Month: December 2020

5:19 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a two-year deal with reliever Tommy Kahnle that is worth $4.75 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming multiple reports The hard-throwing 31-year-old right-hander had Tommy John surgery on Aug. 4 with New York Yankees head physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad and is likely to return
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4:04 PM ET The NHL’s condensed 2020-21 season will begin on Jan. 13, with the Tampa Bay Lightning raising their Stanley Cup banner before hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. The Lightning-Blackhawks tilt is one of five opening-night games for the NHL, with the slate also featuring the Pittsburgh Penguins visiting the Philadelphia Flyers, the Montreal Canadiens
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4:42 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State is finalizing a contract extension with football coach Brent Brennan after he led the school to its best season in more than 80 years. Brennan’s current contract runs through the 2023 season, and athletic director Marie Tuite said the school wanted to make
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3:56 PM ET Former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has agreed to a new multi-fight deal with Professional Fighters League, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. He will take part in PFL’s 2021 season and will compete in their lightweight division. On Tuesday, Pettis, who recently fought out his UFC contract after an almost
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2:54 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott believes he is on track to play Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles despite a calf injury that has bothered him the past three weeks and kept him off the field last week. After working through some resistance training at the start of practice,
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2:12 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Daniel Jones is the New York Giants‘ quarterback moving forward, coach Joe Judge said Wednesday. He said he is committed to Jones not just for this week against the Baltimore Ravens or for the remainder of this year, but next year and moving forward as well, despite his
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3:51 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Barring a turnaround, running back Christian McCaffrey is set to miss his sixth straight game and 12th on the season when the Carolina Panthers face Washington and former coach Ron Rivera on Sunday. McCaffrey did not practice Wednesday, and coach Matt Rhule said the NFL’s highest-paid back is very
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2:33 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — In one of the most poignant rants about practicing since Allen Iverson’s famous comments in 2002, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins defended his practice habits on Wednesday. Yes, Hopkins, one of the Cardinals’ franchise players, was, indeed, talking about practice. Not a game. Practice. Hopkins has come under
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3:22 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said he’s done dancing on opponents’ logos during pregame warm-ups after increased scrutiny to the viral videos over the last two weeks. Smith-Schuster has danced on opponents’ logos, as well as his own, during pregame warmups all season, but he said he’s calling it quits because
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3:47 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team fined quarterback Dwayne Haskins $40,000 and removed him from the role of team captain, three days after he was photographed at an event with strippers while not wearing a mask. But there’s still a chance he’ll continue to start for Washington (6-8), which hosts the
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