Month: October 2019

7:17 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens signed receiver Willie Snead to a one-year, $6 million fully guaranteed extension, a source to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Snead, 27, has been a valuable veteran target for quarterback Lamar Jackson this season and would’ve been an unrestricted free agent at the end of
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7:12 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have acquired forward Brendan Perlini in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. The 23-year-old Perlini has been a healthy scratch for most of this season, appearing in just one game. But he has 45 goals and 27 assists in 200 career appearances with Chicago
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6:36 PM ET Nate Diaz is cleared and will fight Jorge Masvidal on Saturday despite an atypical drug-test finding. But the controversial UFC welterweight star is now calling into question the validity of the tests administered by USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner. Speaking for the first time since a startling announcement last week saying he
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6:36 PM ET As the World Series shifts back to Houston, the Astros are one win away from becoming champions. But since the visiting team has won every game so far, the Nationals have things right where they want them, right? We asked three of our national baseball writers — Jeff Passan, David Schoenfield and
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5:55 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Ben Askren arrived in the UFC earlier this year as an undefeated fighter who had been a champion in two other promotions and was determined to prove he is the best welterweight in the world. Now, after suffering his second straight loss on Saturday, the 35-year-old isn’t sure if he
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5:14 PM ET The NCAA’s top decision makers meet Tuesday in Atlanta for their first formal discussion about modifying rules that currently prohibit college athletes from making money by selling the rights to their names, images or likenesses. The association’s long-held policy regarding that aspect of amateurism is under increasing pressure from state and federal
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4:55 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Monday suspended a member of Joey Logano‘s crew for one race after the tire specialist dragged Denny Hamlin to the ground in a chaotic scuffle between the rival drivers. Dave Nichols Jr. horse-collared Hamlin and pulled him to the pavement after Sunday’s race at Martinsville
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3:20 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska coach Scott Frost said Monday he doesn’t know what prompted Indiana athletic director Fred Glass to say the Cornhuskers’ staff doesn’t respect the Hoosiers’ football program. Glass told the Indianapolis Star after the Hoosiers’ 38-31 win in Lincoln on Saturday the victory was “particularly gratifying, particularly
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