Month: December 2022

12:04 AM ET ESPN News Services MONTREAL, Quebec — Flames defenseman Chris Tanev was helped off the ice after taking a slap shot to the head in the second period of Calgary’s 2-1 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. During a 5-on-3 penalty kill, Tanev attempted to block a slap shot from Canadiens
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5:36 PM ET ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo told ESPN on Monday he was sitting by himself at his locker following the Midshipmen’s 20-17 double-overtime loss to rival Army in Philadelphia on Saturday when athletic director Chet Gladchuk walked in and fired him. “First of all, we just got kicked in the
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7:10 PM ET PALM BEACH, Fla. — Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said his team won’t rebuild with Alex Ovechkin on the roster, having promised his star captain that the club will remain competitive while he chases Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record. The Capitals are currently outside of a playoff berth after 30 games.
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6:04 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The rights to the Eimantas Stanionis-Vergil Ortiz Jr. WBA “regular” welterweight title fight were won by Oritz’s promoter, Golden Boy, with a commitment of $2.3 million at Monday’s purse bid at the sanctioning body’s convention in Orlando, Florida. Stanionis, who won the title with a split-decision victory over Radzhab Butaev
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5:58 PM ET Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham — the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft — plans to have season-ending surgery on his left shin, sources told ESPN on Monday. Cunningham, who’s been sidelined since November 9, consulted with multiple doctors in recent weeks and ultimately decided with the Pistons and
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11:57 AM ET Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach remains hospitalized and in critical condition, the university said in a statement Monday morning. Leach suffered what was called Sunday a “personal health issue” that occurred at home. According to a report by the Clarion Ledger, Leach had a massive heart attack. Leach, who is in
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4:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Chris Bassitt and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a three-year, $63 million contract pending a physical, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN, fortifying a deep rotation with
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4:14 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights leading scorer Jack Eichel was placed on injured reserve because of a lower-body injury, the club confirmed Monday. The designation means Eichel must miss at least seven days dating back to when he couldn’t physically play. Eichel has missed three of the past four
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3:41 PM ET United States midfielder Giovanni Reyna took to Instagram on Monday to call reports of him nearly being sent home from the World Cup “highly fictionalized,” adding he was disappointed that details regarding his participation in Qatar were not kept “in house.” On Sunday, comments that manager Gregg Berhalter had made at a
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