Month: February 2019

10:46 AM ET The New York Yankees have named former star pitcher Andy Pettitte as a special adviser to the general manager. The team made the announcement Monday, although it is unclear what Pettitte’s role will be within the organization. Pettitte, 46, spent 15 years with the Yankees and helped them win five World Series
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10:10 AM ET Independence Community College football coach Jason Brown, featured on Season 3 of the popular Netflix series “Last Chance U,” resigned Sunday after allegedly telling a German player on the team, “I am your new Hitler.” Brown posted his resignation letter Sunday night on Twitter, writing “it would be nearly impossible to stay
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9:22 AM ET LONDON — Anthony Joshua has vowed to reconstruct Jarrell Miller’s face and take on a new profession as his surgeon when they meet in New York on June 1. After last week’s bad-tempered press conference in New York where Miller pushed Joshua in the face-off, this was a more cordial affair in
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1:23 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Chris Long‘s world-changing mission started as most do: through a chance encounter with broadcaster Joe Buck and Brad Pitt’s brother in a bar at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was the winter of 2013, and the Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman was celebrating his first climb up Kili with former
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9:11 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The New Jersey Devils have traded goalie Keith Kinkaid to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft. Get up to speed ahead of the Feb. 25 deadline, with news, trade target rankings, team needs, grades and more. The Blue Jackets have been extremely active ahead
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8:21 AM ET Steve Kerr still remembers the first time he saw Stephen Curry play basketball for Davidson College. It was December 2007 in Anaheim, California, and Kerr — then the general manager for the Phoenix Suns — was scouting a tournament alongside close friend and then-Suns scout Bruce Fraser. In a game that featured
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9:53 AM ET The New York Yankees have signed Aaron Hicks to a seven-year extension that will keep the outfielder under contract through the 2025 season. New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks said he is still not over his team’s postseason loss to the Red Sox, as the two rivals squared off in their
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