Month: March 2019

10:20 PM ET The Houston Astros and right-handed reliever Ryan Pressly have agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension worth $17.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal will buy out two years of free agency for Pressly, whom the Astros acquired in July from the Minnesota Twins for two prospects: right-hander
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10:22 PM ET Kobe Bryant made sure a good deed did not go unnoticed. While on a recent trip to China to promote the draw for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, one of Bryant’s associates reached out to Liu Zhe, the 28-year-old superfan who recovered Bryant’s stolen Lower Merion High School jersey and returned
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9:43 PM ET The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame unveiled its seventh annual induction class on Tuesday and it is led by all-time greats Bernard Hopkins and Juan Manuel Marquez in the non-Nevada resident category. Hopkins, the former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion, and Marquez, the legendary Mexican star who claimed titles in four
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12:25 AM ET ATLANTA — Houston Rockets star James Harden surpassed Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors for the most 3-point attempts in a season with his first eight tries Tuesday night against the Atlanta Hawks. Harden entered the game with 879 attempts, seven behind the 886 Curry attempted during the 2015-16 season. Harden
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9:29 PM ET HOUSTON — As Dana Holgorsen opened up his first spring as the Houston Cougars‘ head coach, he did so on Tuesday with his best returning player — senior quarterback D’Eriq King — ready to go. King, who missed the Cougars’ final two games last season with a torn meniscus in his right
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9:18 PM ET After a decade with the Green Bay Packers, linebacker Clay Matthews is signing with the Los Angeles Rams on a two-year deal, the Rams announced Tuesday night. The Packers’ career sack leader with 83.5, Matthews registered only 3.5 sacks last season, the lowest single-season total of his career. That was despite playing
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9:27 PM ET The Oakland Raiders have signed Vontaze Burfict to a one-year contract, a day after the veteran linebacker was released by the Cincinnati Bengals. The deal is worth up to $5 million, according to NFL Network. With the Raiders, the 28-year-old Burfict will reunite with defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, who held the same
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7:53 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Johnny Manziel says he remains confident in his ability to play football “at any level” as he attempts another comeback, this time with the Alliance of American Football’s Memphis Express. An introductory media conference was held Tuesday in Memphis for Manziel, who agreed over the weekend to
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7:41 PM ET The San Francisco district attorney’s office will not file criminal charges against Giants CEO Larry Baer after an altercation earlier this month between Baer and his wife was caught on video. “After a careful review of the relevant evidence, including multiple videos, statements from several witnesses and the parties themselves, the evidence
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