Month: July 2019

10:59 PM ET Seattle’s new NHL franchise has its first general manager. Hall of Famer Ron Francis will be named the expansion team’s GM, a source told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan, confirming a Seattle Times report. Francis will receive a multiyear contract from the team, which is expected to make the hire official later this week,
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10:52 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN If you ever wanted to know what some of your favorite athletes will look like in 50 years, look no further than Twitter and Instagram today. By using FaceApp’s old age feature, anyone can see what they’ll look like decades from now, and everyone from Steph Curry to Dwyane Wade
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7:29 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have re-signed three restricted free agents: forwards Ryan Donato and Nico Sturm and defenseman Carson Soucy. Donato, a natural center who mostly played left wing after arriving from Boston, received a two-year, $3.8 million contract. He had four goals and 12 assists with
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6:59 PM ET Defensive end Robert Ayers announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. In a Facebook post he wrote: “THATS ALL FOLKS • SO THANKFUL… Was a helluva run @NFL but the time has come.. On to the next chapter of life…. #Retired #Blessed” Ayers, 33, didn’t play last season after he was
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7:06 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Weeks after both Terry Bradshaw and Baker Mayfield took verbal jabs at his starting quarterback, Texas Longhorns coach Tom Herman said Tuesday that he noticed and that his players “file things away.” Speaking at Big 12 media days, Herman called outside criticism of Sam Ehlinger “irrelevant,” but he intimated
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2:39 PM ET Manny Pacquiao’s team have denied reports a deal has been struck to fight Amir Khan after the Brit claimed contracts had been signed for the pair to face off in Saudi Arabia later this year. Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) produced a fourth round stoppage of former featherweight world champion Billy Dib in
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4:37 PM ET Minnesota Vikings running back Roc Thomas will be suspended for the first three games of the 2019 season without pay for violating the NFL’s policy and program on substances of abuse, the league announced Tuesday. Thomas, 23, was arrested on Jan. 16 and charged with felony drug possession after Dakota County police
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4:00 PM ET ESPN News Services The Atlanta Braves placed left-handed starting pitcher Max Fried on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a blister on his left index finger. Fried, who is 10-4 with a 4.08 ERA in 19 starts this season, developed the blister in his start on Monday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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