Month: December 2018

5:12 PM GMT Leicester Tigers have appointed caretaker boss Geordan Murphy as their new head coach, the Premiership club said on Tuesday. Murphy, 40, took charge of the team on an interim basis in September after head coach Matt O’Connor left following a 40-6 drubbing at Exeter in their season opener. “It is a huge
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4:59 PM ET The Boxing Writers Association of America has finalized the ballot for its 2018 awards in eight categories. The nominees for the organization’s most prestigious award, the Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award, are: • Undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs), who won the eight-man World Boxing Super
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5:10 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Packers running back Aaron Jones will miss the final two games after being placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a knee injury. Aaron Rodgers wants to play and Packers coach Joe Philbin expects him to if he’s healthy, but it’s not clear if the quarterback is. Aaron Rodgers
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4:41 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — In the wake of Stephen Curry‘s controversial comments doubting that humans landed on the moon, Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving — who knows first hand how something said can become a national story line — said at times it can be challenging for athletes to speak their minds.
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6:29 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have signed veteran running back C.J. Anderson. The move comes after the Rams waived receiver Pharoh Cooper, who last
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4:52 PM ET The Los Angeles Rams have waived wide receiver Pharoh Cooper. Cooper, who made the Pro Bowl last season as a kick returner, went on injured reserve after suffering an ankle injury in Week 1 that required surgery. Though he was activated in Week 11, Cooper only returned kickoffs. JoJo Natson retained the
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4:07 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Infielder Daniel Descalso and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a two-year contract that includes a club option for 2021. The deal, according to reports, is for $5 million. He gets $1.5 million next year and $2.5 million in 2020. Chicago has a $3.5 million option for
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4:15 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Will Muschamp and three assistants received contract extensions Tuesday. Muschamp got a one-year extension that ties him to the school through 2024. Offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon received a two-year extension, and defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson and quarterbacks coach Dan Werner got one-year extensions. The
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7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Colton Saucerman has a created-for-hockey name and a gnarly red beard that, quite frankly, would hold its own just fine alongside that of Brent Burns. It was only a matter of time before the 26-year-old defenseman became a viral sensation. But the Colorado native played four years for Northeastern University,
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6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Penny Marshall, who brought the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League to the silver screen while producing “A League of Their Own” in 1992, has died. She was 75. Marshall, one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, died in her Hollywood Hills, California, home on Monday because of complications
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