Month: March 2022

7:43 PM ET Major League Baseball, wary of players finding new ways to add additional tack to the baseball, will continue to routinely inspect pitchers for foreign substances during the 2022 season, according to an internal memo obtained by ESPN. The memo, distributed to teams on Friday by MLB senior vice president of on-field operations
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5:52 PM ET Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman has been ruled out for the rest of the season and will continue rehabilitating his right knee, sources told ESPN on Friday. Wiseman has been recovering from a meniscus repair that he had in April 2021, and recent swelling in his right knee precluded him from
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6:29 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Ben Martin shot his second straight 6-under 66 on Friday to double his lead to 2 strokes in the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Championship. Martin had four birdies in a late five-hole stretch, finishing the afternoon round on the front nine at breezy Corales Golf
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2:51 PM ET ATLANTA — The Falcons need a full-time starting quarterback other than Matt Ryan for the first time since the 2007 season, and Marcus Mariota understands the significance of potentially being that replacement. “Those are big shoes to fill, no doubt,” Mariota said Friday. “I think, for me, something I definitely learned over
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2:43 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson said that he has never disrespected women and that he was surprised by the allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct that have been made against him. “I know these allegations [are] very, very serious,” Watson said. “But I’ve never assaulted any woman. I never disrespected any
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5:09 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez is eyeing a June or July return after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right hand Thursday in Los Angeles, the boxer’s manager, David McWater, told ESPN. Lopez, 24, also had arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow in February in L.A., McWater said. The hand surgery lasted about two
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4:31 PM BST France scrum-half Antoine Dupont has been named 2022 men’s Six Nations player of the championship after guiding his team to their first Grand Slam and Six Nations title since 2010, tournament organisers said on Friday. The 25-year-old was instrumental in the final as France held off England to clinch a 25-13 victory
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1:56 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani, the two-way sensation who is coming off a unanimous American League MVP selection, will start Opening Day for the Los Angeles Angels, manager Joe Maddon said Friday. Maddon made the announcement just minutes after informing Ohtani of the assignment in a brief meeting. It was hardly a
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12:19 PM ET There is “a lot of momentum” for changing NFL overtime rules, competition committee chairman Rich McKay said Friday, but it is unclear whether enough owners will agree on a specific proposal when they gather next week for their annual meetings in Palm Beach, Florida. At the moment, two proposals are under consideration.
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6:00 AM ET James Harden would like to think he knows an MVP when he sees one, having won the award himself in 2018 and played alongside two others in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. And in Harden’s book, his new teammate, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, “deserves” to win the award this season. “He
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10:00 AM ET Johnny Manziel is returning for the second season of a professional league known as Fan Controlled Football, he told ESPN. The league, which plays a 7-on-7 format in an Atlanta indoor facility, is scheduled to resume games April 16. It incorporates fan engagement in a blend of traditional and esports environments and
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