Month: December 2021

2:00 PM ET New England Revolution midfielder Carles Gil has won Major League Soccer’s Most Valuable Player award, the league announced on Tuesday. Gil was a key cog in the Revolution’s spectacular regular season run that saw the team win the Supporters’ Shield and amass an MLS-record 73 points. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga,
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1:20 PM ET Associated Press China will take part in the men’s hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition. The International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed China’s participation Tuesday, avoiding what would have been an unprecedented removal of a
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1:14 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger knows playing the Minnesota Vikings on a short week after a physical game against the Baltimore Ravens is going to require little extra help. “Just have as many people help as you can: chiropractors, masseuses, training staff,” the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said Tuesday. “Getting in the pools and
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12:08 PM ET After four decades of covering Major League Baseball, longtime writer and ESPN analyst Tim Kurkjian is the 2022 winner of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Career Excellence Award (formerly the J.G. Taylor Spink award). The award, the highest honor awarded by the BBWAA, is given out annually “for meritorious contributions to
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7:47 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — French Open director Guy Forget has resigned, the French Tennis Federation said on Tuesday. Forget’s contract was to expire at the end of the year. The FFT said his replacement at the helm of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament will be announced soon. Forget also stepped down as
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10:28 AM ET World No. 1 Ash Barty was named WTA Player of the Year for the second time, while U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu took the Newcomer of the Year title, the governing body of the women’s game said on Tuesday. Barty, who won the title in 2019, claimed a tour-leading five titles this
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