Month: June 2021

4:05 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton said Tuesday that there is no extra motivation for him after the team selected Alabama’s Mac Jones in the first round of the NFL Draft, 15th overall. “Absolutely not. He was the right pick in my opinion. He was the best player available,
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2:48 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, an annual subject of trade rumors and innuendo, re-asserted his desire to remain with the team that selected him in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. “I’d probably quit football if I had to play for somebody else,” Carr said following
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2:48 PM ET Through everything that has happened surrounding Aaron Rodgers this offseason, one thing is clear: He still understands sarcasm. The reigning MVP, who has dominated the NFL headlines this spring because of his dissatisfaction with the Green Bay Packers, showed his sense of humor Tuesday during a promotional video in advance of the
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3:02 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Jon Rahm is not letting his withdrawal from the Memorial Tournament and subsequent isolation impact his positive attitude heading into this week’s U.S. Open. He also said he wished he had been vaccinated sooner. The third-ranked golfer in the world said he was playing some of the best golf
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3:36 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — The winningest manager in Oakland Athletics history is staying put through at least next season after the club exercised Bob Melvin’s contract option for 2022 on Tuesday. Melvin has guided the A’s to an 808-715 record since taking over on June 9, 2011. He recently passed Tony
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12:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start Monday. The commissioner’s office, responding to record strikeouts and a league batting average at a more than half-century low, said Tuesday that
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3:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow has a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament and a flexor tendon strain, the team said Tuesday after he underwent an MRI. The Rays said a timeline for Glasnow’s possible return would be determined after he undergoes further medical examination. Glasnow will be placed
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2:07 PM ET MIAMI — Teofimo Lopez has tested positive for COVID-19 and he’s symptomatic. His Saturday bout vs. George Kambosos that was scheduled to be in Miami and the whole undercard has been moved to Aug. 14, sources told ESPN. Lopez, the unified lightweight champion and No. 5 on ESPN’s pound-for-pound list, was in
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3:11 PM ET Pirelli on Tuesday ruled out any production or quality defects as the cause of high-speed blowouts suffered by Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The company said in a statement that Verstappen’s Red Bull and Stroll’s Aston Martin teams had followed Pirelli’s prescribed parameters
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8:20 AM ET Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld has said Thursday’s European Championship match against Denmark in Copenhagen “won’t be fun,” coming so soon after Christian Eriksen‘s on-field collapse. Eriksen suffered a heart attack just before half-time in the game against Finland and received CPR on the pitch before being taken to hospital, where he is
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