Month: March 2021

9:45 AM ET The ACC eliminated its intraconference transfer rule on Monday in a unanimous decision by its board of directors. The intraconference transfer rule, created in 1996, required student-athletes without a degree to sit out one year if they were transferring from one ACC school to another. The move does not come as a
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12:26 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and star pass rusher Shaquil Barrett have agreed to a four-year deal worth up $72 million that includes $36 million fully guaranteed, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Barrett played last season under the $15.8 million franchise tag and recorded eight sacks in 15 games. He
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Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar retained the overall lead before Tuesday’s final time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico as Denmark’s Mads Wurtz Schmidt won stage six. Israel Start-Up Nation rider Schmidt won the sprint from a five-man breakaway in Lido di Fermo, Italy. Slovenia’s Pogacar finished safely in the peloton and leads Belgium’s Wout van Aert
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12:32 PM ET Former champion Andy Murray has been granted a wild card for this month’s Miami Open, tournament organisers said on Monday. The British ex-world No. 1, who has fallen to 116 in the rankings after long injury lay-offs because of hip surgeries, is a two-time Miami Open champion having won the title in
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10:36 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN After months of arduous negotiations between competing promoters and rival champions, the contract for a two-fight deal between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua to unify the heavyweight titles has been finally signed. “We’d like to get a site deal confirmed in the next month,” said Eddie Hearn, managing director of
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7:45 PM ET Associated Press Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday. He was 66. Wife Kay G. Hagler confirmed the death on Facebook on the verified Marvelous Marvin Hagler Fan Club page. “I am sorry to make
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West Indies’ newly-appointed Test skipper Kraigg Brathwaite has said it’s a “privilege” to take over the reins from Jason Holder, who remains a key member of the side. Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Friday announced that Brathwaite will replace Holder as the West Indies Test captain. Brathwaite, who has previously led the team in seven Tests
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