Month: February 2019

9:01 PM ET Oregon is hiring Boise State defensive coordinator Andy Avalos for the same role. Avalos, who spent the past four years overseeing the Boise State defense, replaces Jim Leavitt, who mutually parted ways with the school earlier this month. A former all-conference linebacker at Boise State, Avalos has coached for his alma mater
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8:26 PM ET The independent Atlantic League will partner with Major League Baseball to act as a testing ground for experimental playing rules and equipment during the season, with a three-year agreement between the leagues announced Tuesday. The agreement allows MLB to implement changes to Atlantic League playing rules in order to observe the effects
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7:05 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — Longtime Los Angeles Angels player and coach Bobby Knoop has announced his retirement after 53 years in baseball. Los Angeles shared the news in a release Tuesday. The 80-year-old Knoop was one of the Angels’ first recognizable figures, earning the club’s MVP award four times in its
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6:44 PM ET Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle David Irving is under evaluation by the NFL for a potential suspension, league sources told ESPN on Tuesday. If he is suspended for any part of the coming season, it will be Irving’s third suspension over the past three seasons. Cowboys DE Randy Gregory, who missed all of
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6:59 PM ET Wide receiver Cameron Green is passing on a fifth season with the Northwestern Wildcats, announcing Monday on Twitter that “concussions and head injuries within my family” led him to decide to step away from football. ✌🏾🙏🏾🏈 pic.twitter.com/rataPc7YtO — Cameron (@footballcag) February 26, 2019 Green was Northwestern’s No. 2 pass-catcher last season with
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6:45 PM ET The expected immediate rematch between heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury won’t happen next. With a purse bid looming, a deal for a rematch was nearly complete when Fury unexpectedly signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank last week that would bring his fights to ESPN platforms. There
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6:18 PM ET The NBA has rescinded the technical foul called on Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins for tossing Jeremy Lamb‘s shoe off the floor in Monday night’s win over the Charlotte Hornets, according to a league source. The league has been cautious about objects flying into the stands, but upon further review, the
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