Month: November 2021

1:01 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Former Pro Bowl running back Le’Veon Bell was released by the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday after struggling in five games with the team, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Bell will be subject to waivers and will become a free agent if he goes unclaimed by another team.
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12:46 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — The addition of Brad Keselowski as part of the ownership group at Roush Fenway Racing means a rebranding of the team, which will be known as RFK Racing going forward. Keselowski bought into the ownership group this summer and the team unveiled its new name and logos
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10:28 AM ET Dion Phaneuf didn’t plan on dragging out his retirement from the NHL. The COVID-19 pandemic had other plans. As it is, the 36-year-old defenseman hasn’t played an NHL game since 2019. It could easily be assumed Phaneuf made a quiet retreat from the game. But he’s publicly reemerged with an official announcement
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5:42 AM ET Marc J. Spears The first NBA games in the United Arab Emirates will take place next preseason, sources told ESPN’s The Undefeated on Tuesday. The NBA and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi have agreed to a multiyear partnership, starting with two preseason contests next year. The two exhibitions
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12:04 PM ET There’s growing optimism that Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James — who has been out two weeks with an abdominal strain — could make his return against the Boston Celtics on Friday, sources told ESPN. James has been making good progress, and Friday’s meeting with the Celtics (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) looms
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11:50 AM ET ESPN News Services TURIN, Italy — Defending champion Daniil Medvedev inched closer to the ATP Finals semifinals after beating 2018 champ Alexander Zverev on Tuesday to make it two wins out of two in Turin. Medvedev, who won the US Open in September for his first Grand Slam title, took just over
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Roger Hutton, the recently-departed chair of Yorkshire, has admitted in front of parliamentarians that the county is institutionally racist. Hutton, who stepped down as chair earlier this month, made the admission under persistent questioning from MPs at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee hearing into Yorkshire’s investigation of Azeem Rafiq’s claims of
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5:10 AM ET Adriana Garcia Manchester United‘s Champions League game against Villarreal in Spain has been declared “high risk” by the country’s anti-violence commission. “The State Commission against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport has declared the Champions League match between Villarreal and Manchester United on Nov. 23 as high risk,” a designation issued
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12:05 PM ET World Cup host nation Qatar has rejected Amnesty accusations of migrant worker exploitation. Photo by Aleksandr Gusev/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The government of Qatar said on Tuesday its labour system is still a work in progress but denied accusations in a report by Amnesty International that thousands of migrant workers in the
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