Month: March 2019

8:41 PM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation
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8:40 PM ET Junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker on Thursday signed to extend his co-promotional contract with Roc Nation Sports and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The announcement of the deal came two weeks after Hooker scored a ninth-round knockdown and easily outpointed Mikkel LesPierre to retain his title for the second time on March
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4:06 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia has returned to the mound for the first time since undergoing a heart procedure in December. Sabathia allowed one run and two hits over two innings on Thursday in a minor league exhibition game, striking out three for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against
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3:35 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Tennessee Volunteers defensive back Kenneth George Jr. has been arrested for allegedly punching a police officer on the side of the head. The 22-year-old George is facing felony charges of battery on an officer and resisting an officer with violence and misdemeanor charges of resisting an
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3:06 PM ET Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and current Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid settled their collusion grievances against the NFL, but according to a Wall Street Journal report, they will receive less than $10 million total. Kaepernick filed a grievance in October 2017 under the collective bargaining agreement, alleging collusion against
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3:03 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Reigning American League Cy Young winner Blake Snell agreed Thursday to a record-setting five-year, $50 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Rays, league sources familiar with the deal told ESPN. Snell,
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush has made a hole-in-one at a Dallas golf course that will soon host his institute’s Warrior Open honoring wounded U.S. military personnel. A photo posted Wednesday on Bush’s Instagram account shows the beaming 43rd U.S. president holding a golf ball on the green
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2:29 PM ET The Cincinnati Bengals are re-signing cornerback Darqueze Dennard, a source told ESPN’s Dianna Russini Thursday. Dennard, 27, has never quite lived up to expectations after he was selected 24th overall by the Bengals in the 2014 draft. He was part of a deep position group early in his career, and that, combined
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