Month: August 2023

ESPN News Services Aug 9, 2023, 07:41 PM ET Former NFL cornerback and Super Bowl champion Bashaud Breeland was arrested in Charlotte, N.C., after a traffic stop earlier this week and hit with a slew of charges, including possession of a stolen car, guns and drugs, according to a police report obtained by multiple outlets
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Aug 9, 2023, 07:05 PM ET Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung underwent surgery on his fractured left thumb on Wednesday and will remain with his teammates to rehab in hopes of being back for the end of the 2023 regular season. The Rangers said hand specialist Dr. Don Sheridan inserted a plate and screws
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 06:27 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. The NCAA said Wednesday it has begun applying new criteria to two-time transfers that makes it more difficult to gain immediate eligibility, a day after Florida State defensive tackle Darrell Jackson Jr.
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ESPN News Services Aug 9, 2023, 07:00 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Three months since construction began on their new stadium, the Buffalo Bills are already facing a potential cash crunch with the latest projections having the team on the hook for as much as $300 million in cost overruns, according to multiple reports.
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 06:38 PM ET The plaintiffs seemingly earned a strategic victory in an antitrust lawsuit against the UFC in 2020. Nearly three years later, that win has been made official. Federal judge Richard F. Boulware granted the plaintiffs class certification on Wednesday, according to a document from the U.S.
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Summer training camp is just getting underway for Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide, but that isn’t stopping college sports’ highest-paid coach from keeping an eye on the future. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The legendary ball coach purchased a new home, an oceanfront property on Florida’s Jupiter Island, to use when he’s not on
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:22 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern athletics director Derrick Gragg pushed back against a T-shirt several football staff members wore at Wednesday’s practice that supported former coach Pat Fitzgerald, calling it “inappropriate, offensive and tone
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 04:39 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler, who respectively finished first and second in last season’s FedEx Cup playoffs, arrived at this week’s FedEx St. Jude
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 05:30 PM ET David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade are finalizing a deal for a super middleweight fight this fall in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN. The battle of former champions will be a pay-per-view event, sources said. Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) scored a career-best win in March, a unanimous-decision victory
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Stephen Holder, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 05:14 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Bellator is stacking the deck for a landmark show coming this fall. Ryan Bader will defend his Bellator heavyweight title against Linton Vassell in the main event of Bellator 300 on Oct. 7 in San Diego, one of four title fights on the historic card,
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:22 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern players on Wednesday declined to discuss the hazing allegations embroiling the program during the past month, but reiterated their support for each other and for former coach Pat Fitzgerald.
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Jamal Collier, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 03:08 PM ET Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for swinging a folding chair that struck two bystanders at the conclusion of Minnesota’s season-ending playoff loss to the Denver Nuggets on April 25. The ruling, announced Wednesday, came four months after the incident because of
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