Month: January 2019

4:14 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals could have paid versatile second baseman Whit Merrifield relatively little this year, then given him a series of one-year contracts accompanied by increasing pressure each season. Instead, they chose to reward him for both his perseverance and play. The two sides agreed Monday to
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3:50 PM ET Trae Young says history will show he is superior to Luka Doncic. But the Hawks rookie contends the draft-day trade that sent him and a protected 2019 first-round pick from the Dallas Mavericks to Atlanta for Doncic has been a win-win for both teams. “Obviously I hear everything that’s going on,” Young
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3:45 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, who is under U.S. Anti-Doping Agency suspension until May 2020 because of a failed drug test, plans on visiting with UFC officials next week in an effort to appeal for his release from the promotion to he can resume his fighting career. Former UFC heavyweight
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3:19 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenseman Jamie Oleksiak back to the Dallas Stars on Monday for a 2019 fourth-round pick. Last season, the Stars had traded Oleksiak to the Penguins, also for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 draft. In 83 games with Pittsburgh, the 26-year-old Oleksiak had eight goals, 17 assists and
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3:04 PM GMT Scotland have made three changes to their Six Nations squad ahead of the opening match against Italy on the weekend. Head coach Gregor Townsend has called up uncapped Glasgow centre Stafford McDowall, Warriors wing Rory Hughes and Edinburgh scrum-half Henry Pyrgos. Glasgow trio Matt Smith, Alex Dunbar and Rob Harley – who
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2:05 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Ed Orgeron says he has hired New Orleans Saints assistant Joe Brady as the Tigers’ passing game coordinator and receivers coach. Brady fills the vacancy created when veteran receivers coach Jerry Sullivan retired after the 2018 season. Orgeron says Brady brings LSU an innovative
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Jan 25, 2019 James Harrington With less than nine months to go until the start of the Rugby World Cup, you would expect that international sides would be as settled as they could be — injuries permitting. Ireland and Wales have named experience squads for the Six Nations, but the rest have been forced to
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