Month: March 2023

2:56 PM BST Players from Welsh rugby’s four professional clubs have been presented with standard contracts that will make existing and new offers legally binding, the country’s Professional Rugby Board (PRB) and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said on Saturday. Welsh players threatened to go on strike last month over contract issues with the PRB
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2:38 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants have signed longtime reliever Sergio Romo, who will retire as a member of the team at the end of spring training. Romo signed a minor league contract with an invite to major league spring training. He will retire March 27 during the Giants’ final spring
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez took pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after team-mate Max Verstappen suffered a power problem. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso will line up second on the grid because Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who qualified second, has a 10-place grid penalty for engine usage. Verstappen’s driveshaft failed in the second session and
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1:51 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Pete Thamel Western Kentucky is expected to hire Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Steve Lutz as its next head coach, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Lutz is coming off back-to-back men’s NCAA tournament appearances
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11:18 AM ET Kansas coach Bill Self will not coach in Saturday’s second-round NCAA tournament game against Arkansas, the school announced. Self continues to recover from a procedure last week after complaining of chest tightness and balance concerns. He underwent a heart catheterization, had two stents placed for the treatment of blocked arteries and was
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7:41 AM ET Former world No. 3 Elina Svitolina will make her return to the WTA Tour at next month’s Charleston Open in South Carolina after accepting a wild card, organizers of the clay-court tournament said. Ukraine’s Svitolina, who last played a year ago in Miami, is set to return to action following the birth
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7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The first week of 2023 NFL free agency is in the books. Quarterbacks Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints), Jimmy Garoppolo (Las Vegas Raiders), Taylor Heinicke (Atlanta Falcons), Andy Dalton (Carolina Panthers), Jarrett Stidham (Denver Broncos), Jacoby Brissett (Cleveland Browns), Mike White (Miami Dolphins), Case Keenum (Houston Texans), Sam Darnold (San
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8:15 AM ET Brianna Williams The Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies bring out the best, or sometimes the worst, in each other. It’s a rivalry that’s often one-sided but still robust in starpower with Stephen Curry, Ja Morant, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks going head-to-head. The chirping on and off the court
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3:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Over and over again, sitting in front of his locker after the game, Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis repeated how tough it was to stomach Friday night’s 111-110 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at the buzzer. Tough because his closeout wasn’t enough of a deterrent to stop Mavs
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