Month: November 2020

1:53 PM ET Kim Ng mentioned all the people who texted or emailed her — over 1,000 congratulatory messages — since the Miami Marlins announced she had been hired as the team’s general manager on Friday. The list included fellow executives, former players, managers, scouts, writers. She has been working in baseball since 1991, when
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12:40 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are the leading candidates returning to baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in a year without any favorites among the new names. Schilling was third behind Derek Jeter and Larry Walker with 278 of 397 votes last year, finishing at 70%
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1:26 PM ET The Atlanta Braves signed left-hander Drew Smyly to a one-year, $11 million contract on Monday, the team announced. The 31-year-old Smyly was 0-1 with a 3.42 ERA in five starts and two relief appearances last season for San Francisco, which signed him to a one-year major league contract in January. Smyly was
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1:14 PM ET Associated Press Just months after winning the Stanley Cup, officials with the Tampa Bay Lightning said Monday they are eliminating 30 positions in a sign that even winning a championship does not spare a team from the effects of the coronavirus. The positions were across the company and cut effective immediately, team
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1:10 PM ET Indiana reserve linebacker Thomas Allen, son of head coach Tom Allen, will undergo season-ending hip surgery after being injured in Saturday’s 24-0 win against Michigan State. Tom Allen on Monday confirmed the injury, which he said is similar to the one Tua Tagovailoa had while playing quarterback for Alabama in 2019. Tagovailoa
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1:15 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles will not have fans in the stands at Lincoln Financial Field for the foreseeable future as a result of new restrictions on public gatherings put in place by the city following an increase in coronavirus cases, according to league sources. The team began communicating that news to its season
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12:24 PM ET It took Alex Smith nearly two years to return to the starting lineup. It took him only two games to inject himself into the conversation over whether he can be Washington‘s future quarterback. But after throwing for a combined 715 yards in Washington’s last two losses — and nearly leading comebacks from
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