Month: September 2023

Sep 19, 2023, 02:17 PM ET Missouri starting quarterback Brady Cook is questionable for Saturday’s game against Memphis, a source told ESPN. Cook is dealing with the lingering effects of a knee injury from a hit he took in the first half of last Saturday’s game against No. 15 Kansas State, in which he threw
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 03:35 PM ET Iowa junior tight end Luke Lachey on Tuesday underwent surgery on the right ankle injury suffered in Saturday’s 41-10 victory over Western Michigan and will “most likely” miss the rest of the season, Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz said. “I feel most badly for him,” Ferentz
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 01:38 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. BEREA, Ohio — Browns coach Kevin Stefanski
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Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 19, 2023, 02:21 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Miami Marlins claimed left-handed reliever Matt Moore off waivers from the Cleveland Guardians, sources told ESPN, the second time this month Moore has switched teams following a waiver
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Colorado coach Deion Sanders condemned the recent death threats against Henry Blackburn in the wake of the Colorado State defensive back’s illegal hit Saturday on Buffaloes star Travis Hunter. “Henry Blackburn is a
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Tisha Thompson Sep 19, 2023, 12:44 PM ET The NFL, MLB and NASCAR are lobbying lawmakers this week to alter a bill before the U.S. Senate that would loosen flight restrictions over the nation’s major stadiums and raceways for the first time since 9/11. “I’m very worried,” said Cathy Lanier, the NFL’s senior vice president
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Associated Press Sep 19, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Three-time All-Pros Julius Peppers and Antonio Gates headline the list of nine first-year eligible players picked among the 273 nominees for the 2024 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The other first-year eligibles are receivers Brandon Marshall and Jordy Nelson; running back Jamaal Charles; offensive
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Sep 19, 2023, 12:15 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays put the finishing touches Tuesday on plans for a new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg as part of a huge $6.5 billion development project that includes affordable housing, retail, bars and restaurants and a Black history museum. The site is
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentSep 19, 2023, 11:35 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Megan Rapinoe’s celebration against France in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Women’s World Cup is illustrative of her enduring legacy. Elsa/Getty Images The picture — like the player — has become iconic. It’s
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Associated Press Sep 19, 2023, 11:21 AM ET LONDON — Finland’s reward for beating the United States and Croatia to reach the knockout stage of the Davis Cup is a quarterfinal match against defending champion Canada. Finland has never reached this stage before in the top team event in men’s tennis. The draw for the
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ESPN News Services Sep 19, 2023, 11:41 AM ET Colorado’s double-overtime victory against Colorado State, which ended in the early hours of Sunday in most of the country, drew 9.3 million viewers to make it the most-watched late-night college football game ever on ESPN. Coach Deion Sanders’ Colorado team did not kick off until after
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Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 19, 2023, 11:07 AM ET Suspended Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker responded Tuesday to the school’s notice that it intends to fire him for cause, saying in a statement that “other motives are at play” and there’s been a “bias” against him throughout the process. After getting notified of the school’s
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