Month: March 2022

11:44 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball plans to cancel another week of regular-season games if it can’t agree to a new collective-bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association by Tuesday night, adding another layer of
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10:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The NHL suspended its dealings with the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League on Monday, a move that could make it more difficult for teams to sign players from there. The NHL told its teams to cease contact with KHL counterparts and Russia-based agents as part of the suspension of the
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6:09 PM ET The NFL informed its 32 teams on Monday that the salary cap for the 2022 season has been set at $208.2 million, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. It marks a significant increase from the 2021 cap, which was set at $182.5 million per team because of projected revenue for last
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10:09 PM ET Associated Press Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alexander Zverev was put on probation for one year by the ATP on Monday for violently hitting the chair umpire’s stand repeatedly with his racket following a loss in doubles at the Mexico Open. If Zverev receives a code violation that results in a fine for
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8:53 PM ET UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev claims he never turned down an offer to fight Rafael dos Anjos on short notice last weekend. Quite the opposite, in fact. Makhachev (22-1), who defeated Bobby Green in a UFC Fight Night main event on Feb. 26, publicly offered to face dos Anjos in a 170-pound
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5:56 PM ET ESPN News Services NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma will dedicate a statue of 2017 Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield on April 23 following its spring game, the university announced Monday. “I’m a Sooner for life and incredibly grateful for all of the success my teammates and I had at OU,” Mayfield said in
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2:09 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was denied bail Monday in his attempted murder case, per a Santa Clara County (California) court spokesperson. Judge Shelyna Brown of Santa Clara County Superior Court said the “risk is too great” to let Velasquez out on bail because of the “extreme recklessness” of the retired
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7:02 AM ET The Stanley Cup Playoffs are getting a makeover for the first time in 13 seasons. The NHL revealed new branding for its postseason on Monday, with the most photorealistic version of the Stanley Cup it has ever used in a logo. “We felt it was time for a fresh and energetic change.
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has accused rivals Mercedes of “bullying” behaviour resulting in the exit of race director Michael Masi. “Was it right to fire him based on pressure that was placed on him from a rival team? That for me was wrong,” Horner said. “That’s tantamount to bullying. It’s passively aggressive.” Horner’s
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8:16 AM ET Associated Press Hockey Hall of Fame member Angela James opened what could become a widening rift between North America’s top two women’s professional hockey organizations on the eve of joining the new ownership group of the Premier Hockey Federation’s Toronto Six. Days before the PHF officially announced the sale on Monday, James
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