Month: January 2020

6:19 PM ET MIAMI — Super Bowl week could be critical for the NFL’s collective bargaining negotiations, with 30 NFLPA team player reps scheduled to meet with union leadership Thursday for an update. Part of the message NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith wants to send to players is that if they want to dig in
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6:55 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Daniel Suarez landed a job two weeks before the NASCAR season begins when Gaunt Brothers Racing signed the Mexican driver for the No. 96 Toyota in the Cup Series. Suarez learned during the final weekend of last season, in November, that Stewart-Haas Racing was letting him go
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6:05 PM ET Cincinnati Reds slugger Eugenio Suarez had surgery Tuesday to remove loose cartilage in his right shoulder and will be limited at the beginning of spring training, the team announced. Suarez, 27, suffered the injury recently in a swimming pool, according to the Reds. He is expected to be ready to play “near
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6:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Eduardo Nunez is back in New York, this time with the Mets. The Mets said Tuesday the former All-Star infielder has agreed to a minor league contract and will report to big league spring training. Nunez, 32, has a .276 average with 58 homers, 309 RBIs and
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6:11 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is available to return to action against the visiting Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. Embiid had returned to practice Friday for the first time since undergoing surgery to repair the torn radial collateral ligament in his left ring finger three weeks ago. The Sixers have gone
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5:15 PM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Tim Bontemps Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie, Orlando Magic guard Terrence Ross and several others on Tuesday said they will change their jersey numbers from No. 8 to honor Kobe Bryant. Dinwiddie announced on
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5:20 PM ET St. Louis Blues forward Sammy Blais has been activated from injured reserve, the team announced Tuesday. Blais, 23, missed 28 games while recovering from surgery on his right wrist. He played 20 games before the injury, posting five goals and eight points for the Western Conference-leading Blues. St. Louis went 17-8-3 in
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5:59 PM ET Alexis Lafreniere, who is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in June’s NHL draft, was suspended for three games Tuesday by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Lafreniere, 18, who plays forward for Rimouski Oceanic, delivered a shot to the head of Quebec Remparts forward Thomas Caron six seconds into
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5:52 PM ET The Houston Astros have focused their managerial search on veteran Dusty Baker, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, but a deal has yet to be finalized. Baker, 70, would become the oldest manager in the major leagues. Having last managed the Washington Nationals in 2017, he ranks 15th in all-time wins with
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