Month: February 2022

1:03 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ORLANDO, Fla. — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred called the possibility of missing regular-season games amid the league’s lockout of players “a disastrous outcome” but called himself an “optimist” and said,
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1:20 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball officials “have a sense of urgency” to find a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays after scrapping a plan to split seasons between Florida and Montreal when the team’s lease at Tropicana Field expires following the 2027 season. Major League Baseball gave the Rays the
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1:38 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks have named Hall of Famer Cammi Granato as an assistant general manager, the team announced Thursday. Granato, 50, moves to the Canucks from the Seattle Kraken, where she has been a scout since 2019. “We wish Cammi the best and thank her for
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1:23 PM ET The Nets have traded James Harden to the 76ers in a blockbuster deal that ends the former MVP’s short-lived Big Three stint in Brooklyn and also signals a fresh start for Ben Simmons, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Harden is on the move via trade for the second time in just over
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11:34 AM GMT Ireland will be without captain Johnny Sexton when they face France in Paris on Saturday after the fly-half sustained an hamstring strain in training on Wednesday. Coach Andy Farrell named his team to take on France on Thursday after his side’s opening win against Wales. Joey Carbery will start at fly-half and
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10:25 AM ET Brazilian police have arrested a man they believe hacked into Neymar‘s bank accounts and repeatedly stole sums of money amounting to more than $40,000, officials in Sao Paulo said. Police said the alleged hacker worked at an unnamed bank where the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward and his business manager father had
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7:26 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona are targeting low-cost defensive and midfield signings this summer — including a trio of Chelsea defenders — in order to go all out for Erling Haaland, sources have told ESPN. Barca know the competition for Haaland will be fierce, with Real Madrid, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain
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1:00 PM ET Kepa Arrizabalaga is facing a fight to save his Chelsea career despite impressing in rival goalkeeper Edouard Mendy‘s absence, sources have told ESPN. The 27-year-old has kept four clean sheets in seven matches while Mendy was engaged at the Africa Cup of Nations, including Wednesday’s Club World Cup semifinal win over Al-Hilal
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6:52 AM ET West Ham United forward Michail Antonio has questioned the reaction to teammate Kurt Zouma‘s cat-kicking incident and asked whether his actions were “worse than racism.” Zouma issued a public apology on Tuesday after a video emerged where the France international can be seen kicking and slapping his family pet. – ESPN+ viewers’
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