Month: February 2023

5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Harry Maguire says he has the backing of Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, but admits he “wants to play games.” Maguire has made just nine starts this season and was only introduced for the final two minutes of Sunday’s 2-0 Carabao Cup final win over Newcastle. – Ogden: From
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4:50 PM ET Lionel Messi was named Best FIFA Men’s Player at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, beating Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid‘s Karim Benzema. Messi won the 2022 World Cup with Argentina in December — the country’s first in 36 years — ending his wait for the only major honour
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7:15 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Women’s professional tennis made its WTA tournament debut in the capital of Texas on Monday, and Katie Volynets beat Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in an all-American matchup to reach the second round of the ATX Open. The 21-year-old Volynets, ranked a career-high 92nd this week, was
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4:54 PM ET Forward J.T. Miller is nursing a lower-body injury and is considered week-to-week, the Vancouver Canucks announced on Monday. With the trading deadline looming Friday, Miller’s name has been mentioned as a target for several teams. Although a deal could still materialize for the downsizing Canucks, Miller likely won’t play in a game
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3:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s average salary rose 14.8% to a record $4.22 million last year after the end of the lockout, boosted by big deals for Max Scherzer, Francisco Lindor, Marcus Semien and Corey Seager. The rate of increase was the highest since a 17.7% increase in 2000
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3:09 PM ET Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader will miss all of spring practice following surgery on his right arm, the school announced Monday. Shrader, a two-year starter for the Orange, set career highs last season with 17 passing touchdowns, 2,640 passing yards and 3,093 total yards, leading Syracuse to a 7-6 record and its first
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2:33 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs continued to add ahead of the NHL’s trade deadline by acquiring defenseman Jake McCabe, forward Sam Lafferty, and a conditional fifth-round draft choice in both 2024 and 2025 from the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. Toronto sent a conditional first-round pick in 2025, a second-round pick in 2026, and
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12:30 PM ET One of the top fighters in the world outside the UFC will make his debut on United States soil later this year. Roberto Soldic, a former KSW double champion, will fight Zebaztian Kadestam at ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes 3 on May 5 in Broomfield, Colorado, promotion officials told ESPN
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2:28 PM ET The UFC has rebooked a light heavyweight fight between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann for March 11, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The 205-pound bout was supposed to headline UFC Fight Night last Saturday in Las Vegas, but was canceled just hours before it was scheduled after Krylov fell ill. The
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1:41 PM ET The average time of spring training games this weekend was down 23 minutes compared with spring contests last year after MLB implemented its first-ever pitch clock, according to league data. The average game time from the opening weekend was 2:38. Games took an average of 3:01 in spring 2022. The difference is
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1:01 PM ET New York Rangers defenseman K’Andre Miller insists the spitting incident that occurred in Sunday’s game with Los Angeles Kings‘ defender Drew Doughty was “completely accidental.” Miller took to Twitter on Monday to share his side of what happened the night before, when he received a match penalty and was ejected from the
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1:32 PM ET Georgia co-defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann is returning to Athens after having multiple conversations with the Philadelphia Eagles and interviewing last week for the defensive coordinator job, sources told ESPN on Monday. Schumann took over the defensive playcalling duties last season at Georgia after Dan Lanning left for the Oregon head-coaching job following
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