Month: February 2023

5:54 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks are working to re-sign Pro Bowl quarterback Geno Smith, but general manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll said that isn’t stopping the team from taking a hard look at this year’s quarterback class. Schneider on Tuesday described contract talks with Smith, the 2022 NFL Comeback Player
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5:49 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — There was no umpire behind the plate calling balls and strikes, or even one of those so-called robo umps that could become part of the game in the future, when the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates kept playing Tuesday. Umpires left the field after Baltimore’s Josh Lester
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5:37 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Cincinnati Bengals emphatically let the rest of the NFL know that wide receiver Tee Higgins isn’t on the trading block. During his annual session at the NFL scouting combine, team executive Duke Tobin refuted any notion that the team could be interested in shopping the standout receiver this offseason.
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4:52 PM ET Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Noah Song has no illusions of the challenges still ahead as he approaches the end of his first week of spring training after joining the Philadelphia Phillies from the U.S. Navy. Dressed in white pinstripe pants and a red batting practice jersey with No. 52 and his
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5:07 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN INDIANAPOLIS — The Miami Dolphins have not yet made a decision on whether to pick up quarterback Tua Tagovailoa‘s fifth-year option, coach Mike McDaniel said Tuesday. Speaking at the NFL scouting combine, McDaniel said it’s still something he and general manager Chris Grier are discussing leading up to the May
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4:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Free-agent guard Will Barton has signed with the Toronto Raptors after completing a buyout with the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. Barton will be eligible for a playoff roster. He has played in 29 career postseason games with the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers. Barton, 32, was traded to
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4:55 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN The Chicago Bulls have waived guard Goran Dragic, the team announced on Tuesday. Dragic, 36, had not played since the All-Star break while recovering from a knee injury, but his minutes had been dwindling recently and he was facing even more of a reduced role after the team signed Patrick
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3:37 PM ET Associated Press Kurt Busch still has not yet been cleared by doctors as his career remains prematurely curtailed because of lingering effects from a concussion suffered in a wreck during qualifying last summer at Pocono Raceway. Busch, 44, instead is now a de facto consultant for his old 23XI Racing team and
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2:55 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have informed running back Leonard Fournette, a key contributor in their Super Bowl LV victory, that they will be releasing him prior to the start of the new league year on March 15, a source told ESPN. Last offseason, the Bucs signed Fournette, the fourth overall
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2:58 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to send star winger Patrick Kane to the New York Rangers, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. In return, the Rangers are sending two draft picks to Chicago — a 2023 second-round pick, which carries conditions to improve to a first-round pick, as well as a 2023 fourth-round
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2:00 PM ET Ally Watt and Haley McCutcheon show off the Orlando Pride’s new Luna Kit with dark shorts. Orlando Pride The Orlando Pride has become the first team in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) to update its kit to dark shorts due to period concerns. The Pride announced the update to its Luna Kit
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3:02 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats took blame Tuesday for the pregame introduction pat-down where walk-on Adam Cottrell patted down freshman forward Brandon Miller before Saturday’s win over Arkansas. Oats said his players told him the introduction was simulating a person getting checked by the Transportation Security Administration as they
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2:13 PM GMT Marcus Smith has been released from England’s training squad this week to get game time with Harlequins but faces a battle to make the squad to face France in two weeks after George Ford was included in a trimmed 26-man group announced on Tuesday. Smith came on in the last minute of
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2:33 PM ET College football leaders are meeting this week in Indianapolis to consider three rules changes that could shorten game times and reduce the number of plays during games next season, a continued push to monitor player safety as the sport prepares for a 12-team College Football Playoff beginning in 2024. The rule changes
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2:12 PM ET Charleston men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey has received a five-year extension after leading the Cougars to the regular-season title in the Colonial Athletic Association. The deal for Kelsey, 47, is worth $1 million per season and includes a $1 million buyout if he decides to leave for another job before 2028, according
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