Month: February 2020

2:53 PM ET Associate Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is raising the minimum salary for minor league players in 2021, according to a memo sent Friday from the commissioner’s office to all 30 teams and obtained by The Associated Press. Two years after successfully lobbying Congress to exempt minor leaguers from federal minimum
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2:05 PM ET In what could portend as a wave of the future, the Broncos are not sending their assistant coaches to the scouting combine in Indianapolis this year because they believe there’s a better use of their time watching film back in Denver, league sources told ESPN on Friday. Additionally, the Rams are not
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Feb 14, 2020 Lewis Hamilton said he was amused by younger rivals talking up their chances as his Mercedes Formula One team unveiled the new car that could make him a seven-times world champion this season. The 35-year-old Briton pointed to Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas, handed the first laps in the sleek W11 car at
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1:21 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres placed Zach Bogosian on waivers Friday in a move that could give the injury-plagued defenseman a new home and open a spot on Buffalo’s crowded blue line. Bogosian goes on waivers just over a week before the NHL trade deadline. He asked for a trade
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1:26 PM ET CHICAGO — It might be early in the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities, which feature events with famous musicians, chefs, Instagram stars and actors, but one person has already left top draft pick Zion Williamson starstruck: former President Barack Obama. Williamson said his meeting with Obama was one of his top life experiences.
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1:11 PM ET British No. 1 Dan Evans was knocked out of the Rotterdam Open after Frenchman and defending champion Gael Monfils beat him 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Friday. Third seed Monfils won his ninth career title in Montpellier on Sunday and after a tight first set against the spirited Evans he
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12:11 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Cody Bellinger, the reigning National League MVP, didn’t hold back Friday morning when commenting about the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal and ensuing apologies. Bellinger, speaking moments before Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers and catchers conducted their first official workout, said the Astros’ pre-arranged apologies on Thursday were “whatever” and called
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