Month: March 2022

7:58 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — At a time when many starters are throwing two innings before hitting the showers, Max Scherzer pitched five innings of one-run ball in his New York Mets spring debut. He cruised against a Miami Marlins lineup stacked with major leaguers. “He’s as advertised,” Mets manager Buck Showalter
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7:59 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Carlos Correa met his new Minnesota teammates on Monday morning — and wasted no time making new friends. Two days after agreeing to a deal that makes him the highest-paid infielder in baseball, Correa walked into the Twins clubhouse and introduced himself to almost everyone inside.
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12:50 PM ET The New York Rangers have shored up their blueline for the stretch run, trading for Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Justin Braun. Philly gets a third-round draft pick in 2023. Braun is your prototypical trade-deadline defenseman. He has an affordable cap hit ($1.8 million), plays defense first and can play 20 minutes per game.
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8:00 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Columbus Blue Jackets forward Max Domi on Monday in a complicated three-way trade that also involved the Florida Panthers. The Jackets traded Domi, 27, to the Panthers along with a 2022 sixth-round pick that was originally owned by the Toronto Maple Leafs. In exchange, the Panthers sent NCAA
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8:17 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights traded 33-year-old right wing Evgenii Dadonov to the Anaheim Ducks in a move that clears valuable salary cap space on Monday. The Knights shipped Dadonov and a conditional second-round pick to Anaheim for defenseman John Moore and the contract of retired forward Ryan Kesler. The Ducks will select
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3:33 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, CA. — Paul George participated in a four-on-four practice against LA Clippers assistant coaches with minimal contact on Sunday and his shooting elbow is “feeling better.” With the play-in tournament three weeks away, George took an encouraging next step in rehab and is making progress as he tries to make
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4:32 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers announced Monday that guard Damian Lillard will officially miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season after undergoing abdominal surgery in January. The team said Lillard has progressed well through the reconditioning phase of his rehab protocol and has met several key performance benchmarks to date. He will continue
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5:36 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A jury on Monday convicted a Tennessee man in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose bullet-riddled body was found in a field nearly 12 years ago in his hometown of Memphis. The 12-person jury deliberated for about two hours before it found Billy Ray
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7:27 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — The Bulls are going to “pull back” the rehab process on guard Lonzo Ball‘s left knee for the next 10 days, coach Billy Donovan said prior to Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. Ball will continue strength training, but will not continue his running program after hitting a
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8:12 PM ET Sacramento Kings forward/center Domantas Sabonis has a bruised left knee and will be reevaluated once the team returns from its upcoming five-game road trip, sources told ESPN. Sabonis — a two-time All-Star who was acquired in a trade deadline deal with Indiana — injured the knee in a collision with Phoenix Suns
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