Month: March 2024

Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH PORT, Fla. — The Atlanta Braves optioned top prospect AJ Smith-Shawver to Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday, moving closer to settling on their pitching staff for Opening Day. The move was not surprising, given the 21-year-old right-hander’s inexperience. It clears the way for the
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Mar 11, 2024, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent defensive tackle Christian Wilkins is signing a four-year, $110 million base value deal that includes $84.75 million guaranteed with the Las Vegas Raiders, agent David Mulugheta told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Wilkins, a first-round pick in 2019, cemented himself as a starter during
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Mar 11, 2024, 01:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The season is over for Atlanta Hawks forward Saddiq Bey. Sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Bey suffered a torn ACL in his left knee. It happened Sunday in the Hawks’ 116-103 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Bey left the game early in the fourth
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Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri State fired coach Dana Ford on Monday after six seasons without an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Bears were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament last week, giving them a 17-16 record. It was their fifth winning season
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Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston remained atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third consecutive week Monday while a couple of the game’s traditional blue bloods made big jumps as they peak just in time for postseason play. The Cougars received 52 of 62
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Jim McCormick, Special to ESPN.comMar 11, 2024, 12:21 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source
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Mar 11, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Bears are giving running back D’Andre Swift a three-year, $24.5 million deal, including $15.3 million guaranteed, agent Trevon Smith at Athletes First told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The Philadelphia Eagles acquired Swift from the Detroit Lions last April for a 2025 fourth-round pick
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 11, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Muhammad Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024, the promotion announced Monday morning. The ceremony will take place April 5 during WrestleMania 40 weekend in Philadelphia. Ali died in June 2016 at the age of 74. A sporting
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Jorge Castillo Mar 11, 2024, 11:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is scheduled to undergo an MRI after experiencing “discomfort” in his right elbow, manager Aaron Boone told reporters in Florida on Monday morning. Boone, speaking before a Grapefruit League game, said the reigning American League Cy Young Award
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMar 11, 2024, 10:14 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
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Mar 11, 2024, 07:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lecce boss Roberto D’Aversa has been fired by the club for head-butting Verona striker Thomas Henry. Getty Lecce have fired manager Roberto D’Aversa after he head-butted an opposing player at the end of their loss to Hellas Verona at the weekend, the Serie A club said on Monday.
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Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina has hired former Western Carolina coach Justin Gray as its men’s basketball coach. Gray will join the Chanticleers after three seasons with the Catamounts. He takes over the full-time job after Cliff Ellis, who took four schools to the
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Stephen Holder, ESPNMar 11, 2024, 09:14 AM 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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