Month: March 2023

7:56 PM ET MIAMI — The World Baseball Classic, which has produced a string of exhilarating games and enthusiastic crowds, will “100 percent” return in 2026, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday, moments before Team USA and Japan squared off in the championship game from LoanDepot Park. Before then, Manfred said, he would
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Mets have an elite car sponsor to go along with their record luxury tax payroll. New York announced Tuesday it will open a membership only speakeasy behind Citi Field’s right-field fence this season called The Cadillac Club at Payson’s, in honor of founding owner Joan Whitney
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5:29 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has been upgraded to questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, the first time the big man’s status has changed since he suffered a calf strain five months ago. Anthony Edwards, who has missed the past two games with a right ankle sprain, is also listed
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5:48 PM ET Ole Miss opened spring practice on Tuesday with coach Lane Kiffin excited about the depth at quarterback with last year’s starter, Jaxson Dart, back and the addition of former All-Big 12 selection Spencer Sanders and former five-star prospect Walker Howard via the transfer portal. Sanders was 31-12 as a starter at Oklahoma
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5:14 PM ET MEMPHIS — All-Star point guard Ja Morant, who participated Tuesday in his first practice with the Memphis Grizzlies following an eight-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the NBA, described his attempt to find better ways to manage stress through counseling as “an ongoing process.” Morant, who the Grizzlies anticipate will make his
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9:55 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks have released veteran defensive tackle Al Woods, the team announced Monday. The move clears $3.67 million in cap space and continues the overhaul of Seattle’s defensive line. The Seahawks released Shelby Harris and Quinton Jefferson last week, and have now moved on from Woods, their defensive co-captain
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4:50 PM ET Wofford has removed the interim tag from Dwight Perry and made him the full-time head coach, the school announced Tuesday. Perry took over for Jay McAuley in late November after McAuley took a leave of absence from the program. McAuley fully stepped down from his position in late December, although the school
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3:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Naoya Inoue suffered an injury in training and his May 7 fight in Yokohama, Japan, vs. Stephen Fulton for the unified 122-pound championship has been postponed, sources tell ESPN. The fight, which was set to be streamed on ESPN+ stateside, is being rescheduled for the summer in Japan, sources said.
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3:19 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons activated Eddie Goldman from the reserve/retirement list Tuesday, nearly eight months after the veteran defensive tackle signed with the team and then retired weeks later. Goldman could join a remade defensive lineman rotation featuring Grady Jarrett, Ta’Quon Graham, free agent signing David Onyemata and Timmy Horne, an undrafted free
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3:06 PM ET Willis Reed, who won two NBA championships during his legendary career with the New York Knicks, has died, the team confirmed in a statement on Tuesday. He was 80. Reed played 10 seasons in the NBA from 1964 to ’74, all with the Knicks. He was named to the All-NBA team five
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2:02 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Ohio University and coach Tim Albin have agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2026 season, sources told ESPN. Albin’s salary jumps to $700,000 from $535,000 and there’s a new clause that gives him an automatic one-year extension for winning eight games or the MAC championship. Albin went 10-4
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2:34 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — A week after releasing Ezekiel Elliott, the Dallas Cowboys have agreed to a one-year deal with free-agent running back Ronald Jones, according to a source. It doesn’t mean Jones, a former second-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will be Elliott’s sole replacement in 2023, but the Cowboys have
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1:01 PM ET Wyoming star big man Graham Ike entered the transfer portal Tuesday, immediately becoming one of the most sought-after transfers in the country. Ike, a 6-foot-9 power forward, averaged 19.5 points and 9.6 rebounds in 2021-22, helping lead the Cowboys to the NCAA tournament. He tallied 14 double-doubles during the campaign, including 33
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