Month: March 2019

10:51 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees guest hitting instructor Lee Mazzilli was released Friday after spending two nights in the hospital after being struck in the head by a ball during batting practice. Mazzilli was hurt Wednesday during a workout at New York’s spring training complex at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida,
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8:41 PM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation
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8:54 PM ET The Detroit Lions have brought in another cornerback with the potential to start, reaching an agreement with Rashaan Melvin on a one-year, $3.5 million deal, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Melvin is yet another addition to come with a New England pedigree, having played under former Patriots defensive coordinator and current
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8:39 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is back at the Miami Open after complaining last year about crowd behavior. Wozniacki said she decided to return partly because the tournament moved from Key Biscayne to the Miami Dolphins’ stadium complex. “It feels like a new tournament,” she said
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7:25 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bregman‘s decision to sign a long-term contract with the Houston Astros was not impacted by the second slow free-agent market. “I wanted to play here,” the third baseman said Friday after the team announced a $100 million, five-year contract covering 2020-24. “I didn’t want
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9:37 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Facing the setting sun, Serena Williams tried to shield her eyes with her left hand as she hit a shot, lost the point and then waved in frustration at the bothersome glare. Later, after a seesaw victory in her first match Friday at the Miami Open’s
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4:23 PM ET Former three-division world titleholder Abner Mares got the good news he had hoped for Thursday, when his ophthalmologist cleared him to begin training again. Mares was due to challenge junior lightweight world titleholder Gervonta Davis on Feb. 9 in a Showtime-televised main event in front of his home fans at the Dignity
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