Month: March 2023

6:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks prospect William Eklund underwent surgery on his left shoulder and will miss the rest of this season. The Sharks said Friday that Eklund had the operation to repair a torn labrum after he got hurt in an AHL game last week. The Sharks
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7:00 AM ET Major League Baseball’s new rules didn’t impact scoring significantly in spring training, and oddsmakers began the season without adjusting their numbers on runs scored, while taking a wait-and-see approach to the pitch clock and elimination of the infield shift. MLB games have averaged 9.1 runs scored over the past five seasons. Last
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3:41 PM ET Aaron Wise announced Friday that he has withdrawn from the upcoming Masters tournament in order to focus on his mental health. “Regretfully I am withdrawing from The Masters today,” Wise wrote on Instragram story. “Golf is just as much a mental game as it is one of physical skill, and the mental
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1:25 PM ET UCLA has hired former Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo as the Bruins’ director of leadership, the school announced Friday. Niumatalolo, Navy’s winningest head coach, was fired at his locker after the Midshipmen’s 20-17 double-overtime loss to rival Army in Philadelphia in December. In his new role, Niumatalolo — who had a reputation
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1:50 PM ET Michigan added a big piece to its 2024 recruiting class on Friday when ESPN 300 quarterback Jadyn Davis announced his commitment to the Wolverines. Davis is the No. 35 prospect overall and the No. 3 dual-threat quarterback in the class. He’s a 6-foot-1, 200-pound signal-caller from Charlotte, North Carolina, and chose the
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2:28 PM ET Discussions on lowering the minimum age to enter the NBA draft are no longer a part of the league’s labor talks with the National Basketball Players Association, clearing the way for the “one-and-done” era to continue into the foreseeable future, sources told ESPN on Friday. Talks on lowering the minimum age limit
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8:17 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have acknowledged they are in contact with Lionel Messi about bringing him back to the club when his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires in June. Vice president Rafa Yuste confirmed Friday the club are looking into the possibility of re-signing Messi, who left for PSG in 2021,
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1:05 PM ET Kansas is hiring Sean Snyder, son of longtime Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, as special assistant to head coach Lance Leipold. Sean Snyder, an All-America punter at Kansas State, served on the Kansas State staff from 1994 to 2019, mostly under his Hall of Fame father, who led the program from 1989
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9:35 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A new playing surface has been installed at MetLife Stadium, where the previous turf had become an object of widespread criticism in recent years. While not grass, the new surface is believed to be an improved synthetic turf that will decrease the number of injuries that occur at
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12:53 PM ET Tennessee‘s offense was one of the more consistent storylines of the 2022 season, averaging an FBS-best both in yards (525.5) and points (46.1) a game. With breakout star quarterback Hendon Hooker now off to the NFL, Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel isn’t resting on his laurels as attention turns to this fall
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8:27 AM ET World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka says she has withdrawn from next week’s Charleston Open after picking up an injury in Miami. The Australian Open champion was stunned 6-4, 6-4 by unseeded Sorana Cirstea in the Miami Open quarterfinals Wednesday after suffering the injury earlier in the tournament. She did not specify the
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12:22 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — The Boston Celtics responded from one of their worst losses of the season with one of their biggest wins. The Celtics cruised to a 140-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night, bouncing back from a disappointing loss in their previous game against the Washington Wizards and
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