Month: August 2022

7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services ALLENTOWN, Pa. — With two big swings, Bryce Harper looked primed to join the Phillies in a pennant race. Harper homered to right-center field in his first at-bat, then went opposite field for a three-run shot in the eighth inning for Philadelphia’s Triple-A team Tuesday night to begin his
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7:00 AM ET Just a few more days before we have honest-to-goodness college football games and the 2022 season is here. ESPN’s preseason All-America team includes some familiar names and some new ones. Included are four players who made ESPN’s 2021 postseason All-America team — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, USC
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3:53 PM ET This story was originally published on April 13, 2016. LOS ANGELES — The clock ticked toward midnight Wednesday. The sold-out stands had emptied hours earlier. Now, ushers, security guards and cleaning crews swept mounds of purple and gold confetti, streamers and balloons into white trash bags. But Kobe Bryant remained on the
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6:11 AM ET Four-time US Open winner John McEnroe said it would be “a joke” if Novak Djokovic is unable to compete at the tournament due to his COVID-19 vaccination status. Djokovic has refused to get vaccinated and appears set to miss out on the year’s last Grand Slam due to current U.S. rules that
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6:38 AM ET Leicester City are continuing to demand a world-record fee for Wesley Fofana as the defender trains away from the first-team squad amid Chelsea‘s ongoing interest, sources have told ESPN. Chelsea have made three offers for Fofana, the third of which totalled £70 million and was instantly rejected by Leicester on Tuesday. –
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6:40 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. sat atop the dugout bench on the first-base side at Petco Park on Tuesday afternoon and spoke unprompted for 250 seconds. He was measured yet unscripted, composed yet noticeably despondent. He lamented all the people he “failed” by testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, and he
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4:20 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson underwent ankle surgery Tuesday, the Chargers announced. Jackson is estimated to return in approximately 2-4 weeks. A
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7:36 PM ET Attorneys representing the PGA Tour have asked a federal judge to unseal certain details of contracts that were signed by its former players who defected to the rival LIV Golf circuit earlier this year. In a court filing submitted Tuesday to federal judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California,
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1:19 PM ET Arte Moreno is exploring the possibility of selling the Los Angeles Angels after two decades of ownership, it was announced Tuesday. The Angels said they have “initiated a formal process to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the team” and have retained Galatioto Sports Partners as financial advisers in the
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Aug 23, 2022 Nick Saban is once again the highest-paid football coach at a public university. Alabama’s board of trustees approved a one-year extension and a raise for Saban during a meeting on Tuesday. The amended deal runs through February 2030 and will pay him an average of $11.7 million per year. The raise edges
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