Month: March 2022

9:24 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Friday his €50,000 fine for missing last year’s FIA gala awards ceremony will be put towards helping improve diversity in motorsport. The Briton skipped the governing body’s presentation after a controversial final race of the season in Abu Dhabi
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12:23 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Diego Padres have acquired first baseman Luke Voit from the New York Yankees, the teams announced on Friday. The Yankees will receive right-handed pitcher Justin Lange, who was a first-round pick in 2020. Voit, 31, is a career .267 hitter with 73 home runs, 203 RBI in
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2:15 PM ET Auston Matthews agrees that he “made a mistake” in cross-checking Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin but not that the two-game suspension he earned for it fit the crime. The Toronto Maple Leafs forward spoke Friday for the first time since his clash with Dahlin occurred in Sunday’s Heritage Classic. The Leafs were
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1:32 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — After signing three defensive tackles in free agency, the Bills announced Friday the release of veteran defensive tackle Star Lotulelei. Lotulelei, 32, signed a five-year, $50 million contract with the Bills in 2018. That contract was restructured in 2020 to save Buffalo salary-cap room. Ultimately, the writing
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2:26 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Washington defensive tackle Matt Ioannidis, just over a week after his agent ripped the Commanders for releasing him, found a new home Friday with familiar faces. Ioannidis, 28, agreed to a one-year deal to play for the Carolina Panthers and coach Matt Rhule, who coached the 6-foot-3, 310-pounder
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1:49 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers new wide receiver Russell Gage said Friday that when quarterback Tom Brady personally called him Monday night on the first day of the NFL’s legal tampering period, he thought it was a prank. Gage had just talked to his agent and was weighing his options on
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