Month: January 2020

12:12 PM ET The Professional Fighters League has announced a series of one-night tournaments around the globe that will ultimately feed five new athletes into the 2020 regular-season roster. The league has partnered with five separate organizations in United Arab Emirates, Russia, Germany, Brazil and Australia. Each international promotion will host a four-fighter tournament in
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12:45 PM ET The Chicago Cubs finally have their first big league signing of the winter as they inked reliever Jeremy Jeffress to a one-year contract Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the deal. A source tells ESPN’s Jeff Passan the deal is worth $800,000 with as much as $200,000 in incentives, including $50,000
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12:34 PM GMT Israel Folau will resume his rugby career in the league format of the game after signing for Super League outfit Catalans Dragons on a one-year deal. Folau was sacked by Rugby Australia last year after being found guilty of committing a high-level breach of the organisation’s Code of Conduct after posting a
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12:29 PM ET AVENTURA, Fla. — Kansas City Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said Tyreek Hill‘s behavior during the season validated the team’s decision to sign the Pro Bowl wide receiver to a contract extension shortly before Week 1. “His first year with us, there were some question marks coming into the league,” Hunt said Tuesday
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11:27 AM ET ESPN News Services FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida judge freed NFL free agent Antonio Brown from house arrest Tuesday, allowing him to travel freely as he awaits trial on charges that he attacked the driver of a moving truck. Circuit Judge Michael Usan agreed to let Brown travel freely within the
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10:06 AM ET A backpack belonging to former NBA star Allen Iverson that contained $500,000 worth of jewelry has been found after it was stolen. Philadelphia police said Tuesday that a 21-year-old male turned himself in for the crime. “As of today, the jewelry that was stolen from Allen Iverson has been found and the
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10:57 AM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Marcus Pettersson is sticking with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 23-year-old defenseman agreed to a five-year contract extension on Tuesday that runs through the 2024-25 season. The deal carries an average annual value of just over $4 million. Pittsburgh acquired Pettersson in a December 2018 trade that sent forward
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