Month: March 2019

7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Wysh List publishes every Friday. The NHL’s current playoff format needs to change. That much is clear. The players aren’t keen on it, most of the coaches complain about it and the fans aren’t enamored by it. They took something that wasn’t broken — the 1-through-8 format — and
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10:14 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles got the running back help they desperately needed by acquiring Jordan Howard from the Chicago Bears on Thursday. The Bears will get a sixth-round pick in 2020 that can become a fifth-round pick, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Howard, 24, who played three seasons with the Bears,
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1:59 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Ashleigh Barty waited six hours to get her spot in the Miami Open women’s final. Denis Shapovalov needed to pull off yet another comeback to earn his berth into the semifinals. Roger Federer, meanwhile, made winning seem relatively easy. And Simona Halep‘s chance to return to
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9:03 PM ET BOSTON — With palpable emotion, former University of Georgia and New England Patriots wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell explained his decision to retire from football at age 26. Mitchell had not suited up in a game that counted since playing a key role in the Patriots’ comeback victory over the Atlanta Falcons in
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8:13 PM ET OAKLAND — Mike Trout, playing in his first regular-season game under his record $426.5 million contract, had an injury scare on the most routine of plays in the Los Angeles Angels‘ season opener against the Oakland Athletics. Taking second base on a fielding error by A’s center fielder Ramon Laureano on his
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8:58 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas ruled Thursday that a law firm must turn over thousands of records that lawyers believe will give a fuller accounting of how Baylor University responded to sexual assault allegations made by students. Judge Robert Pitman said in his order that Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton
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9:49 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Confirmation bias can be prevalent on days like these, when such a long season gets off to such a resounding start. The Los Angeles Dodgers are well aware. They understand that their performance on Thursday afternoon — eight home runs, a record on Opening Day, amid a 12-5 victory
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