Month: January 2023

9:15 PM ET Associated Press NFL regular-season ratings saw a 3% decrease from last season, which was not unexpected with “Thursday Night Football” moving from Fox and NFL Network to exclusively airing on Amazon Prime Video. The 272 regular-season games averaged 16.7 million viewers across television and digital platforms. The league also said that 185
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8:59 PM ET A non-call on LeBron James‘ potential game winner in the first overtime period was one of seven incorrect calls in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter and the two overtimes during Thursday night’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers, according to the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report
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7:09 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay acknowledged Friday that his franchise fell short of expectations this past season and said it’s his responsibility to find solutions. The comments came in an open letter to fans just three days after general manager Chris Ballard told reporters he had failed
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3:10 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis isn’t going to hold former coach Sean Payton back from reentering the league this year, but he said that return would come with a price. Loomis has maintained his appreciation for Payton, who coached the team from 2006-2021 and led them to
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5:45 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The home of the Miami Heat has yet another name: Miami-Dade Arena. That will be the temporary moniker for the building where the NBA team plays its home games, while the search for a more permanent naming-rights partner commences. The Heat and Miami-Dade County announced the new name
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3:06 PM ET Less than a week after winning a second straight national championship, Kirby Smart’s chops on the recruiting trail for Georgia haven’t let up. Four-star junior safety Jaylen Heyward is the latest to come on board after committing on Friday. Heyward, from Rockledge High School (Florida), is No. 40 in the 2024 ESPN
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4:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Trevor Bauer became a free agent Friday when he went unclaimed on waivers, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers responsible for about $22.5 million owed to the former Cy Young Award winner whose unprecedented 324-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations was reduced by an arbitrator. Los Angeles designated Bauer for
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4:27 PM ET Pete Golding is leaving his job as Alabama defensive coordinator for the same position at Ole Miss, sources told ESPN on Friday. Golding has been at Alabama under Nick Saban since 2018 and has served as the Crimson Tide’s defensive coordinator for the past four seasons. Golding will replace Chris Partridge as
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Anderson Varejão has bounced back to the Cavaliers. One of the most popular players in Cleveland’s history, Varejão has been hired as a player development consultant and global ambassador for the team that he played with for 14 NBA seasons. Known for his hustle and frizzy hair, Varejão,
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3:43 PM ET Associated Press Actor Frankie Muniz, who starred in “Malcolm in the Middle” and “Agent Cody Banks,” announced that he’s competing as a full-time race car driver in the ARCA Menards Series. The series is a low-level feeder series for NASCAR — one that typically features less-experienced drivers — and will serve as
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3:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone is considered week-to-week after leaving Thursday’s game with an upper-body injury. Stone went into the locker room late in the first period of the 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers and didn’t return. “It’s tough to see your captain go down in the
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3:15 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — With Lamar Jackson out for Sunday night’s playoff game at the Cincinnati Bengals, who is exactly is in at quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens? Ravens coach John Harbaugh would not say after Friday’s practice. Baltimore will either go with banged-up backup Tyler Huntley (right shoulder) or undrafted rookie
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2:56 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Entering his first career playoff game, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones wanted some friendly advice on what to expect. Naturally, he turned to two-time Super Bowl winner, former teammate and Giants legend Eli Manning. Jones called Manning late this week and asked for his advice as part
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3:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay has informed members of the Los Angeles Rams organization that he will remain the team’s head coach, sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini on Friday. The decision comes days after McVay said in his end-of-season news conference that he would be taking the “appropriate time” to make a
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2:35 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder Juan Soto and the San Diego Padres agreed Friday on a one-year, $23 million contract to avoid arbitration, sources told ESPN, in what is expected to be the richest deal on
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