Month: December 2022

Dec 7, 2022 Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo is stepping away from the team indefinitely due to an illness in his family, the team announced Wednesday. Pietrangelo had already missed Vegas’ past four games because of “personal reasons.” He has been moved to the Golden Knights’ non-roster list. “The Vegas Golden Knights wholeheartedly support
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5:28 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Oct. 22, the day before the Carolina Panthers‘ home game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-year-old defensive end Henry Anderson was at home with his wife when his legs and arms went numb and his speech became blurred. “It was a stroke, so it’s basically like a blood
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3:31 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor made the team’s running back hierarchy explicitly clear Wednesday. Even though Samaje Perine has done well the past few weeks, the starting spot still belongs to Joe Mixon. “Joe Mixon’s our starting running back,” Taylor said. “The last game he played, he had five touchdowns.
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Sam Poulin is taking a leave of absence from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Penguins general manager Ron Hextall announced on Wednesday that the 21-year-old Poulin, Pittsburgh’s first-round pick in the 2019 draft, is stepping away due to “personal reasons.” “The
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4:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — One day after the Los Angeles Rams claimed quarterback Baker Mayfield off waivers, coach Sean McVay said the team was still working through the quarterback’s status for the Rams’ Week 14 game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night. During his news conference on Wednesday, McVay said Mayfield
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6:49 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The Washington Nationals selected Thad Ward, a right-hander out of the Boston Red Sox‘s Triple-A affiliate, with the No. 1 overall pick in Wednesday’s Rule 5 draft. But the most intriguing pick was the 11th, which saw the Philadelphia Phillies snag Noah Song, a once promising starting pitcher who
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5:49 PM ET Wisconsin is hiring North Carolina offensive coordinator Phil Longo for the same role, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming reports. Longo has been the Tar Heels’ offensive playcaller for the past four seasons, and worked with productive quarterbacks Sam Howell and Drake Maye, who had 4,115 pass yards and 35 touchdowns this
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5:34 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Jared Goff didn’t bat an eye following Wednesday’s practice session as he delivered a bold claim in front of his locker room stall. “I feel like I am playing the best football of my career right now,” the Detroit Lions quarterback said. Goff later clarified again
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5:50 PM ET A local district attorney’s office is investigating the “conduct” of New Mexico State men’s basketball players and staffers in connection with a high-profile shooting last month that involved forward Mike Peake. Peake, a 21-year-old junior on the men’s basketball team, shot and killed Brandon Travis, a 19-year-old University of New Mexico student,
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4:01 PM ET UFC star Israel Adesanya is likely to be cleared of charges after he was arrested last month in New York for possession of a weapon. The former UFC middleweight champion was given an “adjournment in contemplation of dismissal” Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the Queens County District Attorney’s Office. That means
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4:33 PM ET D.J. Lagway, the No. 12 overall prospect in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the cycle’s top dual-threat quarterback, committed to the Florida Gators on Wednesday. Lagway, who made his announcement on ESPN’s “CFB Live,” also considered Baylor, Texas A&M, USC and Clemson. “I love what Coach [Billy] Napier and the staff is
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4:26 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Wednesday that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will not need surgery on his broken left foot and will have a much shorter rehabilitation than was feared after Garoppolo suffered the injury on Sunday. But Shanahan stopped short of suggesting Garoppolo’s return is a
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4:27 PM ET Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile, one of the biggest breakout stars of the season’s first month, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ACL in Tuesday’s win over UNC Greensboro. Brazile will undergo surgery on his right knee later this month, the school said. A 6-foot-10 sophomore who transferred
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4:24 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Pat Hughes, the longtime radio voice of the Chicago Cubs, won the Hall of Fame’s 2023 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting on Wednesday. The 67-year-old Hughes is the third Cubs broadcaster to receive the award, joining Jack Brickhouse in 1983 and Harry Caray in
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3:32 PM ET Virginia football players with expiring eligibility will be granted an extra year by the NCAA in the wake of a shooting that killed Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry last month. Virginia confirmed to ESPN that it initiated and submitted the request to the NCAA. The decision affects only a
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