Month: October 2019

5:51 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams failed his physical Wednesday, casting more doubt on his immediate playing future. Williams, who ended his holdout Tuesday, did not pass his physical because there was discomfort when he put on his helmet. Williams underwent surgery to remove a growth on his head in
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5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services KELLER, Texas — Former Texas Rangers All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton has been charged with injury to a child, a third-degree felony, after his 14-year-old daughter told his ex-wife that he’d struck her. Hamilton, 38, surrendered Wednesday to the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, and was released on
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5:43 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets safety Jamal Adams doubled down on his Twitter attack on general manager Joe Douglas, saying Wednesday he’s still fuming that Douglas dangled him in trade talks. Adams said he’s so miffed that he declined Douglas’ offer to discuss the matter, adding he needs time to
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4:40 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Retired Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki joined a few hundred people Wednesday at a ceremony to rename a city street as Nowitzki Way in his honor. The big German accepted the gesture with characteristic humor and humility. “It’s sort of surreal,” he said. “From my first year, the
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4:28 PM ET USA Hockey announced Wednesday that it is increasing penalties for racial and derogatory slurs of any kind by way of a directive from the governing body’s president. Any player or team official penalized under the rule which covers racial and derogatory slurs will now receive a match penalty, which comes with an
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4:09 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers sack leader Mario Addison missed Wednesday’s practice to deal with the alleged murder of his 27-year-old brother, who was shot and killed on Sunday night in Birmingham, Alabama. There is no exact timetable for Addison’s return from Birmingham, but team officials are optimistic the 32-year-old outside linebacker
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4:02 PM ET HOUSTON — Ticket prices for Game 7 of the World Series have been falling since the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 7-2 on Tuesday night, forcing a winner-take-all game at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday. According to a spokesperson from VividSeats.com, the “get-in” price — or the cheapest seats available for
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3:53 PM ET Sen. Mitt Romney expressed concern about potential inequality that could result from paying student-athletes for their names, images and likenesses, saying it wouldn’t be fair to have some college players “driving around in Ferraris.” Romney appeared on ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Wednesday to address Tuesday’s decision by the NCAA to start
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