Month: May 2022

6:45 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Right-hander Zach Eflin and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed Tuesday to a $5.7 million, one-year contract. Eflin gets a $5.55 million salary this year, and the deal includes a $15 million mutual option for 2023 with a $150,000 buyout. He can earn an additional $300,000 in performance bonuses this
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5:45 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees have placed closer Aroldis Chapman on the 15-day injured list because of left Achilles tendinitis, while infielder DJ LeMahieu was a late scratch from Tuesday’s game with left wrist discomfort. Chapman had an MRI on the Achilles on Sunday night, and results were negative. Chapman
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6:36 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson says there was no inside joke between he and New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson regarding Donaldson calling Anderson “Jackie” over the weekend, in reference to Jackie Robinson. Anderson, speaking publicly on Tuesday for the first time since Major League Baseball punished Donaldson with
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4:35 PM ET PSG head coach Didier Olle-Nicolle looks on during the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinal first-leg match against Lyon in April. Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain women’s coach Didier Olle-Nicolle has been provisionally suspended following allegations of inappropriate behaviour, the club said in a statement on Tuesday. “Paris Saint-Germain was informed today of inappropriate actions
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3:44 PM ET Jose Mourinho can become the first coach with four major European trophies if Roma beat Feyenoord on Wednesday. Antonietta Baldassarre/Insidefoto/LightRocket via Getty Images Jose Mourinho said he does not think he is “The Special One” anymore, but the AS Roma coach is targeting the unique achievement of becoming the first coach to win
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11:41 AM ET Tottenham‘s owners ENIC agreed a £150 million ($187.64m) cash injection into the club on Tuesday to help Antonio Conte’s side challenge for honours after securing a return to the Champions League next season. ENIC Group, owned by 85-year-old British businessman Joe Lewis, announced the capital increase for Spurs, who finished fourth in
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2:31 PM ET Rodrigo Faez Julien Laurens Real Madrid are close to signing AS Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni on a five-year contract, sources have told ESPN. The player wants to join Madrid, who had faced competition from Liverpool, and the final details of the deal are now being worked on, with the LaLiga club expected
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1:56 PM ET The Premier League Board has approved the proposed takeover of Chelsea by the Todd Boehly/Clearlake consortium, the league announced on Tuesday. “The purchase remains subject to the government issuing the required sale licence and the satisfactory completion of the final stages of the transaction,” the league said in a statement. “The Board
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9:26 AM ET Djordje Mihailovic is trying not to get carried away. The CF Montreal midfielder is enjoying the best form of his career. His tally of seven goals has almost doubled his previous single-season career high of four and, 13 games into the Major League Soccer campaign, Montreal is firmly inside the playoff places.
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6:32 PM ET The New York Jets expect to see a bigger and better Zach Wilson in 2022. He already has checked the “bigger” box. After finishing last season at 208 pounds, the second-year quarterback reported to OTA practices this week at 221 pounds — a designed weight gain that occurred with the help of
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