Month: March 2021

12:42 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa says he turned down an offer for a $120 million, six-year contract covering 2022 to ’27 and is not sure whether there will be a deal before his deadline of Opening Day next week. Correa has an $11.3 million salary
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12:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two major league players and two staff members were positive for COVID-19 during the past week among 13,978 tests, a 0.03% positive rate. There have been 17 positive tests — 12 for players, five for staff — among 72,751 monitoring tests during spring training, a rate of
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12:18 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Former St. Louis Blues defenseman Bob Plager likely died of a “cardiac event,” not injuries from a highway accident, the St. Louis medical examiner said Friday. Plager, 78, an original member of the Blues whose long association with the team continued until his death, was alone in
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12:52 PM ET Daniel van Tonder won his first European Tour title with a nail-biting playoff victory over Jazz Janewattananond at the Savannah Classic on Friday as overnight leader Justin Harding failed to clinch his second title in a week in Nairobi. Van Tonder carded 64 in the final round with a monster birdie putt
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12:03 PM ET Calgary Flames star Matthew Tkachuk is the first NHL player to release his own official non-fungible token, auctioning the digital sports memorabilia to help raise money for two children’s hospitals. “I thought this was a new way to show digital art. To play a tiny, tiny part in bringing in donations, it’s
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11:55 AM ET Free-agent running back Leonard Fournette is re-signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year deal worth $3.25 million with incentives that would push it to $4 million, a source told ESPN. Fournette was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars just days before the 2020 season opener, and the Buccaneers signed him to
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11:45 AM ET New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was arrested late Thursday night in his hometown of Cleveland on suspicion of receiving stolen property, according to Cleveland.com. He was booked into the Cuyahoga County Jail and had not yet been formally charged as of Friday morning. According to the report, jail records confirmed that
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