Month: January 2023

2:58 AM ET Veteran right-hander Johnny Cueto and the Miami Marlins agreed to a one-year deal with a club option that guarantees $8.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Cueto, 36, spent last season with the Chicago White Sox, going 8-10 with a 3.35 ERA in 158 1/3 innings (24 starts). Prior to joining
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12:28 AM ET William E. Ricks The Georgia Bulldogs are again on top of the college football world after winning the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship. 1 Related UGA defeated the TCU Horned Frogs 65-7, fueled by an outstanding performance from Stetson Bennett. He finished with 304 yards passing, four passing touchdowns and two
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12:42 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN WASHINGTON, D.C. — It had been quite a while since the New Orleans Pelicans won a game against the Washington Wizards in the nation’s capital. The last time the franchise picked up a win at Capital One Arena, on Jan. 1, 2011, they weren’t even the Pelicans, they were the
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10:40 PM ET The California Legislative Women’s Caucus on Monday called for the removal of Dana White as UFC president in a public letter addressed to the head of the promotion’s parent company. The letter, sent to Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, comes after video surfaced last week of White slapping his wife, Anne, at a
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11:00 PM ET Fresh off winning back-to-back national championships, the Georgia Bulldogs are the overall betting favorites at +375 to win next season’s College Football Playoff. Alabama (+550) and Ohio State (+650) are next in line, forming the same trio of favorites that entered last season. The biggest difference is that the Dawgs have seemingly
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7:48 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It looks like one coordinator is staying with the Green Bay Packers, and a former one could have a chance to return. Packers coach Matt LaFleur simultaneously gave defensive coordinator Joe Barry a vote of confidence while he also broached the subject of a return by Nathaniel Hackett,
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9:05 PM ET An hour after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and about 35 minutes after he was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital, a small knot of people gathered amid a chaotic scene outside the locker rooms beneath Paycor Stadium. Bills coach Sean McDermott, Bengals coach Zac Taylor, referee Shawn Smith and
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8:03 PM GMT Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has poured cold water on the prospect of a World Cup union with Eddie Jones, while revealing his messages to two key squad omissions. A 44-man Australian cast has assembled on the Gold Coast for a four-day camp to begin preparations for this year’s showpiece in France. Rennie
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8:04 PM ET Associated Press Kentucky will retire a jersey to honor the late Mike Pratt, a Wildcats Hall of Fame men’s basketball player and radio broadcaster. Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced the honor Monday night during coach John Calipari’s weekly radio show. The retirement ceremony will be held Feb. 4, during a home
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7:39 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim forward Justin Kirkland was hospitalized overnight after getting into a car accident on his way to the Ducks‘ game against the Boston Bruins on Sunday night. The Ducks announced Monday that Kirkland remains under evaluation, but has full mobility and is communicating with his family and
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5:15 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Sean McVay said he will take time before deciding his future with the Los Angeles Rams, but quarterback Matthew Stafford reiterated that he has no plans to retire — regardless of the Super Bowl-winning coach’s decision. In his end-of-season news conference on Monday, McVay spoke at length about
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5:56 PM ET ESPN’s Lee Corso has been elected to the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame, and college football insider Pete Thamel is one of two national sportswriters of the year, the NSMA announced Monday. Corso has been part of ESPN’s “College GameDay” since 1987 and his “helmet pick” of the winner of
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4:39 PM ET Associated Press Reggie Bush, whose Heisman Trophy victory for Southern California in 2005 was vacated because of NCAA violations, is among 18 players in the latest College Football Hall of Fame class announced Monday. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, who won the Heisman in 2007, was also elected to the Hall by the
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5:29 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry could return to the court as soon as Tuesday. Curry, who has missed the past 11 games with a left shoulder subluxation, is listed as probable for the Golden State Warriors‘ matchup against the Phoenix Suns on the most recent injury report. Warriors general manager
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5:42 PM ET The UFC’s first main event of 2023 has taken a hit, as Kelvin Gastelum has withdrawn from a five-round middleweight bout against Nassourdine Imavov on Saturday in Las Vegas. Gastelum withdrew due to an injury to his mouth, sources told ESPN. Middleweight contender Sean Strickland has agreed to replace Gastelum on the
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5:37 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins have several injury questions heading into Sunday’s wild-card matchup against the Buffalo Bills, the largest of which centers on quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Coach Mike McDaniel said Monday that Tagovailoa has not yet been cleared for any football activity after entering the concussion protocol Dec. 26.
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