Month: April 2019

10:39 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are picking up the fifth-year option on cornerback Vernon Hargreaves, the team announced Wednesday night. It will keep him with the club through 2020 and earn him $9 million. The deadline to pick up fifth-year options for 2016 NFL draft picks is May 3. Hargreaves
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10:13 PM ET The NBA informed teams Tuesday that 233 players have filed as early-entry candidates for the 2019 NBA draft, including 175 from the college ranks and a record 58 internationals. The deadline for underclassmen and international players to submit paperwork to the league office making themselves eligible for the draft was Sunday night.
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9:21 PM ET IRVING, Texas — There was no talk of expanding the College Football Playoff, and there are no plans to change the protocol for selecting the top four teams in the country, according to multiple Power 5 commissioners who attended Wednesday’s annual CFP spring meetings. ACC commissioner John Swofford said there have been
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7:52 PM ET Associated Press NHL players and coaches were split Wednesday on whether changes are needed to video review protocol a day after a major penalty played a dramatic role in San Jose’s Game 7 victory over Vegas. Cody Eakin was assessed a major penalty for cross-checking and injuring Joe Pavelski in the third
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7:41 PM ET Rochester-native Desmond Green desperately wanted to fight on next month’s UFC Rochester card, and the promotion has obliged by booking him against former TKO champion Charles “Air” Jourdain (9-1), sources told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. Jourdain, of Montreal, will be making his UFC debut on the May 18 card. Green (22-8) is coming
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6:53 PM ET The changes keep coming for former unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin. On Wednesday, Golovkin announced perhaps the biggest change of all — that he has parted ways with longtime trainer Abel Sanchez, who was an integral part of his success since they got together for Golovkin’s first world title bout in
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5:46 PM ET Illinois tight end Luke Ford had his waiver request for immediate eligibility denied Wednesday by the NCAA. Ford, who transferred to Illinois from Georgia, tweeted the news Wednesday and Illinois confirmed it to ESPN.com. A native of Carterville, Illinois, Ford had one reception last year for Georgia and appeared mostly on special
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