Month: February 2021

10:18 AM ET Outfielder Jarred Kelenic, a top prospect for the Seattle Mariners, says he’s convinced that his service time is being manipulated by the team based on comments from former team president and CEO Kevin Mather that has drawn the ire of the MLBPA. Among multiple controversial comments made in an online video that
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2:02 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Bruins defenseman Jeremy Lauzon had surgery to repair a broken bone in his left hand and will be out at least a month, the team said Wednesday. The Bruins said Lauzon, who left Sunday’s outdoor game against Philadelphia after one shift, will be reevaluated after four weeks. Lauzon,
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1:52 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Tiger Woods won the 2000 and 2005 Open Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, and now there’s a large message of support for the beloved golfer in the sands of the legendary links. Robert Ogle III, an American-born golf caddie, lives in St. Andrews, and his
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1:36 PM ET ESPN staff A group of leading Australian athletes are calling for greater action on climate change following the release of Climate Council report that says Australia’s summer of sport could be wiped out within 20 years. The Climate Council report, “Game, Set, Match: Calling Time on Climate Inaction” says temperatures could hit
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12:02 PM ET WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury says he will absolutely fight twice in 2021, regardless of whether a megafight against Anthony Joshua comes together. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) has not stepped into the ring for over a year now, as the anniversary of his sensational knockout of Deontay Wilder passed on Monday.
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1:17 PM ET The menu of options for how Congress may reshape college sports grew again Wednesday with the introduction of a new federal bill that creates new protections and opportunities for college athletes while clearly defining them as students rather than employees. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) introduced legislation Wednesday afternoon that would allow athletes
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1:39 PM GMT France’s Six Nations match against Scotland in Paris will go ahead on Sunday as planned after the hosts reported no further positive COVID-19 tests for a second consecutive day, organisers said on Wednesday. “Further to a meeting of the Six Nations Testing Oversight Group (TOG) this morning to review the latest test
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11:51 AM ET ESPN News Services FORT MYERS, Fla. — Minnesota Twins shortstop Royce Lewis, considered the organization’s top prospect, has a torn ACL in his right knee that will sideline him for the 2021 season. President of baseball operations Derek Falvey said Wednesday that Lewis was diagnosed with the injury during physical exams upon
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