Month: March 2022

10:56 PM ET World No.1 Ash Barty’s shock retirement from tennis at only 25 has sent Australian social media spinning, with some of the biggest names in Australian sport reacting to the sudden news. Barty most recently ended the nation’s Australian Open drought, becoming the first Australian woman to lift the trophy in 44 years,
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7:36 PM ET Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed to rule tweaks that will expand rosters, place an automatic runner on second base during extra innings and allow pitchers to remain in the lineup after they have been replaced on the mound, an industry source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The
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7:45 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins on Tuesday reached agreement with offensive tackle Terron Armstead on a five-year deal worth up to $87.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, locking up one of the top free agents of the 2022 cycle. The deal includes $43.37 million in guaranteed money, the
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7:46 PM ET The Calgary Flames organization is bringing a $125 million lawsuit against its insurers for “massive losses” suffered because of COVID-19 during the past two hockey seasons. The NHL first halted its operations due to the pandemic on March 12, 2020. Since then, teams in Canadian provinces particularly have been impacted by heavy
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6:25 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead says that the team “definitely” wants to re-sign wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., one of the biggest names still available in the second week of NFL free agency. But in a video call with reporters on Tuesday, Snead called it a complex situation
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6:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are going to run it back this summer. Usyk received permission to leave Ukraine from the country’s sports minister and will begin training camp for the heavyweight title rematch this summer after crossing the border to Poland, sources told ESPN. The unified champion joined a
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5:01 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau has been away from competitive golf for nearly two months because he was recovering from a fractured hamate bone in his left hand and a torn labrum in his left hip. DeChambeau disclosed the severity of those injuries during an interview with Golf Channel on Tuesday, ahead of his competitive
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3:28 PM ET Retired UFC fighter Chael Sonnen is being charged with 11 counts of battery, including a felony, stemming from a Dec. 18 incident in Las Vegas, according to court records. The felony is being classified as battery by strangulation. Sonnen initially received five battery citations in the case, but those were dismissed in
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12:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Colby Covington scored a lopsided unanimous decision over Jorge Masvidal when they met earlier this month at UFC 272, but apparently they have unfinished business. Masvidal is suspected of felony battery in connection with an altercation Monday, according to a Miami Beach police report obtained by ESPN. The other person
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8:00 AM ET NOT LONG AFTER Tyronn Lue had been doused with cold water by his team after matching the second-largest NBA comeback since 1996, his cellphone was ringing. On the other end, Lue heard a familiar, distinct and drawn voice. “So you just going to keep getting down 25, come back and win, huh?”
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11:54 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Oakland Hills Country Club, reeling from a fire that destroyed its century-old clubhouse last month, has landed the U.S. Open in 2034 and 2051. The USGA made the announcement Tuesday at the Detroit Athletic Club. The governing body also says Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, previously scheduled to
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1:00 PM ET The National College Players Association (NCPA) has filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, asserting that more than 350 Division I colleges are violating Black students’ civil rights by imposing a collusive athlete compensation prohibition. The organization says that because a high percentage of
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8:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith JASON VASS IS WEARING a Ken Griffey Jr. sweatshirt and a Ken Griffey Jr. hat when he opens the front door. He motions to come in and then points toward the bottom of the front stairs, and the official tour of one of the world’s largest, life-changing collections of sports
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