Month: December 2022

7:14 AM ET Associated Press The Premier Hockey Federation is doubling down on women’s hockey by announcing plans to increase its salary cap to $1.5 million per team for the 2023-24 season in a bid to deepen its talent pool by offering players an opportunity to earn a living wage. The increase, announced Wednesday morning,
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After Pakistan’s Test series loss against England, the Babar Azam-led side is facing some tough questions. England took a 2-0 lead in the three-Test series on Monday, defeating Pakistan by 26 runs in Multan. Pakistan’s batting coach Mohammad Yousuf was asked during the post-match conference about the inconsistent form of vice-captain and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan
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1:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Another dramatic chapter was written in the long, storied history of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics‘ rivalry on Tuesday night. The Celtics won 122-118 in overtime in a game Boston appeared to have no business losing — then no business winning after a wild comeback by L.A.
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12:28 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — A fan was thrown out of the Golden State Warriors–Milwaukee Bucks game Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum after exchanging words with Draymond Green. As Giannis Antetokounmpo lined up for two free throws with 6:30 left in the third quarter of an eventual 128-111 Bucks win, a fan with
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11:53 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Shortstop Carlos Correa and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a 13-year, $350 million contract, a record-long deal that is the richest ever for the position and gives the team
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1:44 PM ET The NFL Players Association has initiated an inquiry into why Monday night’s game wasn’t stopped when New England Patriots wide receiver DeVante Parker showed concussion symptoms, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano on Tuesday. Parker was wobbly getting up after a hit in the first half, and teammate Nelson Agholor had to
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8:07 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Everlast accepted responsibility for welterweight champion Terence Crawford’s glove malfunction during his sixth-round knockout win over David Avanesyan on Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska, saying the issue was not the fault of Crawford and his camp but due to “a batch of defective leather.” Heading into the sixth round of Saturday’s
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2:59 PM ET STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State will play in its Jan. 2 ReliaQuest Bowl game against Illinois, Bulldogs interim athletic director Bracky Brett told ESPN on Tuesday. Mississippi State coach Mike Leach died Monday night after complications related to a heart condition. He was 61. “The players are 100% behind playing this bowl
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1:54 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, coach Kliff Kingsbury said Tuesday afternoon. Murray went down in Monday night’s 27-13 loss to the New England Patriots after a 3-yard run on the third play of the game. He was carted off
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2:09 PM GMT Bernard Laporte, the head of the French Rugby Federation, got a two-year suspended prison sentence and a €75,000 ($79,000) fine after being found guilty in a trial over influence peddling and illegally acquiring assets, French media, including AFP, reported on Tuesday. In the same verdict, the Paris criminal court also handed top
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2:19 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93. His death on Tuesday at his Ambler, Pennsylvania, home was confirmed by the Phillies, who did not specify a cause. One of the greatest pitchers in franchise history, the
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