Month: June 2019

1:36 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council has adjusted four guidelines used to decide immediate-eligibility waivers, all of which include greater involvement of athletic directors from an athlete’s original school. The guidelines also include potentially more restrictive language for when waiver requests should be granted. Schools now must prove an athlete’s transfer is “due
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12:40 PM ET Goaltender Brian Elliott is returning to the Philadelphia Flyers on a one-year, $2 million contract, general manager Chuck Fletcher announced Wednesday. Injuries limited the 34-year-old Elliott to 26 games last season, and the Flyers finally got off their goalie carousel by giving the job to youngster Carter Hart. Elliott was 11-11-1 last
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12:48 PM ET ESPN News Services The results of the MRI on New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton right knee were “good,” manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday. “He came in today and there’s no swelling in there, but he’s sore and stiff,” Boone told reporters, according to Newsday. “He’s just kind of going through treatment
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11:33 AM ET Associated Press SMYRNA, Ga. — The widow of a beer tap inventor who died inside a walk-in cooler at the Atlanta Braves‘ stadium is blaming a faulty door mechanism and lethal carbon dioxide leaks. Angela Keeling made the allegations in a wrongful death lawsuit filed Friday against the team and its contractors.
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4:29 PM ET The NBA is formally exploring how it might use its 75th anniversary season as an opportunity to test some of its bolder initiatives — not only a midseason cup and postseason play-in tournament, but also a reduction in the 82-game regular-season schedule. On a June 17 conference call, a committee that consists
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11:19 AM BST England head coach Eddie Jones has described managing the national team as being a “battleground.” Jones, 59, has insisted that the relationship between the clubs and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) must be improved in England to take the team forward. “I’ve always thought there was opportunity to do something better,” Jones
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11:02 AM ET The Kansas City Royals have designated reliever Brad Boxberger for assignment, opening a roster spot for Eric Skoglund’s return from an 80-game PED suspension. Boxberger, who had joined the Royals on a one-year, $2.2 million contract after earning 32 saves as the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ closer in 2018, had a 5.40 ERA with
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