Month: January 2019

10:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN In the NHL, confidence is everything. Nothing bolsters confidence more than putting a goal on the board to take a lead over an opponent. It can change the way the scoring team plays. It can affect the way a trailing team plays. Look at the Predators, one of the most
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8:02 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — First baseman Mark Reynolds says he has agreed to a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies. His deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. If he is added to the 40-man roster, Reynolds would receive a $1 million, one-year contract and a chance to earn
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7:38 PM ET Junior bantamweight world champion and pound-for-pound top-10 fighter Srisaket Sor Rungvisai has signed a multifight promotional contract with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn and will fight in the United States. The deal, announced Wednesday, means that Sor Rungvisai will fight on sports streaming service DAZN, with which Hearn has a long-term deal
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8:08 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Yasiel Puig boarded a jet in Los Angeles, flew all night and arrived in his new home just before sunrise. The temperature was still falling toward zero, and the wind chill was enough to cause frostbite in a few minutes. That first blast of cold as he left
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6:54 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gary Woodland walked through the tunnel to the Phoenix Open’s 16th hole, the par 3 with an atmosphere more like a football game than a golf tournament. Waiting for him was a young lady in a purple shirt with some game of her own. After hitting his
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7:01 PM ET The University of Oklahoma regents made Lincoln Riley one of the top 10 highest-paid coaches in college football Wednesday, bumping his 2019 salary to $6 million. Riley previously made $4.8 million last year. On top of the $6 million, Riley will receive an annual $700,000 stay bonus for each year he remains
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6:34 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Patrick Peterson isn’t going anywhere. Or so he says. After hitting his tee shot on the famed 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale during the Waste Management Phoenix Open pro-am on Wednesday, the Cardinals star cornerback took a microphone and told the crowd he’d be back next season — and
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6:31 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr praised new center DeMarcus Cousins as a big reason why the back-to-back NBA champions have seen a boost over the past few weeks. The Warriors enter Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers having won 11 games in a row and appear to have
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5:44 PM ET An investigation into the Maryland Terrapins football program last fall will cost the University System of Maryland more than $1.57 million, according to a report Wednesday. Four of eight commission members tasked by Baltimore law firm DLA Piper with investigating the culture of the Terps’ football program billed the university system more
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