Month: June 2021

4:49 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Penguins general manager Ron Hextall said he believes in the team’s core of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang and is in no hurry to move on to the franchise’s next chapter. “We see a future with this core,” Hextall said Wednesday. “These guys have been here
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3:27 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Former wide receiver Chris Hogan, who played in the NFL from 2013 to 2020 and won two Super Bowl championships as a member of the New England Patriots, has made the initial 25-man roster for the Boston Cannons of the Premier Lacrosse League. Hogan, 33, had been training to
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3:59 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers don’t know whether Aaron Rodgers will show up for next week’s mandatory minicamp but considering he already has missed enough of the offseason program to forfeit his $500,000 workout bonus, what’s another $93,000? That’s what the Packers could fine Rodgers for missing the three-day camp, which
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3:56 PM ET MIAMI — Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has spent the past 20 years watching new-era players break his numerous records, but there’s one Miami Dolphins family mark that he wholeheartedly wants to see preserved: Don Shula’s NFL-best 328 wins (347 including playoffs). Shula, who coached Marino for the first 13 years
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3:42 PM ET Virginia Tech freshman linebacker Isi Etute has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bond, according to the Blacksburg Police Department. In a statement on its website, the Blacksburg Police Department said it responded to a welfare check at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday and found a deceased
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2:37 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Serena Williams is back in the third round at the French Open. The 23-time Grand Slam champion beat 174th-ranked Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 on Wednesday. At last year’s tournament, which was moved to a September start because of the pandemic, Williams retired before her second-round match
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2:10 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson has opened up recently about his own anxiety issues, saying how uncomfortable he can be in crowds, and acknowledging that criticism of him on social media has taken its toll. And it’s why he showed support for tennis star Naomi Osaka, who withdrew from
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12:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Four minor league pitchers have been suspended this season by Major League Baseball after being caught using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs, signaling a stronger crackdown in the game’s feeder system than in the big leagues during a historically dominant stretch by pitchers. Chicago White Sox right-hander Marcus
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