Month: January 2021

12:33 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Reliever Wade Davis is returning to the Royals, the team he helped pitch to the 2015 World Series title. The Royals and Davis agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract, and the 35-year-old right-hander will go to spring training trying to earn a spot on the
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3:33 PM ET Due to contact tracing within the Memphis Grizzlies, Wednesday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers has been postponed, it was announced. The Grizzlies did not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with the game, in accordance with the league’s healthy and safety protocols. It becomes the 16th NBA game to
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3:48 PM ET After witnessing some opposing players disregarding new league rules against unnecessary contact on game nights, the NBA is moving team security into the midcourt area to dissuade violations that include hugging and handshakes, according to a league memo obtained by ESPN on Wednesday. As infections for the coronavirus increased amid a darkening
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9:37 AM ET Martin Odegaard wants to leave Real Madrid in search of playing time to continue to progress in his career, several sources have confirmed to ESPN. The Norwegian playmaker was a starter in his team’s opening two league games but has seen limited action since. Odegaard was not included in Zinedine Zidane’s travelling
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9:58 AM ET Adriana Garcia Tigres manager Ricardo Ferretti has been banned for one match. Alex Menendez/Getty Images Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti, coach of Mexican top division club Tigres, has been handed a one-match ban for smoking during a league game. A photograph captured the Brazilian-born boss smoking a cigarette on the bench during his team’s 2-0
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2:54 PM ET Bernardo Silva‘s controversial first Premier League goal of the season helped earn Manchester City a hard-fought 2-0 against Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. City knew that victory would see them go to the top of the Premier League — at least temporarily — while Villa’s first team was playing
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3:20 PM ET Associated Press American teenager Matthew Hoppe scored for the third consecutive Bundesliga game but couldn’t prevent Schalke 04 from slumping to a 2-1 loss to fellow strugglers FC Cologne. – Karlsen: Meet Matthew Hoppe, the next U.S. teen sensation– Stream Bundesliga matches on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Jan Thielmann struck in the third
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