Month: September 2022

6:21 AM ET Tim McManus Kevin Seifert Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 Scattered in their homes during the virtual 2020 NFL draft, Minnesota Vikings officials were in agreement. They loved LSU receiver Justin Jefferson. Their scouting department thought his skills
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12:22 PM ET Associated Press The NBA Replay Center has a new leader. Kane Fitzgerald, who spent 13 years working as an NBA referee, has been announced as the league’s new vice president of referee operations and replay center principal. He’s replacing another former referee in Jason Phillips, who left the job after three years.
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9:10 AM ET LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman is visiting Capitol Hill later this week to discuss the new circuit’s plans and business model with lawmakers, a LIV Golf spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Norman, a two-time Open Championship winner, hopes to educate lawmakers about what the new circuit is doing to
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10:03 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Elise Mertens won the first three games before Typhoon Nanmadol forced the match to be halted, and then won the next three when they resumed in a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Qiang Wang on Monday at the Pan Pacific Open. Wang was serving when the rain started, forcing
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12:22 PM ET The New York Yankees reinstated first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the injured list Sunday and optioned outfielder Estevan Florial to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Rizzo batted second behind leadoff hitter and American League MVP candidate Aaron Judge in Sunday’s series finale at the Milwaukee Brewers and went 3-for-6 with a solo home run in
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6:57 AM BST The Wallabies say they have taken onboard the lessons of Thursday night’s dramatic Bledisloe Cup loss to the All Blacks, insisting they will be better prepared for similar situations should they arise in the future. As the fallout from French referee Mathieu Raynal’s controversial time-wasting call continues, Australia have done their best
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10:50 PM ET MLS said it will investigate the alleged use of a racial slur in Sunday’s match between Inter Miami and D.C. United, in which it is alleged that DCU forward Taxi Fountas directed the N-word at Inter Miami defender Damian Lowe. “MLS has zero tolerance for abusive and offensive language and we take
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3:51 AM ET Roger Federer is set to make a last-minute decision on his participation in the Laver Cup, his physical trainer has said. Last week 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer announced he would be retiring from professional tennis after a series of knee operations and said the Laver Cup would be his last official
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5:41 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Working closely with Framber Valdez, Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado has enjoyed a front-row seat for the journey that has turned the left-hander into one of baseball’s top pitchers in his fifth season. “It is a lot of calm, a lot of confidence and a lot of
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11:36 PM ET South Carolina coach Shane Beamer apologized Sunday for shouting at a group of female athletes to leave the field during a Title IX recognition in Saturday’s game against No. 1 Georgia. After the first quarter, South Carolina invited all 275 of its female athletes to one of the end zones at Williams
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5:32 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Herm Edwards’ tenure as Arizona State‘s football coach began with bravado, featured dollops of optimism and ultimately ended on Sunday amid a spiral of off-field issues and bad football. Under the dark cloud of a significant NCAA investigation and in the wake of both a staff and roster exodus, Edwards’
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