Month: December 2019

8:14 PM ET BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson ended the Baltimore Ravens’ 23-year drought without a Pro Bowl quarterback, and the league’s top team celebrated an NFL-record-tying 12 players receiving invitations to the all-star event scheduled for Jan. 26 in Orlando, Florida. Jackson, the front-runner for NFL Most Valuable Player, became the first Baltimore quarterback selected
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8:07 PM ET Just hours after Kamaru Usman‘s welterweight title defense Saturday night, Conor McGregor sent out a tweet. It read: “145. 155. 170.” McGregor has already held UFC titles at featherweight and lightweight — or 145 pounds and 155 pounds. The 170 represents the pound limit for welterweight. It sure seemed like McGregor was
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6:58 PM ET The Florida Panthers acquired Ryan Haggerty from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday in exchange for Kevin Roy in a swap of forwards. Haggerty, 26, is expected to report to Florida’s AHL affiliate in Springfield, Massachusetts. He had three goals and six points for Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Roy, also 26,
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6:14 PM ET Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox, who missed 17 games because of a sprained left ankle, returned to action Tuesday night against the Charlotte Hornets. Fox, who came off the bench, finished with a team-high 19 points, 8 assists and 2 rebounds in 30 minutes. Fox was averaging 18.2 points, 7.0 assists and
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5:58 PM ET Akim Aliu accepted an apology from Tony Deynzer, the minor league equipment manager who dressed up in blackface at a team Halloween party in 2011, and requested that Deynzer does not lose his job, the Colorado Eagles said in a statement on Tuesday. Aliu met with the owner of the Colorado Avalanche‘s
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4:46 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson has been suspended for the final two games of the season for a violation of the NFL’s Policy and Program on Substances of Abuse. Jackson’s suspension begins immediately. “Kareem Jackson was arrested for driving under the influence on Thursday, Sept. 19. He immediately informed
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4:45 PM ET The Washington Wizards say rookie Rui Hachimura will miss at least five games after suffering a groin injury in Monday’s win against the Pistons in Detroit. Hachimura will be re-evaluated when Washington returns from its four-game road swing, which concludes Dec. 26 in Detroit. The first-year forward was hurt late in the
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