Month: July 2023

Jul 26, 2023, 12:19 PM ET The Chicago Bears and tight end Cole Kmet have agreed on a four-year, $50 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Field Yates. The deal includes $32.8 million guaranteed and $20 million in new first-year cash, sources told Schefter and Yates. Kmet, 24, emerged as a favorite
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ESPN News Services Jul 26, 2023, 10:45 AM ET The Carolina Hurricanes signed center Sebastian Aho to an eight-year, $78 million extension, general manager Don Waddell announced Wednesday. The deal, which goes into effect next season, averages $9.75 million per year and runs through 2031-32, was announced on Aho’s 26th birthday. “Sebastian has developed into
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Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Tom VanHaaren Close Tom VanHaaren ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Jul 26, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Power 5 media days will officially wrap up with the Big
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 10:26 AM ET The Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic will play a regular-season game in Mexico City on Nov. 9, the NBA announced Wednesday. It will be the 32nd NBA game in Mexico since 1992, more than in any country besides the United States and Canada. The Hawks will be
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Jul 26, 2023, 07:20 AM ET The Houston Texans and offensive tackle Tytus Howard have reached an agreement on a three-year, $56 million extension that includes $36.5 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Howard, a first-round pick of the Texans in 2019 out of Alabama State, has started 54 games for
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Jul 26, 2023, 08:50 AM ET New York Giants star left tackle Andrew Thomas has signed a five-year, $117.5 million contract extension, his agent told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Agent John Thornton of Roc Nation Sports told Schefter that Thomas’ deal includes $67 million fully guaranteed at signing, a record for an offensive lineman. The Giants
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Jul 26, 2023, 07:59 AM ET How has the NBA’s landscape changed after the draft and free agency? The big trades of the offseason resulted in Chris Paul landing on the Golden State Warriors, Jordan Poole on the Detroit Pistons and Bradley Beal on the Phoenix Suns. Free agency saw some big additions for the
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 01:03 AM ET Bellator’s franchise fighter, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, will fight this weekend on short notice as part of the Bellator-Rizin co-promotional card at Saitama Super Arena in Japan, it was announced Wednesday. Freire, the Bellator featherweight champion, will face Japanese kickboxer Chihiro Suzuki at a 154-pound catchweight
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