Month: January 2019

5:35 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Missed opportunities were the story of Tiger Woods‘ second round at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he easily made the 36-hole cut on Friday but will play the weekend at Torrey Pines well behind the leaders. Woods had hopes of moving up the leaderboard on the North course but
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5:30 PM ET Gerry Hamilton Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst More than a decade covering recruiting, nationally and in Texas Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan USC early signee Bru McCoy signed a financial aid agreement Friday with Texas to join the
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4:05 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Chiefs outside linebacker Dee Ford is still in the midst of processing Kansas City’s 37-31 overtime loss in the AFC Championship Game to the New England Patriots, particularly his offside penalty that negated what would have been a game-sealing interception by teammate Charvarius Ward. Ford credits Chiefs coach Andy
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4:29 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres say they are switching to a brown and gold color scheme for 2020 and beyond. Wayne Partello, the team’s chief marketing officer, says the Padres have notified Major League Baseball that they intend to make the change. Partello said Friday that the team
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4:21 PM ET Welterweight world titleholder Shawn Porter’s mandatory defense against Yordenis Ugas on March 9 is on the move and the undercard is also set. The fight, initially announced for an undermined venue in Las Vegas, has been moved to the Dignity Health Sports Park (formerly the StubHub Center), in Carson, California, Premier Boxing
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4:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina says his Cooperstown plaque will not feature either team’s logo. “Both the Yankees and the Orioles were instrumental in my reaching Cooperstown,” Mussina said Friday in a statement released by the Baseball Hall of Fame. HOF Class of ’19
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4:18 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free-agent starting pitcher Marco Estrada has signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Oakland Athletics, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN on Friday. The 35-year-old right-hander is the second
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3:04 PM GMT The Rugby Football Union (RFU) ended a trial aimed at making the game safer by lowering the legal height of tackles after a study revealed that it increased the likelihood of concussion, according to multiple reports. The rule change — where the height of a tackle was lowered from the line of
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3:07 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — John Harbaugh celebrated his new four-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens by eating some of his wife’s brownies, watching his daughter’s basketball game and going to a fast-food restaurant. Harbaugh is no longer linked to Joe Flacco. This next era is tied to Lamar Jackson, and it’s even
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