Month: March 2023

6:49 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Defenseman Cale Makar has been cleared to return to the Colorado Avalanche lineup after two different hits over an 11-day span landed him both times in the league’s concussion protocol. “Ready to go,” Makar told reporters about his plans to play Saturday in Dallas. The Norris Trophy winner
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10:38 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The most successful heavyweight fighter in UFC history will be waiting in the wings for the winner of this weekend’s title bout. Stipe Miocic, the former two-time UFC heavyweight champion, will get the next heavyweight title shot, UFC president Dana White told reporters Friday. Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane
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9:24 PM ET Brett Quigley fired a 7-under-par 65 to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Tour Champions’ Cologuard Classic on Friday in Tucson, Arizona. Quigley is 1 shot ahead of John Huston, Kirk Triplett and Brian Cooper, who opened with rounds of 6-under 66 at Omni Tucson National. Quigley, 53, made five of
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7:51 PM ET Associated Press Chase Elliott injured his leg in a snowboarding accident in Colorado on Friday and will miss this weekend’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas. Hendrick Motorsports said NASCAR’s most popular driver was scheduled to have surgery Friday evening. Josh Berry will drive the No. 9 Chevrolet on Sunday in place of
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7:06 PM ET James van Riemsdyk was headed to the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL trade deadline — until he wasn’t. During a fairly quiet deadline day on Friday, one of the biggest attention-getting moves was one that didn’t happen. There were reports that the Philadelphia Flyers were trading van Riemsdyk, a veteran winger,
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3:37 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders are planning to use the franchise tag on reigning NFL rushing champion Josh Jacobs for the 2023 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The franchise tag for running backs for the 2023 season will cost $10.09 million. The deadline for teams to use the tag is Tuesday
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2:07 PM ET Atlanta Hawks principal owner Tony Ressler told ESPN that his franchise has underachieved in relation to its roster talent and that the organization’s moves to hire Quin Snyder as coach and elevate Landry Fields to oversee basketball operations will translate into more long-term success. In an interview Friday, Ressler insisted he isn’t
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7:37 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama is chasing his first PGA Tour victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a world-class group of contenders right behind him. Kitayama should be used to that. Last year alone, he fell 1 shot short of Jon Rahm in Mexico, Xander Schauffele in Scotland and
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Mar 3, 2023 ATHENS, Ga. — Despite having two players arrested in the past two weeks for street-racing offenses, including Jalen Carter‘s booking Wednesday in connection with a Jan. 15 crash that killed a Georgia football player and a recruiting staff member, coach Kirby Smart insists his program does not have a culture problem. “Absolutely
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6:32 AM ET Achraf Hakimi has been placed under police monitoring and was banned from contact with the alleged victim. Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi was given preliminary charges of rape, the prosecutor’s department of Nanterre told ESPN on Friday. A preliminary investigation was opened against Hakimi last week after
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Dinesh Karthik behind the mic is something that World Cup-winning former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni “really enjoys”, the Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeper-batter said, terming it “my biggest accolade”. Currently commentating on the India-Australia Test series, the 37-year-old Karthik will be next seen in action in the upcoming IPL. He said a word of praise
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Mar 3, 2023 The Minnesota Wild have reportedly landed defenseman John Klingberg from the Anaheim Ducks in a deal that got completed just before the deadline Friday. The Ducks will receive defenseman Andrej Sustr, the rights to forward Nikita Nesterenko and a fourth-round pick in 2025. Anaheim retains 50% of Klingberg’s remaining salary this year.
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Mar 3, 2023 The Buffalo Sabres added more size to their forward group Friday, trading for Minnesota Wild winger Jordan Greenway in exchange for a 2023 second-round pick and 2024 fifth-round pick. Greenway, who is 6-foot-6, is a defense-first forward with a physical edge who can complement skilled players around him. The 26-year-old had a
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12:54 PM ET Associated Press Daniil Medvedev ended Novak Djokovic‘s 20-match winning streak by beating the world’s top-ranked player 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to reach the final at the Dubai Championships. Third-seeded Medvedev will face defending champion Andrey Rublev in an all-Russian final that could have political overtones after Rublev reiterated his call for peace.
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Mar 3, 2023 Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University INDIANAPOLIS — Former Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba says he is fully healed from the hamstring injury that kept him out for most of last season, and he intends to participate
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