Month: August 2019

3:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman was arrested Friday morning and charged with domestic violence in Riverhead, New York. The 59-year-old minor league manager was accused Friday of pushing a woman against a wall, twisting her hand and taking her phone so she couldn’t call 911. Backman
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3:30 PM ET Detroit Tigers minor league catcher Chace Numata was involved in an accident Friday morning and has been hospitalized. Numata has spent the bulk of the 2019 season playing for the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. Police told Erie.com that Numata was injured in a skateboarding accident, with officers responding to a man found on
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3:23 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers weakside linebacker and arguably one of their top players on defense, Lavonte David, will return to practice this week and is expected to play against the 49ers, coach Bruce Arians said Friday. “Lavonte’s fine — he’ll be practicing Tuesday,” Arians said when asked about his status
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3:01 PM ET A scheduled main card fight is off the UFC’s card this weekend in China. Lv Zhenghong suffered a cut this week and is out of his planned featherweight bout with Movsar Evloev at UFC Shenzhen, the UFC announced Friday. No replacement will be found to fight Evloev and the event will go
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1:53 PM ET Head coach Bill O’Brien made it clear on Friday that the Houston Texans‘ priority with Jadeveon Clowney‘s holdout — whether it means trading the pass-rusher or having him play out the season — will be what is in the best interest of the team. “All I can tell you without getting into
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1:44 PM ET SHANGHAI — During their first night in China, the members of Team USA didn’t want to be around any coaches or other staff members. Gregg Popovich, a famous host of dinners, couldn’t have been happier he was excluded from their plans. From the first day this team got together in Las Vegas
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