Month: December 2018

12:54 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Sean Payton said the 46-man roster on game days has “gotta change” for health and safety reasons. The New Orleans Saints coach brought up the topic unsolicited Thursday while discussing how the team was down to its last healthy offensive lineman on Monday night at Carolina. He said teams
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12:52 PM ET Wisconsin sophomore quarterback Jack Coan will give up a redshirt season to start against Miami in next week’s New Era Pinstripe Bowl, coach Paul Chryst confirmed Thursday. Coan will start in place of junior Alex Hornibrook, who continues to deal with symptoms from a concussion sustained earlier this season. Coan will be
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12:51 PM GMT England Women internationals Emily Scarratt, Natasha Hunt and Jess Breach became the first players to be awarded full-time professional contracts for the 2019 season, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Thursday. The trio will transition from the England Rugby Sevens to the England Women’s 15-a-side from Jan.1. with Breach returning to
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12:36 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels are signing right-hander Trevor Cahill to a one-year, $9 million contract, a source told ESPN on Thursday, confirming multiple reports. Matt Harvey will be changing leagues for the first time in his major league career, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Angels worth a reported $11 million.
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11:20 AM ET Light heavyweight world titleholder Eleider “Storm” Alvarez has joined the Top Rank stable. The company on Thursday announced that it has entered into a multiyear agreement with Yvon Michel, Alvarez’s longtime promoter, to co-promote Alvarez. The first bout of the deal will be Alvarez’s rematch with former world titlist Sergey Kovalev in
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11:41 AM ET The end of 2018 MMA is nearly upon us. Daniel Cormier had one of the most dominant years ever for a fighter, going 3-0 while retaining the light heavyweight belt and claiming the heavyweight title. We laughed, we cried — there was no super, mega, crossover boxing match to compete with what
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12:50 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee has pleaded guilty to harassing a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver. Lee, 57, entered the plea in Buffalo City Court just before his nonjury trial was to begin. He declined comment when leaving the courthouse. He was charged May
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9:59 AM GMT England and Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has been ruled out of action for up to six weeks due to a small tear to his chest muscle, his club manager Johan Ackermann said on Wednesday. Cirpriani, 31, sustained the injury during Gloucester’s 29-17 Champions Cup defeat at the hands of Exeter Chiefs last
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9:43 AM ET McLaren has revealed a special edition P1 GTR which pays homage to Ayrton Senna, 30 years on from his first Formula One world championship title. Designed by McLaren Special Operations, the bespoke division of McLaren Automotive, the hypercar features the famous red and white colours associated with Senna’s stint with the Formula
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