Month: February 2020

9:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minor League Baseball said planned salary raises for its players in 2021 paid by Major League Baseball should not lead to contraction, and it has sent a proposal to MLB as part of negotiations for a new agreement between the levels. The commissioner’s office sent a memo,
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9:33 PM ET CHICAGO — NBA commissioner Adam Silver estimated the league would lose hundreds of millions in revenue from the ongoing disconnect with the Chinese government and couldn’t commit to staging preseason games there next October. Although he admitted there wasn’t a timeline, he said his sense was that the league’s relationship with China
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9:37 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A former University of Wisconsin football player who is the brother of a standout in the 2011 Super Bowl surrendered to Chicago police on Saturday in connection with the deaths of two people who were found with gunshot wounds on a road in Janesville, Wisconsin. Marcus Randle El,
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8:56 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — Indiana’s Domantas Sabonis and Miami’s Bam Adebayo will make their NBA All-Star debuts on Sunday, but on Saturday night, the first-timers didn’t disappoint as finalists in the skills challenge. The Eastern Conference big men stole the show in the eight-man contest, with Adebayo ultimately hoisting the trophy —
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7:42 PM ET Commissioner Adam Silver announced Saturday that the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award has been permanently named for the late Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star who won a record-tying four All-Star Game MVP awards. The first All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be presented after Sunday’s game at the United Center in
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8:03 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Stephen Leaney leads after Saturday’s second round at the Chubb Classic, and Fred Funk is two shots back as he attempts to become the oldest competitor to win a PGA Tour Champions event. Leaney made an eagle on the 17th hole and has posted consecutive rounds of
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7:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Henry Cejudo is on a quest to cement his MMA legacy, and he has a former champion and a current one in his sights. Cejudo, the UFC bantamweight titleholder and former flyweight champ, told ESPN on Saturday that Jose Aldo is his likely next opponent. He also said he’s
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7:18 PM ET Tampa Bay’s two leading scorers, Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, returned from lower-body injuries on Saturday and combined for four points in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Both assisted on Brayden Point‘s 21st goal of the season in the third period, and Kucherov buried an empty-net goal, as the Lightning
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