Month: May 2019

3:37 PM ET Associated Press The Detroit Red Wings have hired Pat Verbeek as assistant general manager to work with Steve Yzerman. Verbeek joins Yzerman, the longtime Red Wings captain who was recently named GM, after working for him with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Yzerman stepped down as Lightning GM before the season. 1 Related
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2:43 PM ET Ron Darling, former New York Mets pitcher and current broadcaster for SNY, said in a statement Monday that he has thyroid cancer. “After the removal of the mass on my chest along with further tests, I have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer,” said Darling, 58. “My doctors have said they are optimistic
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2:56 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Defending champion Petra Kvitova defeated Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 7-6 (5) to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Monday. The second-seeded Czech outlasted Mladenovic by winning the last three points in the tiebreaker to close out the match in nearly two hours. Kvitova, seeking her fourth
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2:11 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers added former NHL head coaches Michel Therrien and Mike Yeo to Alain Vigneault’s staff on Monday. The announcement was made by executive vice president and general manager Chuck Fletcher. Vigneault voiced his approval for the moves. “I am excited to add Michel and Mike on our coaching staff to
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1:46 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Kayla Harrison has a new opponent for the first PFL card of the season. The former two-time Olympic judo champion will now fight UFC veteran Larissa Pacheco in the main event of PFL 1 on Thursday in Uniondale, N.Y., the promotion announced Monday. Harrison’s previous opponent, Svetlana Khautova, had visa
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1:58 PM ET ARLINGTON, Va., — The moves didn’t shock quarterback Case Keenum, not the trade to Washington two months ago nor the drafting of another quarterback last month. “This is no new game to me,” Keenum said, shortly before teeing off in a Redskins Charitable Foundation Golf Tournament at Army-Navy Country Club. “I’ve been
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1:24 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is looking into offering a waiver that would allow service academy athletes to play professional sports immediately upon graduation. Trump made the announcement Monday while presenting the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy football team during a Rose Garden ceremony. He says
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