Month: October 2021

4:24 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Andy Haines is out as the Milwaukee Brewers‘ hitting coach after they scored a total of six runs in their four-game National League Division Series loss to the Atlanta Braves. The Brewers announced Wednesday they wouldn’t be renewing Haines’ contract. Assistant hitting coach Jacob Cruz also has been
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3:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets right-hander Carlos Carrasco has had surgery to remove a bone fragment from his pitching elbow and is projected to resume baseball activities this winter. Mets medical director David David Altchek operated Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Carrasco, 34, was obtained by
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4:32 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — – Jim Boylen has been picked to coach USA Basketball next month in the first window of qualifying for the 2023 Basketball World Cup. Boylen’s team will be composed primarily of G League players, and the roster is yet to be finalized. The team will train
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12:31 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas has agreed to a two-year extension worth $30.1 million, agents Aaron Mintz, Mitch Nathan and Drew Morrison of CAA Basketball told ESPN on Wednesday. Valanciunas, who had one year left on his contract after being traded to New Orleans this offseason, is now tied
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1:41 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 8, will be in the starting lineup for Wednesday’s opener against the New York Knicks, coach Ime Udoka said. Brown, who had been listed as questionable on Tuesday afternoon, said he had “some mild symptoms
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2:16 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said the typical fun that surrounds opening day is muted with star point guard Ben Simmons back home under team suspension as his trade demand has kept the team dealing with drama. “It’s a predicament that we’re in and that part is no fun.
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3:04 PM ET U.S. women’s national team and Portland Thorns defender Becky Sauerbrunn described the last several weeks, in which allegations of verbal abuse and sexual coercion have roiled the National Women’s Soccer League, as “heavy” and “really tough.” Sauerbrunn spoke to reporters ahead of the U.S. team’s friendly this Thursday against South Korea (8
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9:28 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona‘s teenage forward Ansu Fati has signed a new contract until 2027 with his release clause rising to €1 billion ($1.16 billion), the Catalan club have confirmed. Ansu’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season and sources told ESPN that his agent, Jorge
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11:30 AM ET LAFC‘s Carlos Vela remained Major League Soccer’s highest paid player with a guaranteed compensation of $6.3 million, according to the latest round of salary data published by the MLS Players Association. The latest disclosure included players signed during the summer transfer window. As such the top four wage earners remained with same
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