Month: October 2019

7:06 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Pete Carroll didn’t think he could acquire a safety of Quandre Diggs‘ caliber to reinforce the suddenly thin back end of the Seattle Seahawks‘ secondary. Diggs never thought he’d be traded only a year after signing an extension with the Detroit Lions and less than two months
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6:55 PM ET LSU landed a commitment from five-star tight end Arik Gilbert on Wednesday. The No. 12 recruit overall, according to ESPN, chose the Tigers over a top list of Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Texas A&M. “Just the atmosphere, the school, the family environment, talking to Coach [Ed Orgeron], they just got Coach [Joe]
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6:56 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Blackhawks have placed defenseman Connor Murphy on long-term injured reserve. Murphy hurt his groin Tuesday night in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. He has no points in six games this season. The Blackhawks also recalled defenseman Dennis Gilbert from the minors Wednesday. Gilbert,
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6:34 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After a whirlwind 24 hours, wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders spent Wednesday getting used to his new home with the San Francisco 49ers — one of two undefeated teams remaining in the NFL. The 49ers acquired Sanders and a 2020 fifth-round pick from the Denver Broncos on Tuesday, sending
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6:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball is looking into a since-deleted tweet by longtime major league umpire Rob Drake, according to a league spokesman. Drake tweeted late Tuesday that he planned to buy an assault
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6:10 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton said he might wait until Sunday to name his starting quarterback. But Drew Brees hopes to make the decision easy for him. When asked if he is playing Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, Brees said, “That’s the plan. We’ll see.” Brees said he
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5:57 PM ET Associated Press The World Series opener between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros narrowly averted setting a record low. Washington’s 5-4 victory Tuesday night averaged 12,194,000 television viewers, according to national numbers from Nielsen. That edges the 12,191,000 who tuned in for San Francisco’s 7-1 win over Kansas City in the 2014
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5:44 PM ET Greg Hardy says he’s focused on the short-notice fight the UFC just booked him in. But when that’s done, he will fight to get his victory back from last weekend. Hardy said Wednesday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show that he has decided to appeal the no-contest ruling in his fight with Ben
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