Month: November 2021

4:25 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Aleksander Barkov is hurt, and the Florida Panthers are relieved it’s not as bad as initially feared. Barkov will be week-to-week with a knee injury but will not need surgery, Panthers interim coach Andrew Brunette revealed Wednesday. “It’s the best-case scenario,” Brunette said. “Could have been worse.
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3:13 PM GMT England fly-half George Ford will leave Leicester at the end of the season to join Sale, the Premiership club have confirmed. Ford, who has won 77 England caps, has signed a three-year contract with Sale after declining to extend his stay at Welford Road. The 28-year-old has made 113 appearances for Leicester
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3:12 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners will induct Ichiro Suzuki into the team’s Hall of Fame during the 2022 season, the club announced Wednesday. Suzuki will be honored on Aug. 27 when Seattle faces Cleveland. “Mariners fans were fortunate to have watched Ichiro Suzuki perform his magic at the plate and
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1:30 PM ET Fewer than eight months after they began, Europe’s World Cup qualifiers issued (most) of their verdicts. Ten nations are in, and another 12 will compete for the remaining three spots. Some will always complain about international football getting in the way of the club season, but we got this far with just
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5:58 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley downplayed speculation Tuesday about whether he had interest in LSU’s coaching position, saying his feelings about the Oklahoma job haven’t changed. Riley is 54-9 at Oklahoma, which promoted him to replace longtime coach Bob Stoops after the 2016 season. His name has been connected to NFL coaching vacancies,
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11:04 AM ET With Thanksgiving approaching and COVID-19 cases rising again nationwide, the NFL on Tuesday night issued a memo to its teams detailing changes to its COVID-19 protocols, including mandatory testing for all players and staff the Monday and Wednesday after the holiday and mandatory mask-wearing for all players and staff while inside club
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12:54 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard has received a contract extension amid Washington’s fast start to the season. Monumental Sports & Entertainment announced Wednesday that Sheppard and Sashi Brown signed multiyear extensions and received promotions. Sheppard now becomes president and GM of the Wizards. Brown, who has served as
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4:14 PM ET Fenway Sports Group is in advanced talks to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Ron Burkle and Mario Lemieux have been the Penguins’ majority owners since 1999. The Wall Street Journal and Sportico were the first to report on the potential sale. The agreement needs to be
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2:05 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Staples Center is getting a new name. Starting Christmas Day, it will be Crypto.com Arena. The downtown Los Angeles home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers, the NHL’s Kings, and the WNBA’s Sparks will change its name after 22 years of operation, arena owner AEG announced
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8:22 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson will represent the United States in the upcoming international Race of Champions, an event he won with Jeff Gordon in 2002. Johnson will compete in the event scheduled Feb. 4-6 in Pite Havsbad, Sweden for the “Champion of Champions” title in the
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