Month: January 2023

11:58 AM ET Brandon Vazquez is just one dual national who excelled for the U.S. during January camp. Shaun Clark/ISI Photos/Getty Images As January camps go, the 2023 edition was like no other for the U.S. men’s national team. For one, it was an abbreviated version, lasting all of eight days as opposed to the multiweek
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6:05 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The Miami Marlins acquired reliever Matt Barnes in a trade with the Boston Red Sox on Monday. Miami sent left-hander Richard Bleier to Boston for Barnes and cash considerations. The 32-year-old Barnes was designated for assignment when the Red Sox signed outfielder Adam Duvall last week. Barnes helped
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6:14 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU leading scorer Mike Miles Jr. will miss Tuesday night’s home game against West Virginia because of a hyperextended right knee. Miles got hurt less than four minutes into 15th-ranked TCU’s overtime loss at Mississippi State on Saturday in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. A subsequent MRI
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6:52 PM ET Reigning winner Oscar Tshiebwe was among the players selected to the men’s Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list announced Monday evening. The award is given annually to the best college basketball player in the country. Tshiebwe, a 6-foot-9 Kentucky forward, ran away with the Wooden Award on the men’s side last
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4:28 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt expressed contrition for his reaction that went viral after the team’s AFC Championship Game loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. As Pratt entered the visitors locker room at Arrowhead Stadium, Pratt was spotted by Spectrum News Ohio yelling, “Why would you touch the f—ing
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5:19 PM ET San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Purdy is seeking second medical opinions about whether he needs surgery, which the 49ers are recommending, the source told Schefter. The injury is expected to sideline Purdy for
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4:00 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays will be built near the current one under plans unveiled Monday as part of a massive redevelopment project that also includes affordable housing, office space and retail in what was once a thriving Black neighborhood. Mayor Ken Welch
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4:23 PM ET Associated Press Longtime broadcaster Chip Caray is taking over as the television play-by-play voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, more than five decades after his grandfather and Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray became a baseball staple with the same club. Bally Sports Midwest announced Caray’s hiring in a statement Monday. The
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3:13 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals and Zack Greinke have agreed to a contract for the coming season, according to multiple reports, making it nine seasons over two stints in Kansas City for the six-time All-Star pitcher. The financial terms of the deal, which was first reported by Kansas
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3:31 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Right-hander Darren O’Day, who posted a 4.15 ERA in 28 games with the Atlanta Braves in 2022, announced Monday he is retiring after 15 seasons pitching for six teams in the major leagues. O’Day posted on his Twitter account that “it’s finally time to hang ’em up.”
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3:38 PM ET Jazz Chisholm is euro-stepping his way into video game history. The Miami Marlins outfielder became the first Bahamian-born athlete to grace the cover of a sports video game with the announcement of MLB The Show 23 on Monday. In his three years in the big leagues, Chisholm has become one of the
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1:18 PM ET The NFL has told its 32 teams that the 2023 salary cap will be a record $224.8 million, a source confirmed to ESPN. This marks an increase of $16.6 million from the 2022 salary cap, which was $208.2 million. The league will notify teams of total costs, including player benefits, in March.
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11:00 AM ET ESPN News Services Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, a 12-time All-Star and two-time Hart Trophy winner, has died, the Chicago Blackhawks announced Monday. He was 84. “We send our deepest sympathies to the Hull family,” the team said in a statement. “The Hull family has requested privacy during this difficult time.
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12:16 PM ET Associated Press Purdue became this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll Monday after wins over Michigan and Michigan State last week, but chaos ensued behind the Boilermakers among other ranked teams. More than half of the Top 25 teams lost, including second-ranked Alabama,
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12:30 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — John Adams, who pounded a drum while sitting in Cleveland’s outfield bleachers during baseball games for five decades, has died. He was 71. The Guardians announced Adams’ death Monday. Adams first hauled a bass drum that he bought for $25 at a garage sale to a game at
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12:17 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers are hiring Kellen Moore as their new offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The move, first reported
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