Month: July 2022

6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Trainer Anthony Tumbarello didn’t know if Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Gardner Minshew was serious at first when he told Tumbarello he wanted to live in a bus outside of Tumbarello’s gym in Bonita Springs, Florida, this offseason. But sure enough, on Feb. 20 following a few weeks of cross-country travel, Tumbarello
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11:51 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with forward Kaapo Kakko on a two-year contract worth $4.2 million. The deal with the No. 2 pick in the 2019 draft carries an annual salary cap hit of $2.1 million. General manager Chris Drury announced the agreement Thursday.
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9:46 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — A tumultuous and chaotic week for Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals might have reached its conclusion Thursday night when the team removed the independent study addendum from the quarterback’s contract after it received significant backlash. “After seeing the distraction it created, we removed the addendum from the contract,”
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4:32 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona president Joan Laporta has reiterated his desire to see Lionel Messi end his career at the Catalan club. Laporta told ESPN last week that Messi’s story with Barca “is not over.” Coach Xavi Hernandez has said a return this summer is “impossible” but there is a window
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2:53 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Just a few days after overtaking Arch Manning for the top spot in ESPN’s 2023 player recruiting rankings, five-star USC commit Malachi Nelson is taking a visit to Texas A&M this weekend, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday night. Nelson, a 6-foot-3 quarterback out of Los Alamitos High School in
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2:50 AM ET South Africa’s Jackson Chauke claimed the ABU Flyweight title at ESPN Africa Boxing 19 with a third round TKO of Tanzanian Mustapha Mkupasi in Johannesburg on Thursday. Chauke (21W-1L-2D) landed a huge overhand left which sent Mkupasi (9W-1L-0D) to the deck midway through round three. The Tanzanian answered the count, only to
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1:03 AM ET Nick Kyrgios‘ day in court to face a common assault charge has been postponed by three weeks. The assault charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to ACT police in December. The Australian tennis sensation was initially required to face the ACT Magistrates Court on August 2, amid
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12:39 AM BST Veteran lock Rory Arnold has shrugged off any injury concerns to put his hand up for selection for the Wallabies’ opening Rugby Championship Test against Argentina. The 32-year-old, who is shifting his career from France to Japan, is primed to make his first appearance of the year for the Wallabies as they
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10:13 PM ET The New York Mets acquired outfielder Tyler Naquin and left-hander Phillip Diehl from the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night, the teams announced. New York sent minor league second baseman Hector Rodriguez and righty Jose Acuna to Cincinnati to complete the deal. The 31-year-old Naquin gives the NL East-leading Mets a veteran outfielder
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5:50 PM ET ESPN staff There’s a distinct wrestling vibe in Nashville this week, and it spilled over into the Tennessee Titans‘ training camp on Thursday. WWE is hosting SummerSlam on Saturday, and on Sunday, pro wrestling legend Ric “The Nature Boy” Flair will perform in the ring for the last time on an independent
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7:31 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tony Finau sent an approach from 250 yards soaring over trees and onto the seventh green at Detroit Golf Club, going for the reward and ignoring the risk with a difficult shot. The way he has been playing over the past week, it made a lot of sense.
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