Month: December 2020

5:24 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals signed winger Conor Sheary to a $735,000, one-year contract Tuesday, giving them additional forward depth going into training camp and the 56-game 2021 season. Sheary played for Buffalo and Pittsburgh last season, finishing with 10 goals and 13 assists in 63 games. He could
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2:35 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies are expected to name Sam Fuld as their general manager, ESPN has confirmed. The promotion would be the latest in a front-office overhaul for the Phillies, who reassigned former GM Matt Klentak in October and named Dave Dombrowski their new president of baseball operations earlier this month. Fuld, 39,
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7:14 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks each had a league-high seven players selected to the 2021 Pro Bowl. Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers were designated as the starting quarterbacks for their respective conferences. Each is a strong contender for league MVP; Mahomes
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9:22 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will tip off their season as the consensus favorites to win a second straight NBA championship. And the betting public is on board. More money has been bet on the Lakers to win the title than has been bet on every other team combined at William Hill sportsbooks.
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12:20 PM ET Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Next year’s football game between service-academy rivals Air Force and Navy has been moved to Sept. 11 in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the academies announced Tuesday. The game was originally scheduled for Oct. 2. “We will use this nationally televised opportunity
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12:45 PM GMT Concussions accounted for 20% of injuries suffered by rugby players in the English Premiership’s 2018-19 season and were the most common injury in matches for an eighth straight season, a Rugby Football Union (RFU) study has said. While the 2002-03 season had 42 concussions recorded in total, that number has since gone
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10:57 AM ET The UFC is officially headed back to Fight Island for its first slate of events in 2021, and it includes the return of former two-weight champion Conor McGregor. UFC president Dana White announced on Tuesday that McGregor’s nontitle lightweight fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on Jan. 23 will take place
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