Month: April 2022

6:39 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves placed slumping outfielder Eddie Rosario on the 10-day injured list with blurred vision and swelling in his right eye and expect him to miss eight to 12 weeks. The Braves made the move before Tuesday’s game against the Chicago Cubs. Right-hander William Woods was recalled
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are allowing teams to have an additional pitcher for most of May. MLB and the union said Tuesday that teams may carry as many as 14 pitchers from May 2-29, a change the league said was “for player health purposes.”
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6:28 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert will be stepping down when his replacement is selected and in place or on June 30, 2023, the organization announced on Tuesday. An NCAA release said Emmert and the NCAA board of governors reached a mutual agreement to have him step aside. “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the
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2:20 PM ET Associated Press FARGO, N.D. — A federal judge in Minnesota on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit by eight former hockey players alleging sexual abuse by a college and youth coach in the 1980s, suggesting in the order that the case might be better served in state courts. The plaintiffs have accused Thomas
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5:45 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons are in the market for a quarterback. This doesn’t mean the team will take one with the eighth pick in the draft Thursday or even Friday on Day 2, but general manager Terry Fontenot made it clear Tuesday: The Falcons are not done exploring the
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5:17 PM ET A grand jury on Tuesday indicted former Georgia linebacker Adam Anderson and charged with him raping a 21-year-old woman in a house in Athens, Georgia, on Oct. 29. Anderson, who was once considered a potential first-round choice in this week’s NFL draft, has an arraignment scheduled on June 13. Anderson, from Rome,
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4:26 PM ET Associated Press CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized 10 counterfeit Stanley Cup rings for the 1936 Detroit Red Wings championship team due to trademark violations, the agency announced Tuesday. Customs officers at the Port of Champlain facility found the rings valued at $15,000 earlier this month after examining
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4:36 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Former New York Jets running back Bilal Powell, who spent much of his career as a backup but climbed to eighth on the franchise’s all-time rushing list, announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday by signing a ceremonial one-day contract with the team. Powell, 33, last played
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