Month: March 2021

3:32 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings released kicker Dan Bailey on Tuesday, the team announced. Bailey, 33, was at risk of becoming a salary-cap casualty this offseason after the Vikings signed kicker Greg Joseph off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad in February. With $1.8 of Bailey’s $2.7 million 2021 base salary set
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3:28 PM ET The New Orleans Saints have placed the franchise tag on safety Marcus Williams, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The only thing surprising about the Saints using their franchise tag on Williams is that it reduces their salary-cap flexibility — and they were already about $50 million over the projected cap to
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4:21 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers did not use the franchise tag to retain Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, but they still have one more shot to retain him before he hits free agency. The source told Schefter that the Packers are still attempting to
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3:01 PM ET Despite the woes on the field and the 2-4 record this past season, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said Tuesday he has not given football coach Jim Harbaugh a minimum win requirement for the upcoming season and that he’s willing to think long term with Harbaugh’s employment. Manuel gave Harbaugh a contract
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2:48 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Jake Odorizzi decided to fashion his game like Zack Greinke’s when he was still in high school. Now entering his 10th season in the majors, the right-hander has become teammates with the man he’s looked up to for so long after Odorizzi signed with the Houston Astros. “I’m
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2:57 PM ET Associated Press The Texas Rangers will be without one of their top relievers to start the season after hard-throwing Jonathan Hernandez was shut down from pitching for at least four weeks because of a ligament sprain in his right elbow. Rangers general manager Chris Young said Tuesday that an MRI revealed a
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3:32 PM GMT Lock Cory Hill and scrum-half Gareth Davies have been included for unbeaten Wales as they face struggling Italy in a Six Nations clash in Rome on Saturday — the only changes to the team that defeated England last month. Davies will replace the injured Kieran Hardy, while Hill comes in for Adam
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