Month: July 2021

2:35 PM ET ESPN 300 cornerback Jeadyn Lukus committed to Clemson on Wednesday, choosing the Tigers over Ohio State and North Carolina. Lukus is the No. 54 recruit overall in the 2022 class and the No. 9 ranked corner in the country. He’s a 6-foot-1, 175-pound prospect out of Mauldin High School in Mauldin, South
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1:10 PM ET A trio of star college quarterbacks announced Wednesday that they will soon start selling authorized memorabilia to take advantage on new name, image and likeness rules that allow college players to make money while in school. Miami’s D’Eriq King, Ole Miss’s Matt Corral and Wisconsin’s Graham Mertz signed a partnership deal this
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1:44 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — The field at Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium will be named for Duke Slater, the trailblazing Black football player who was an All-American tackle a century ago, played in the NFL, and became a pioneering Chicago judge. The university’s Board of Regents approved the name Duke Slater Field
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11:40 AM ET ESPN News Services The Edmonton Oilers were very busy at the start of the free agency period Wednesday, signing forward Zach Hyman to a seven-year, $38.5 million contract. Edmonton also re-signed defenseman Tyson Barrie to a three-year, $13 million contract, inked defenseman Cody Ceci to a 4-year, $13 million deal, and bought
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1:01 PM ET The Montreal Canadiens lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup finals, so they stole one of the players that put the Bolts over the top. The Habs have signed defenseman David Savard to a four-year deal with an annual average value of $3.5 million. Savard was another building block
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1:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Back-to-back Stanley Cup champion Blake Coleman was among the other top free agents to sign in the opening minutes of free agency, getting $29.4 million over six years from the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. His old team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, was expected to make minor moves in free
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12:33 PM ET Not that long ago, Patrik Laine was one of the most feared snipers in the league. Now, he’s trying to prove himself again. The No. 2 overall pick in 2016 accepted a one-year, $7.5 million qualifying offer from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Laine was coming off a two-year, $13.5 million bridge contract
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12:10 PM ET Defenseman Ryan Suter will be signing a four-year deal with the Dallas Stars, sources told ESPN. The deal is worth $3.65 million annually, and is for a total of $14.6 million over four years, per sources. Suter, 36, was bought out from the last four years of his Minnesota Wild contract earlier
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