Month: March 2019

8:09 PM ET The Buccaneers have hired Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar, the first full-time female coaches in franchise history, making Tampa Bay the first NFL team with two female coaches on staff. Locust is an assistant defensive line coach, and Javadifar is an assistant strength and conditioning coach, the team announced. “I know how
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7:24 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees guest instructor Lee Mazzilli was struck in the head by a ball in batting practice Wednesday and taken to a local hospital. Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said in an email that Mazzilli “will spend the night at the hospital for observation.” Yankees players
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6:39 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Don’t expect AL MVP Mookie Betts to agree to a long-term contract with the Boston Red Sox before he can become a free agent in late 2020. Despite Mike Trout‘s pending $432 million, 12-year agreement with the Los Angeles Angels, Nolan Arenado‘s $260 million, eight-year deal
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6:18 PM ET After leading the Utah Jazz to a first-round upset of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs last year, it was inevitable Donovan Mitchell would return this season with a target on his back. But after struggling for much of the early season, Mitchell is now outperforming his rookie year and has
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5:48 PM ET The Minnesota Vikings have signed offensive lineman Josh Kline. The deal is for three years and $15.75 million, a source told ESPN’s Courtney Cronin. Kline, 29, became a free agent when the Tennessee Titans released him on March 15. He became expendable when the Titans signed free-agent guard Rodger Saffold to a
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5:57 PM ET Dan Graziano Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2011 New Jersey native and author of two published novels Todd Archer Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two children The NFL is looking into
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5:28 PM ET TJ Dillashaw relinquished his UFC bantamweight title championship on Wednesday after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the New York State Athletic Commission informed him of an “adverse analytical finding” in a drug test dating back to his last fight in January in Brooklyn. The NYSAC issued him a one-year suspension and $10,000
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5:05 PM ET Underneath more than a dozen flat-screen TVs, there are 38 red, white and blue betting kiosks lining the walls of the sportsbook at Riverwalk Casino in Vicksburg, Mississippi. On March 8, what may be the greatest parlay wager ever to hit at a U.S. sportsbook was placed on one of them —
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4:43 PM ET Rafael dos Anjos will face Kevin Lee in a battle of top welterweights at UFC Fight Night: Rochester on May 18, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, first reported the matchup. Dos Anjos is a former UFC lightweight champion who claimed the belt in 2015 in
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