Month: March 2023

8:24 PM ET MIAMI — Mexico’s manager, Benji Gil, said he doesn’t believe his team should be playing until Saturday. Its quarterfinal game against Puerto Rico in this year’s World Baseball Classic is instead taking place on Friday night, which meant a tough turnaround for a team that was navigating the pool-play portion of the
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4:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Gilberto Ramirez’s 175-pound fight vs. Gabe Rosado on Saturday in Long Beach, California, has been cancelled after the former champion came in unofficially at 182.6 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in, sources told ESPN. Former champion Joseph Diaz Jr. will fight Mercito Gesta in the new Golden Boy on DAZN main event,
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7:04 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans approached Kevin Byard about taking a pay cut, but the Pro Bowl safety does not believe his play warrants a decrease in salary, sources told ESPN’s
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6:57 PM ET The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers combined to pay more than $88 million in revenue sharing receipts to smaller-market teams for the 2021-2022 season, according to a memo obtained by ESPN on Friday. Eight more larger-market teams — including New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, the LA Clippers and
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7:18 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. — A wonky rim delayed warm-ups for Iowa State on Friday, but that was just the start of the Cyclones’ shooting troubles. Game officials spent several minutes attending to the rim on one basket before Friday’s NCAA tournament game against Pitt after Iowa State voiced concerns about the set-up during
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5:45 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — The first time Jimmy Garoppolo met Josh McDaniels? Garoppolo was on a pre-draft visit with the New England Patriots in the spring of 2014 and McDaniels, then the Patriots’ offensive coordinator, was running the quarterback through his offense on the whiteboard. “I don’t know if it was planned, but
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5:43 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Houston Cougars standout Marcus Sasser, who was knocked out of Thursday’s win over Northern Kentucky after aggravating a groin injury, said he expects to play Saturday against Auburn in the second round of the NCAA tournament. “I’m 100 percent playing tomorrow,” the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
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5:08 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters Friday that right-hander Tony Gonsolin won’t be ready for opening day because of a sprained ankle. The 28-year-old had his best season in 2022, earning his first All-Star and finishing with a 16-1 record and 2.14 ERA in 130⅓
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3:25 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Valdez and Adam Lopez will meet in a 130-pound rematch on May 20 in Las Vegas, a source told ESPN on Friday. The bout will serve as chief support for the Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko fight for the undisputed lightweight championship on ESPN+ PPV, per source. Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs)
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3:39 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres signed goalie Devon Levi to a three-year entry level contract Friday, less than a week after the 21-year-old’s junior season ended at Northeastern. Levi won the Mike Richter Award as college hockey’s top goalie last season, and is once again a finalist this year
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4:03 PM ET The Miami Dolphins signed a pair of AFC East cast-offs Friday, adding former New York Jets wide receiver Braxton Berrios and former New England Patriots punter Jake Bailey. Berrios was released Wednesday after four seasons in New York when talks on a possible restructured deal fell through. In 2021, Berrios was named
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2:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Dillon Brooks $35,000 on Friday for shoving a cameraperson on the sideline after chasing a loose ball in a loss in Miami. Joe Dumars, the NBA’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the fine. Brooks shoved the person
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