Month: December 2019

4:23 PM ET Former Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads has been hired as the defensive coordinator at Arizona, the school announced Friday. Rhoads coached defensive backs at UCLA the last two seasons and will inherit a defense that ranked fourth-worst in scoring among Power 5 teams this season (35.8 points per game). “I am
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4:18 PM ET Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Al Woods has been suspended without pay for the team’s next four games for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances, the league announced Friday. The suspension begins immediately and will include the final two games of the regular season and any playoff games for which Woods is
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4:00 PM ET The NBA is discussing a $1 million per player purse for the winners of the proposed 30-team in-season tournament, league sources told ESPN. The league is hopeful that an additional financial incentive would motivate players to treat a new tournament with a competitive fervor. The NBA wants an in-season tournament that would
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3:45 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys are not listing quarterback Dak Prescott on their final injury report Friday despite him being limited all week with a shoulder injury. That means Prescott is set to play in Sunday’s key NFC East game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Prescott had declared his availability earlier in the week, saying
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3:01 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Coyotes goalie Darcy Kuemper could be out for an extended period after suffering a lower body injury making a save against the Minnesota Wild. The Coyotes said Friday that Kuemper is week-to-week after he was injured in the third period of the Coyotes’ 8-5 loss to
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2:47 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — It’s a meaningless game for the New York Jets, but offensive assistant Hines Ward wants a championship-like celebration if they defeat his former team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. “It will be special for me, but I’m a competitive guy,” Ward said Friday. “I want to win. I want to
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2:42 PM ET Dillon Danis has his second fight set since his infamous outside-the-cage brawl with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Danis, the teammate of Conor McGregor, will meet Kegan Gennrich at Bellator 238 on Jan. 25 in Inglewood, California, Bellator president Scott Coker announced Friday on Twitter. Danis is a well-known Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout attempting to crossover
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2:13 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Though he was a full participant in practice Thursday and Friday, Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster acknowledged his knee isn’t fully healed. He wasn’t given a game-status injury designation on the final practice report of the week, but Smith-Schuster said he’s a game-time decision. “I don’t feel 100 percent, but
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1:49 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen during the televised Army–Navy football game were not racist signals, military investigations have concluded. A Navy probe of the event found that the students were “participating in a sophomoric game” on Saturday and had no racist intent.
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12:51 PM ET The Minnesota Twins have signed right-handed relievers Tyler Clippard and Sergio Romo, the team announced. Clippard joins the Twins as a free agent and his one-year deal is worth $2.75 million, sources tell ESPN. Clippard, 34, appeared in 53 games last season with the Cleveland Indians. He was 1-0 with 8 holds.
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