIL deal. Harris, the greatest player in UTSA history, holds 34 school records. On Friday, he threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Roadrunners to
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7:17 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Western Michigan has targeted Louisville offensive coordinator Lance Taylor to be the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. A deal is expected to come together in the next 24 hours. Taylor, 41, is a veteran college and NFL assistant who left Notre Dame in January to be Louisville’s offensive
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9:29 PM ET Only hours after decommitting from Louisville, ESPN 300 running back Rueben Owens II committed to Texas A&M on Wednesday. Owens is the No. 42 prospect overall and had been committed to Louisville since June. He’s a 5-foot-11, 180-pound recruit from El Campo, Texas, and was part of Louisville’s big recruiting haul on
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10:04 PM ET Mississippi State running back Dillon Johnson announced he was entering the transfer portal on Wednesday and had some parting words for Bulldogs coach Mike Leach on the way out. In a statement posted to Johnson’s Twitter account, he thanked his family and friends for their support and Mississippi State’s players, trainers and
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7:45 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Quarterback Drake Maye, considered one of the top prospects in college football entering the 2023 season, announced Wednesday night on social media that he’ll be playing his junior year at North Carolina. “Could never leave this place, I’m a Tar Heel,” he wrote on Twitter, punctuating his announcement with a
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7:34 PM ET Alabama associate defensive coordinator and safeties coach Charles Kelly is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado as the Buffaloes’ defensive coordinator, sources to ESPN confirmed on Wednesday night. 2 Related Kelly has been at Alabama for the past four seasons. He was the defensive coordinator at Florida State under Jimbo Fisher from 2014-17
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6:42 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder Masataka Yoshida and the Boston Red Sox agreed on a five-year, $90 million contract Wednesday, sources told ESPN, adding the most productive bat in Japan over the last two seasons to
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4:52 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN Former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza and former teammates on the San Diego State football team will not face criminal charges in connection with an alleged gang rape of a minor that occurred at an off-campus party in October 2021, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. “Ultimately,
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