Month: December 2022

10:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN TCU has agreed to a new contract with coach Sonny Dykes, sources told ESPN, rewarding him for the jolt of adrenaline he delivered to the program that has culminated with the program’s first College Football Playoff appearance. Dykes’ contract has been extended a year through 2028, according to sources, who
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8:50 AM ET The ATP on Wednesday fined Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) £820,000 ($1 million) for banning male players from Russia and Belarus from this year’s summer grasscourt events ahead of the Championships over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Players were banned from the UK grass-court tournaments held in the build-up to Wimbledon, which became
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8:30 AM ET Aaron Judge answered baseball’s burning offseason question Wednesday, agreeing to a nine-year, $360 million contract to remain with the New York Yankees, sources confirmed to ESPN. Judge, 30, had hit free agency after one of the greatest seasons in baseball history, hitting an American League-record 62 homers to break the mark set
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2:22 AM ET SEATTLE — There’s scoring your first NHL goal. Then there’s scoring your first NHL goal against the team that could have taken you with the No. 1 pick. That’s what Shane Wright did Tuesday, scoring his first goal in the Seattle Kraken‘s 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Climate Pledge Arena.
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1:20 AM ET The Chicago Cubs bolstered their starting rotation Tuesday night, reaching an agreement with free agent pitcher Jameson Taillon on a four-year, $68 million deal, sources told ESPN. Taillon, 31, was among the top pitchers remaining in free agency and is the latest big acquisition for the Cubs, who earlier Tuesday reached a
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10:12 PM ET Kayla Harrison‘s plans for the next year and beyond are very much up in the air. The two-time former PFL women’s lightweight champion told ESPN she is not sure what her next move will be, but her top priority is a rematch with Larissa Pacheco, who handed Harrison her first career loss
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11:01 PM ET ESPN News Services Republican challenger Herschel Walker, the former Heisman Trophy-winning running back, lost to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s term. Neither reached the general election majority required under state law last
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9:22 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies and right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker have reached agreement on a four-year, $72 million contract, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. A day after reeling in shortstop Trea Turner with an 11-year, $300 million deal, the Phillies added to their rotation with one of the top pitchers left on
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