Month: February 2019

7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN When Shane Doan moved to Phoenix with the relocated Winnipeg Jets in 1996, he went from a Canadian-mad hockey city to a state with only three sheets of ice and fewer than 2,200 registered hockey players. The Coyotes‘ original home, America West Arena, was a state-of-the-art venue for the NBA’s
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8:17 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Free-agent guard Jodie Meeks has agreed to a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors, league sources told ESPN. Meeks made a good impression on the Raptors in a workout this week, offering the Eastern Conference contender some belief that he could make impact off the bench with his shooting ability.
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3:00 AM ET The NBA trade deadline came and went with its usual theatrics. We waited with bated breath to see who would win the Antony Davis sweepstakes, only to watch some delicious pettiness ensue by the New Orleans Pelicans, who were not about to let LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers grab their
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7:19 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — In past offseasons, the Minnesota Vikings have doled out contract extensions ahead of when a handful of players’ current deals were set to expire. It’s the way the franchise rewarded the likes of Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter and Stefon Diggs during the 2018 offseason. Another Viking who could be in
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7:12 PM ET Heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller wasn’t much of a welcoming host when he met unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua on his turf for the kickoff news conference on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The boxing big men will fight for Joshua’s three major belts at the famed arena
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7:33 PM ET A lawsuit can now proceed against Gerard Varlotta, a ring doctor for the 2013 bout that left heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov with permanent brain damage, after a New York State Supreme Court judge reversed her earlier dismissal of the suit. In a ruling last week on an appeal of her September 2018
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7:14 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano will miss at least the first week of full-squad workouts after he cut his foot while celebrating his team winning the Dominican Winter League championship. Sano has been wearing a walking boot to protect the wound, which is above the
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6:29 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Hours after Manny Machado agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with San Diego, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the slow free-agent market is “a little much ado about nothing if in fact those players all sign at the end of the day.” As Manny Machado signing
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