Month: January 2019

3:26 PM ET MOBILE, Ala. — This is a life-changing week for Western Illinois Leathernecks defensive lineman Khalen Saunders. In more ways than one. Saunders, who recently went viral after a video of him doing a backflip at 320 pounds hit the internet, is participating in this week’s Senior Bowl activities. He and his fiancée
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3:09 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs fired defensive coordinator Bob Sutton on Tuesday, two days after his defense was unable to come up with a pivotal stop against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. Sutton has worked as Kansas City’s defensive coordinator since 2013, when the Chiefs brought
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2:40 PM ET DALLAS — When the LA Clippers visit the American Airlines Center on Tuesday night, Patrick Beverley won’t encounter the Dallas Mavericks fan whose heckling played a prominent role in the fiery guard’s ejection earlier this season. Sources told ESPN that Don Knobler, a fan known for his flamboyant wardrobe who has long
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1:23 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The home of the Milwaukee Brewers will be renamed when MillerCoors’ naming rights expire following the 2020 season. MillerCoors said in a statement Tuesday the rights to Miller Park will go to American Family Insurance beginning in 2021. MillerCoors said American Family proactively pitched the Brewers “an incredibly
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1:12 PM ET American Lucy Li is among the players announced Tuesday as accepting invitations to the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which will have its final-round staged at the home of the Masters on April 6. Li, 16, who was the youngest player to ever qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open, is among 66
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1:22 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints fans are having their say. After a stunning missed call by officials helped to keep the Saints out of the Super Bowl, jilted fans have been reacting in various ways — from lawsuits and petitions to billboards in Atlanta and boycotts throughout the New Orleans area.
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8:42 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Mariano Rivera, the first player in history unanimously elected* to the Hall of Fame, is as good a player as anybody to be that guy. So too would have been Ken Griffey
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12:10 PM ET Free agent infielder Asdrubal Cabrera and the Texas Rangers are in agreement on a one-year, $3.5 million deal, pending a physical, league sources tell ESPN. Cabrera can play all around the diamond and slot into a utility role if necessary, but the Rangers’ plan is to slot him at third base, the
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8:32 AM ET THE DAY AFTER Christmas, the Los Angeles Lakers announced LeBron James would be “day-to-day” with a strained groin. After James missed weeks, his agent went on the record with reporters and told them it was actually diagnosed as a 3-to-6-week injury after the MRI on Dec. 26. Last year during the NBA
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