Month: February 2020

3:10 PM GMT England hooker Jamie George says he will continue to play for Saracens next season despite them being relegated from the Premiership for breaching salary cap rules. The futures of several England players, including captain Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and the Vunipola brothers Billy and Mako, were thrown into doubt when Premiership Rugby
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3:05 PM ET LA Clippers forward Paul George has been fined $35,000 for publicly criticizing officials for “home cooking” in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night, the league announced Thursday. “There was some home-court cooking tonight to say the least,” George said after a 110-103 loss to the Sixers. “I mean it
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3:08 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While the status of former first overall draft pick Jameis Winston remains one of the Buccaneers‘ biggest storylines this offseason, coach Bruce Arians said Thursday that his priority is the defense, particularly re-signing outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett, who led the NFL with 19.5 sacks this season. “Oh, yeah. To
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3:46 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — In his first comments since the Los Angeles Chargers announced a mutual parting of ways with longtime quarterback Philip Rivers, head coach Anthony Lynn said Tyrod Taylor, last year’s backup, could have an opportunity to earn the starting job in 2020. Lynn recently signed a one-year contract extension
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2:46 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Boston Red Sox defeated pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez in salary arbitration on Thursday, improving teams to 5-1 this year. Rodriguez will earn $8.3 million rather than his request for $8,975,000. The case was decided by arbitrators Steven Wolf, Walt De Treux and Melinda Gordon, who heard the argument
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