Month: March 2023

8:01 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts are expected to make additional quarterback maneuvers before the offseason ends, but they bolstered the position a bit with Thursday’s signing of former Philadelphia Eagles backup Gardner Minshew, a team source confirmed. Indianapolis holds the fourth overall pick in next month’s NFL draft, with which it
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7:10 PM ET The Chicago Bears are signing former Green Bay Packers tight end Robert Tonyan and former Carolina Panthers running back D’Onta Foreman to one-year deals, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Foreman’s deal is worth $3 million, a source said. Tonyan becomes the second key offensive player to leave the Packers in free agency,
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7:44 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles and star cornerback Darius Slay agreed to a $42 million extension that includes $23 million fully guaranteed, his agents told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Slay had been scheduled to enter the final year of his three-year, $50 million deal that he signed in 2020. With the extension, which
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7:17 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN The NBA will not rescind Draymond Green‘s 16th technical foul of the season, the league announced Thursday, meaning Green will be suspended for one game without pay. Green will serve his suspension Friday night when the Golden State Warriors face the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena. The tech came
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7:22 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said there have been “zero” discussions about shutting down Ben Simmons for the rest of the season. “Definitely operating under that belief,” Vaughn said Thursday when asked directly if he’s expecting Simmons to play again this season. “There’s zero discussions about him
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6:53 PM ET Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan is engaged in serious talks to sell a majority stake in the franchise to a group led by Hornets minority owner Gabe Plotkin and Atlanta Hawks minority owner Rick Schnall, sources told ESPN on Thursday. No deal is imminent, but there’s significant momentum on a sale that
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7:31 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne refuted a New York Times report placing men’s basketball walk-on Kai Spears at the scene of a shooting in January, saying it was “inaccurate” and “untrue.” Byrne made his remarks in a statement that was issued during halftime of the Crimson Tide’s game against
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6:56 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama star forward Brandon Miller, who has been dealing with a groin injury, was held scoreless for the first time this season as the Crimson Tide beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi 96-75 during the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday. Miller, who averaged a team-high 19.7 points
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6:48 PM ET DALLAS — The 2023 offseason has been nothing but change for Dak Prescott. Kellen Moore is now the offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Chargers after serving as Prescott’s teammate, position coach and coordinator since 2016. Doug Nussmeier is also with the Chargers after serving three years as the quarterbacks coach. And
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4:43 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Exactly one month ago, ESPN released its second of three straw polls tracking the NBA’s Most Valuable Player race for the 2022-23 season, and it had a very clear result: Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic as the heavy favorite to claim his third straight award. Thursday saw Las Vegas tell
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1:43 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers safety Nasir Adderley announced his retirement on Instagram Thursday. “After a period of self reflection, I have decided it’s time
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San Diego State tops Charleston 63-57 in NCAA tourney — Matt Bradley scored 17 points, including two free throws in the final minute, and No. 5 seed San Diego State held on to beat 12th-seeded College of Charleston 63-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
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3:59 PM ET Associated Press ST. FRANCIS BAY, South Africa — David Ravetto and Kristian Krogh Johannessen carded 5-under 67s at a windy St. Francis Links course Thursday to share the clubhouse lead in the first round of the SDC Championship in South Africa. France’s Ravetto picked up six birdies and just one bogey and
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