Month: February 2023

7:00 AM ET After a fascinating MLB offseason of record-breaking contracts and free agency musical chairs, spring training camps have opened and games are about to start with Grapefruit League and Cactus League action beginning this weekend. As our brains start to refocus toward the action on the field, I’m thinking of 30 of the
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3:51 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — At his introductory news conference Tuesday, new Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken praised quarterback Lamar Jackson for an “elite skill set” and said he believes Jackson is underrated as a passer. It’s just unknown when Monken can tell that to Jackson face-to-face. There’s a possibility that Jackson
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11:21 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 season, the team announced Tuesday morning, as Ball continues to experience discomfort during basketball activities despite arthroscopic knee surgery before the season. Ball did not appear in a game this season and has not played since
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8:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Twins on Tuesday agreed to a contract with veteran infielder Donovan Solano, according to multiple reports. The deal is for one year at the major-league level, according to The Athletic, and gives the Twins depth at several positions and a decent bat at the bottom of the
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10:47 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been waiting for swelling in his right elbow to reduce so he can have the torn ulnar collateral ligament in it repaired. That procedure was supposed to happen Wednesday in Arlington, Texas. But, after Purdy met with Dr. Keith Meister on
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5:31 PM ET The Atlanta Hawks fired coach Nate McMillan on Tuesday, clearing the way for an immediate search that will start with leading candidate Quin Snyder, sources told ESPN. The Hawks made assistant Joe Prunty the interim coach of a team that’s 29-30 and in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, but new general
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8:35 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie have carried over their momentum from last week’s tournament to the Rio Open. Finalists two days earlier in Buenos Aires, Norrie advanced to the round of 16 in the clay-court event on Tuesday, while Alcaraz was a game away
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3:53 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Authorities in Las Vegas are investigating the death of a 20-year-old UNLV football player from Chicago who was found unresponsive in bed in a studio apartment, officials said Tuesday. The Clark County coroner said the cause and manner of Rebels defensive lineman Ryan Keeler‘s death were pending
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4:25 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers was arrested on Bourbon Street on Monday on a misdemeanor charge of illegal carrying of a weapon, according to Orleans Parish Magistrate court documents. Court documents show Nabers was released and not required to post bail. An LSU spokesperson told ESPN that coach Brian Kelly
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4:16 PM ET Bellator fighter Sidney Outlaw tested positive for three prohibited substances in an out-of-competition drug test administered by the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation, department director Mike Mazzulli told ESPN on Tuesday. According to Mazzulli, Outlaw tested positive for ostarine, GW-501516 and anastrozole, all prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Agency code. Because
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4:16 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — Giancarlo Stanton might play right field at times in New York Yankees‘ home games this year, and Aaron Judge could be shifted to the more spacious left field in the Bronx. “I think I have more of a flow when I’m in the outfield,” Stanton said
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