Month: December 2022

12:04 PM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. Create or join an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league today and draft your league any time
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3:20 PM ET Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders intends to enter his name into the transfer portal, he announced on Monday. Sanders is a multiyear starter for the Cowboys and has one year of eligibility remaining. Sanders was the Big 12 offensive freshman of the year in 2019 and a second-team All-Big 12 player. He
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2:48 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The Philadelphia Phillies, reigning National League champions, have agreed to terms on a massive contract with star free agent shortstop Trea Turner, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Monday, the first full day of Major League Baseball’s winter meetings. Turner, a CAA client, attained an 11-year, $300 million
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2:28 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Ohio State star receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is headed to the NFL draft and will not play in the College Football Playoff. “I want to be out there competing with my brothers more than anything,” Smith-Njigba told ESPN on Monday. “The decision to turn pro was made after I was unable
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2:24 PM ET Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler has been forced to withdraw from a bout against Santiago Ponzinibbio on Saturday due to an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN. According to sources, the UFC is working on finding a potential replacement for Ponzinibbio (28-6). The 170-pound contest was scheduled to take place on the
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1:32 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The Miami Dolphins signed veteran offensive tackle Eric Fisher on Monday and, in a corresponding move, placed starting right tackle Austin Jackson on injured reserve, the team announced. Jackson returned to the field in Miami’s Week 12 game against the Cleveland Browns after missing the team’s previous nine games because
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2:46 PM ET The NBA is loosening rules on scouting high school players, according to a memo to teams obtained by ESPN. Beginning in mid-December, NBA teams will be permitted to attend several key high school events featuring many of the best non-draft eligible players in America, including dozens of future NBA players. The NBA
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1:44 PM ET Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson, a dual-threat athlete and one of the most talked about prospects in college football this season, announced on Monday that he will enter the NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Richardson, a redshirt sophomore, as his fourth highest-rated quarterback, behind Ohio State‘s CJ Stroud, Kentucky‘s Will Levis
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12:26 PM ET Associated Press Houston and Texas remain firmly entrenched atop the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while preseason No. 1 North Carolina has dropped out entirely after a fourth straight loss. The Cougars earned 37 of 62 first-place votes in Monday’s poll, extending the program’s first stay at No. 1 since the
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12:16 PM ET Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Major League Baseball Players Association has opened its first international office in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Torre Sarasota Center in Santo Domingo. The MLBPA said Monday in a news release that the goal is “increasing the level of support provided
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12:40 PM ET Associated Press Teenager Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest year-end No. 1 in the history of the ATP computerized rankings and joins fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal as the first players from the same country to claim the top two spots at the close of a season since Americans Pete Sampras and Michael Chang
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12:31 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers have re-signed ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw to a one-year contract worth $20 million, the team announced Monday. Kershaw, 34, continued to perform like one of the sport’s best pitchers when healthy last season, going 12-3 with a 2.28 ERA in 126⅓ innings, striking out 137 batters and issuing
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6:22 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — It all started with a helmet poke. New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston almost cringes when he thinks about it now. If he had held back his temper, perhaps things would’ve gone a lot differently. Maybe Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans and Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore would’ve
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