Month: December 2022

4:22 PM ET Tiger Woods knows playing through pain caused by plantar fasciitis in his right foot probably isn’t the best thing for his long-term recovery, but the 15-time major champion said it’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make to compete with his son in this weekend’s PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida. Woods and his
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3:06 PM ET The NHL has discussed expanding its regular season from 82 to 84 games in an effort to create more regional rivalry matchups, sources confirmed to ESPN. The league has been considering alternatives to its current schedule after some teams complained about an imbalanced number of divisional games against rivals. Currently, each team
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3:14 PM ET Kristen Shelton Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana has been reinstated by the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league announced Friday. On Oct. 19, Vrana entered the program that is designed to offer players treatment for mental health and ranging to substance abuse. He is now available to rejoin Detroit’s lineup while
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3:24 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. and quarterback Bryce Young, rated by ESPN’s Todd McShay as the top two prospects in the 2023 NFL draft, both plan to play in the Crimson Tide’s bowl game. Coach Nick Saban told ESPN he doesn’t expect the Tide to have any opt-outs for the game.
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10:44 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets made an unexpected quarterback change Friday, announcing that Mike White is out Sunday and that former starter Zach Wilson is back in the lineup to face the Detroit Lions. White, who told reporters Friday that he suffered fractures to his ribs, wasn’t cleared for
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3:44 PM GMT England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) on Friday approved the application by a bidder for the planned takeover of Wasps but rejected another for Worcester Warriors after an assessment by the governing body’s Club Financial Viability Group. Financially-hit Wasps and Worcester have both been suspended for going into administration and will drop from
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1:35 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BAIE, Mauritius — Antoine Rozner and Alfredo Garcia-Heredia credited island vibes after they moved into a tie for the lead with Sami Valimaki at the Mauritius Open on Friday. Rozner shot an 8-under 64 to join Garcia-Heredia and Valimaki in a one-stroke lead — at 10-under 134 overall —
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9:35 AM ET France have been hit with a virus that could see the team’s starting centre-back pairing miss the World Cup final, sources have told ESPN. According to sources, Raphael Varane has small symptoms of the virus and fellow defender Ibrahima Konate has not left his room after feeling unwell. – Stream on ESPN+:
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7:07 AM ET Scott Boras thought he was prepared when A.J. Preller called him around Thanksgiving. In front of him sat a list of available players who might fulfill the San Diego Padres‘ perceived needs, most of them first basemen and corner outfielders. Then Preller, the Padres’ ninth-year general manager, began to talk about high-priced
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For the first time since January 2019, India’s Test-specialist batter Cheteshwar Pujara reached the triple-digit score in the game’s longest format. Into the second innings of the first Test against Bangladesh at Chattogram, Pujara scored an uncharacteristic 130-ball 102, bagging his 19th hundred in the format. Pujara was understandably ecstatic as he reached the landmark
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7:13 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets has announced his retirement from international football after his country’s World Cup exit at the hands of Morocco in the round of 16. Busquets, 34, was the only remaining survivor of the Spain side that won the World Cup in South Africa in 2010
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3:34 AM ET Andy Murray was named the 2022 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award recipient in recognition of his support for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, with the former world No. 1 raising more than $630,000 for the war-torn country. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion, said in March he would donate all his prize money won
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