Month: August 2019

8:22 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers added a familiar face to the team Monday, agreeing to terms with receiver Dontrelle Inman, a league source told ESPN. The news was first reported by NFL Network. Inman, 30, requested and was granted his release by the New England Patriots last week. Inman
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8:54 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State quarterback Demry Croft has been indicted on six counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery. The 22-year-old Croft was released from jail Monday on $50,000 bond. An arraignment has been scheduled for Sept. 4. The indictment against Croft says he engaged in unlawful
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7:34 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Mass. — Russ Conway, a hockey writer who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 for his stories about corruption in the NHL Players Association that helped bring down union head Alan Eagleson, has died. He was 70. His death was reported by the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Massachusetts, where
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7:13 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears offensive guard Kyle Long expressed remorse over his role in a heated practice fight last week that culminated with Long attacking a teammate with the teammate’s own helmet. “Obviously what I did was absolutely unacceptable,” Long said after Tuesday’s practice. “As a human being, as a
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6:06 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles may have a backup kicker in the wings if Jake Elliott has any trouble this year. World champion soccer star Carli Lloyd, a diehard Eagles fan, visited Philadelphia’s camp on Tuesday and showed off her leg. She kicked 40-yard field goals flawlessly, with room to spare, and even hit
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6:32 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Billy Hamilton feels like Christmas came early. After being let go by one of baseball’s worst teams, Hamilton joined the first-place Atlanta Braves on Tuesday to help with their push for the playoffs. “It’s a great feeling,” Hamilton said in the clubhouse at SunTrust Park before the opener
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6:26 PM ET Challenge accepted. That was Jorge Masvidal‘s message to Nate Diaz in a YouTube video published Tuesday after Diaz had called him out after a victory at UFC 241 on Saturday. Masvidal said he’d be down to fight Diaz in December, though he was also open to November. “I’m ready to put it
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5:56 PM ET Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Former Michigan quarterback Brandon Peters has been named the Illinois starter for the season opener, coach Lovie Smith said Tuesday. Peters, a graduate transfer, is a former Mr. Football in Indiana who played 10 games with four starts at Michigan, passing for 680 yards and four touchdowns.
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5:19 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Drew Lock‘s diagnosis of his right thumb injury proved to be only half right. Lock, who suffered his injury on a second-down sack early in the third quarter of Monday night’s preseason loss to the San Francisco 49ers, said following the game he believed the
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