Month: January 2019

6:38 PM ET What the Columbus Blue Jackets do with star forward Artemi Panarin is a big talker leading up to the Feb. 25 trade deadline. What they won’t do is discuss a contract extension. On Monday, Panarin’s agent Daniel Milstein put out a statement: “We have informed the team that we are willing to
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6:31 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Now 35, Ryan Braun is years past his dominant, MVP self. Yet the aging slugger is trying to set himself up to be a part of the Milwaukee Brewers‘ promising future. Specifically, Braun is doing something he’s never done: changing his swing. And to do that, he’s been
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5:44 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has banned all drivers and team members from betting on its races as part of new gambling guidelines established in this season’s rulebook. NASCAR employees are prohibited from disclosing confidential information and from requesting insider information that could potentially help “their own gain or for
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6:05 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As trade speculation swirled around the Los Angeles Lakers because of the Anthony Davis trade request, LeBron James continued to inch his way back to the court by participating in full-court contact drills in practice for the first time since suffering a groin injury. Luke Walton did not
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5:17 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LOS ANGELES — After Jimmy Butler practiced for the first time since suffering a sprained right wrist on Jan. 19 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown said “his expectation” is that Butler will return to the starting lineup Tuesday night here against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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5:01 PM ET Opening Bell: Thurman back in business NEW YORK — After a 22-month layoff because of right elbow surgery followed by a left hand injury, welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman finally returned and is back in a business in a major way. In a highly entertaining fight, Thurman retained his belt for the
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4:31 PM ET PITTSBURGH — JuJu Smith-Schuster is feeling “fine” coming off a knee injury suffered in the Pro Bowl that’s not believed to be serious, according to a source. Smith-Schuster, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ receiving leader in 2018, went down with a bruised knee during the second quarter of Sunday’s Pro Bowl after getting tackled
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