Month: March 2022

5:23 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks responded Friday to a wrongful termination suit by Donnie Nelson, accusing the former longtime general manager of a “lengthy scheme to extort as much as $100 million” and saying the lawsuit was preceded by demands that he receive “in effect, a blackmail payment” in exchange for his promise not
0 Comments
11:49 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has refused to be drawn on Manchester City‘s attempts to sign Erling Haaland but said “many things are going to happen” when the transfer window opens this summer. Sources have told ESPN that City are leading the race to sign Haaland, who has a €75 million release clause
0 Comments
3:26 PM ET Middlesbrough will donate their share of the gate receipts from their FA Cup quarterfinal game against Chelsea to humanitarian aid in Ukraine, the club said on Friday. The U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said earlier this week that nearly three million refugees have fled Ukraine, about 7% of the country’s population, since Russia’s
0 Comments
4:38 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Liga MX president Mikel Arriola said supporters’ groups known as barras no longer have a place at games following the violent fan brawls that marred a Queretaro-Atlas match and left dozens injured earlier this month. Speaking on ESPN’s Futbol Americas, Arriola said the league will begin to identify and register
0 Comments
6:10 PM ET Associated Press A Bundesliga game between VfL Bochum and Borussia Monchengladbach was called off on Friday after a linesman was struck in the back of the head by a plastic beer cup thrown by someone in the crowd. The match was already noteworthy for being the league’s first to be played between
0 Comments
12:59 PM ET Sergino Dest has been ruled out of the U.S. men’s national team‘s final three CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, with left-back George Bello called up in his place by head coach Gregg Berhalter on Friday. Bello, 20, has made six appearances for the United States. After signing as a homegrown player with Atlanta
0 Comments
3:07 PM ET NEW YORK — While the Yankees expressed confidence about unvaccinated players being able to be on the field on Opening Day, the city government is singing a different tune. New York City health commissioner Ashwin Vasan said that the private sector mandate will remain in place “indefinitely” and that there were no
0 Comments