Month: August 2019

8:10 PM ET Aubrey Solomon, a highly ranked transfer from Michigan, has been granted a waiver by the NCAA and will be eligible to play this season at Tennessee, his mother, Sabrina Caldwell, told ESPN’s Tom VanHaaren. Solomon, who is projected to start in the defensive line, has been on Tennessee’s campus since January and
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7:43 PM ET Graham HaysespnW.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Carli Lloyd’s 55-yard field goal at a Philadelphia Eagles–Baltimore Ravens practice last week generated enough buzz that the soccer star said she’s now mulling multiple offers from NFL teams to explore kicking.
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7:43 PM ET U.S. women’s national soccer team star Carli Lloyd says she is considering an offer to kick for an NFL team, after a 55-yard field goal she kicked last week at a Eagles–Ravens practice raised eyebrows. “I am having discussions with my husband [Brian Hollins] and [trainer] James [Galanis] about the reality of
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7:37 PM ET Virginia Tech offensive lineman Brock Hofffman will sit out the 2019 season after the NCAA denied his appeal for an immediate-eligibility waiver. Hoffman, a two-year starter at Coastal Carolina, transferred to Virginia Tech to help care for his mother, Stephanie, who was diagnosed with a non-cancerous brain tumor in December 2017. He
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7:29 PM ET After finishing USC‘s quarterback competition No. 4 on the depth chart, redshirt sophomore Jack Sears has entered the transfer portal. Sears announced his decision earlier Tuesday via Twitter. “The past week has been a difficult time, a bump in the road, and it makes me realize that life is not linear,” he
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7:14 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Kansas City Royals owner David Glass is negotiating to sell the team to local businessman John Sherman for more than $1 billion, sources familiar with the discussions told ESPN. The potential deal,
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6:36 PM ET ESPN New Services Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for making contact with home plate umpire Rob Drake following a strike three call to end Monday’s game against the San Diego Padres. MLB’s chief baseball
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6:20 PM ET In a series of roster moves Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants placed second baseman Scooter Gennett on unconditional release waivers, placed pitcher Trevor Gott on the injured list and optioned infielder Abiatal Avelino to Triple-A Sacramento. The Giants acquired Gennett from the Cincinnati Reds at the trade deadline last month, and he
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