Month: August 2019

10:47 PM ET A week after Luis Castillo and Octavio Dotel headlined a list of suspects named in an investigation of drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic, local authorities have cleared the former MLB players of charges of money laundering. The public prosecutor announced on Friday that he’s suspending the arrest warrant against Castillo after
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10:32 PM ET Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — A misdemeanor assault charge against former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien has been dropped. KREM-TV reports a judge in Washington state on Friday dismissed the fourth-degree assault charge involving Rypien’s wife. A report by Spokane Officer Todd Brownlee said Rypien acknowledged hitting her on June 30. The
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9:13 PM ET Cleveland Indians left fielder Tyler Naquin left Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays with a right knee sprain. In the bottom of the fifth inning in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Rays’ Joey Wendle lined a Shane Bieber pitch to deep left field. Naquin leaped and caught the ball on the
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8:25 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed infielder Max Muncy on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist fracture. The move is retroactive to Thursday. Muncy left Wednesday’s game after against the Padres with the injury after being hit by a pitch. An MRI on Friday revealed the fracture. Manager Dave Roberts
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7:43 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks have waived quarterback Paxton Lynch, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday, ending his bid to back up Russell Wilson. That job instead will go to Geno Smith — as long as tests on his knee don’t reveal a serious injury. The Seahawks signed Lynch to a
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7:07 PM ET ESPN News Services COLUMBUS, Ohio — The State Medical Board of Ohio ignored credible evidence in 1996 that an Ohio State University team doctor had been sexually abusing male students through genital exams for years and missed a chance to stop him, the governor and a review panel announced Friday. A state
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6:42 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has long paid tribute to its greatest athletes and coaches by placing their names in its hallowed Hall of Honor. Now it finally has a physical Hall of Fame to help Longhorns fans celebrate them. The school unveiled the new Frank Denius Family University of Texas
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6:42 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has long paid tribute to its greatest athletes and coaches by placing their names in its hallowed Hall of Honor. Now it finally has a physical Hall of Fame to help Longhorns fans celebrate them. The school unveiled the new Frank Denius Family University of Texas
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