Month: March 2019

10:54 AM ET The Eagles are closing in on a one-year deal with DE Vinny Curry, according to a league source. Curry was originally a second-round pick by the Eagles and played his first six seasons in Philly, including during the team’s 2017 Super Bowl run. He signed a three-year, $23 million deal with the
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12:01 PM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki has left the game. The 45-year-old Seattle Mariners star announced his retirement Thursday night, shortly after waving goodbye at the Tokyo Dome during a 5-4 win over Oakland in 12 innings. Ichiro went 0-for-4 and was pulled from right field in the eighth, saluting his adoring
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9:32 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers will play their 2019-20 season-opening game Oct. 4 in Prague, Czech Republic, the NHL announced Thursday. The league also said the Buffalo Sabres will play two games against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Stockholm, Sweden, on Nov. 8 and 9 as part of the 2019 NHL
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9:18 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — French Open prize money will increase by 8 percent at this year’s tournament to 42.661 million euros ($48.6 million). The French Tennis Federation says the men’s and women’s champions will receive 2.3 million euros ($2.62 million), an increase of 4.55 percent from last year. Runners-up will receive 1.18
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8:00 AM ET Chris PetersESPN NHL Close Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. The UMass Minutemen men’s hockey team has just four winning seasons since the
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7:35 AM ET ESPN staff Despite a difficult first race with Williams at the Australian Grand Prix, Robert Kubica says he has no regrets about his decision to return to Formula One. Ferrari’s awful Melbourne performance coincided with its first use of team orders in 2019. Our F1 team picks through that and the other
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4:03 AM BST Irritated Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has called for patience in the debate over changing his team’s name, saying any decision should wait until a degree of calm returns to Christchurch. Before flying to Sydney for Saturday’s match against the Waratahs, Robertson and captain Sam Whitelock fielded questions about the appropriateness of the
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