Month: August 2022

2:17 PM ET Associated Press General view of Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium in 2013. Genya Savilov/EuroFootball/Getty Images With two teams playing in an empty stadium hundreds of miles from their hometowns, the Ukrainian soccer league started its new season Tuesday after a poignant ceremony paying tribute to those fighting in the war with Russia. The opening match
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11:34 AM ET /soccer/england-engw/story/4700416/ellen-white-retires-as-england-womens-all-time-top-scorer-her-best-strikes-for-the-lionesses England legend Jill Scott has announced her retirement from football, bringing an end to a remarkable 16-year spell with the national team in which she won 161 caps. Scott, 35, was an integral part of the England women’s squad who won the 2022 European Championship. She was used as a substitute
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8:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Raphael Varane has said Manchester United new signing Casemiro is perfectly suited to English football and has backed his former Real Madrid teammate to be a success at Old Trafford. Casemiro has completed his move to United and watched from the stands as boss Erik ten Hag’s team earned a
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2:59 PM ET Michael Penix Jr., who transfered from Indiana to Washington, has been named the Huskies’ starting quarterback, coach Kalen DeBoer said Tuesday. Penix won the job over sophomore Dylan Morris and redshirt freshman Sam Huard. DeBoer, who is entering his first season as Washington’s coach, was Penix’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at
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1:19 PM ET Arte Moreno is exploring the possibility of selling the Los Angeles Angels after two decades of ownership, it was announced Tuesday. The Angels said they have “initiated a formal process to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the team” and have retained Galatioto Sports Partners as financial advisers in the
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12:53 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes continued their extensive lineup makeover with the signing of veteran center Paul Stastny. The 36-year-old gets a one-year, $1.5 million contract for what will be his 17th season in the league. There were younger, faster centers available in this summer’s open market, but Stastny is a consistent, durable, second-
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11:16 AM ET Kevin Durant is staying in Brooklyn, according to a statement from Nets general manager Sean Marks. “[Coach] Steve Nash and I, together with [governors] Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai, met with Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles yesterday,” Marks said in a statement. “We have agreed to move forward
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12:44 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The surprise wasn’t that Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur ultimately decided not to play Aaron Rodgers and the rest of the key starters in Thursday’s preseason finale at Kansas City; it was that he was actually considering it. Rodgers has not played in a preseason game since
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12:41 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — Lions rookie receiver Jameson Williams won’t be available for at least the first four weeks of the 2022 season. The team announced it has placed Williams on the reserve/non-football injury list as it trims down to the 80-player limit by the Tuesday deadline. Players on the reserve/NFI list
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