Month: June 2019

5:41 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Seattle Mariners have reinstated second baseman Dee Gordon from the injured list, following a 19-game absence because of a bruised right wrist. Gordon was hit by a pitch on May 9 in New York. He was batting .281 with 16 runs, seven extra-base hits, 19 RBI and
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5:30 PM ET Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alex Cobb will have season-ending hip surgery, general manager Mike Elias told reporters Tuesday. The operation will repair a right hip impingement. Cobb, who has not played since April 26, finishes the season 0-2 with a 10.95 ERA in three starts and 12 1/3 innings pitched. Cobb is in
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5:20 PM ET HOUSTON — In his first press conference since Brian Gaine was fired on Friday, Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien said it was a decision CEO Cal McNair made “after a thorough evaluation of the football operation.” When asked when he realized it was not going to work out with Gaine, O’Brien
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5:49 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — In the final year of his rookie deal, Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon said his representation has had preliminary talks with the team and he’s hopeful something can get done in the near future. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want a deal done,”
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6:07 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones, who rejoined the team Tuesday as an observer for mandatory minicamp, expressed no concern about his lingering contract situation. Jones has two years and almost $21 million remaining on his deal, but the Falcons’ brass vowed to reward the six-time Pro Bowler
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5:45 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin said he has “100 percent interest” in competing in his second summer Olympics eight years after he competed the first time. Following Tuesday’s minicamp practice, Goodwin was clear when asked if he was aiming to compete in the long jump at
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5:15 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — If the Green Bay Packers trade or release safety Josh Jones, it won’t be because that’s what the former second-round pick wants. That’s how general manager Brian Gutekunst is playing it. “I think it’s more about what our team desire is, and right now we’re kind of working
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4:21 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Brooks Koepka admits that he doesn’t know much of anything about Willie Anderson, the only man who won three consecutive titles in the 119-year history of the U.S. Open. Even after winning his second straight U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills last season, Koepka insists he never entered Anderson’s
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