Month: March 2023

1:40 PM ET Boston Red Sox infielder Justin Turner left Monday’s spring training game against the Detroit Tigers after being hit in the face by a pitch. Turner immediately fell to the ground after being struck in the face by a pitch from Tigers right-hander Matt Manning in the first inning. The two-time All-Star was
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11:37 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue will fight May 7 in Yokohama, Japan, for Fulton’s unified 122-pound championship, Inoue’s American promoter, Top Rank, announced Monday. ESPN reported in January the sides struck a deal for a May bout that will be streamed that Sunday morning stateside on ESPN+. Fulton, 28, is
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10:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Rams are expected to release outside linebacker Leonard Floyd if they cannot trade him first, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Floyd has a $22 million cap hit in 2023. If the Rams cut him before June 1, they’d incur $19 million of dead money in 2023 and
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12:36 PM ET Associated Press UCLA is surging, both toward the postseason and in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. While Houston was No. 1 for a third straight week in Monday’s poll, the Bruins rose two spots to No. 2 for their highest ranking of the season. UCLA (27-4) has won its past
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12:12 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have placed their franchise tag on running back Tony Pollard, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 2023 franchise tender for a running back is worth $10.09 million. The deadline for teams to use the franchise tag is Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. The Cowboys would
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10:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic has formally withdrawn from the draw for the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, tournament officials said Sunday, an indication that the world No. 1’s application for a COVID-19 vaccine waiver to enter the U.S. might have failed. Djokovic, who is from Serbia and unvaccinated against COVID-19,
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11:01 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Braves plan to stop the sale of season tickets to preserve the availability of single-game tickets. Braves president Derek Schiller says this is the first time in team history season ticket sales have been cut off before the first game. The Braves plan to cut off the
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10:24 AM ET Former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is signing with the New Orleans Saints, sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini on Monday. The Saints, who finished 7-10 last season, were among three teams, including the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers, to have pursued Carr for several weeks after the Raiders allowed the
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9:29 AM ET The Minnesota Vikings released veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks on Monday as they work to get under the salary cap. Kendricks, 31, has spent all eight seasons of his NFL career with the Vikings, who selected him in the second round of the 2015 draft. Last season he started all 17 games and
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