Month: March 2022

6:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons has a herniated disk in his back, coach Steve Nash said prior to Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Nash remains optimistic that Simmons will play at some point this season, but with just 11 regular-season games left, the organization is running out of
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7:10 PM ET The Anaheim Ducks continued making moves ahead of Monday’s trade deadline, sending forward Rickard Rakell to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Dominik Simon, goaltender Calle Clang and a 2022 second-round draft choice. Anaheim retained 35% of Rakell’s $3.789 million cap hit in the deal. Rakell, who had
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7:47 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have signed goalie Karel Vejmelka to a three-year contract extension. Terms of the deal announced Monday were not released. The 25-year-old Czech became Arizona’s No. 1 goalie this season after the team traded away Darcy Kuemper and Antti Raanta. Vejmelka has gone 10-23-1 with
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6:45 PM ET Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson will not compete in next month’s tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, marking the first time since 1994 that he won’t compete there. Mickelson, 51, had been listed among the participants until Monday, when his name was included among past champions who won’t participate. An Augusta National
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6:53 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN George Kambosos won’t be fighting Vasiliy Lomachenko after all. Lomachenko had agreed to a deal last month for a fight with Kambosos on June 5 in Melbourne, Australia, but the two-time Olympic gold medalist has elected to remain in Ukraine with his family rather than leave the country for training
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5:23 PM ET If you thought the New York Rangers wouldn’t make some sort of splash before the trade deadline passed, well, you were wrong. New York beat out several suitors to acquire Andrew Copp and a 2023 sixth-round draft pick from the Winnipeg Jets, the return on which is somewhat convoluted. The Jets will
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4:41 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals released cornerback Trae Waynes on Monday. He was entering the final season of a three-year contract that was worth up to $42 million. Cincinnati saves $10.9 million against the salary cap while incurring $5 million in dead money for the upcoming season, according to Roster Management System.
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