Month: March 2021

11:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel will miss at least one week with an upper-body injury, head coach Ralph Krueger said. Eichel, who missed Tuesday night’s 5-4 loss to the Flyers in Philadelphia, returned to Buffalo to be evaluated, Krueger said. Eichel favored his neck after being checked into the
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9:35 PM ET Associated Press Stephen Strasburg pronounced his fastball command better than it was before his carpal tunnel surgery and said his first game action in nearly seven full months essentially was the same as any other Grapefruit League debut after throwing 1 2/3 innings Tuesday night against the Houston Astros. “It didn’t really
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1:19 PM ET CHICAGO — Former Chicago Bears offensive lineman Kyle Long plans to unretire and play in the NFL in 2021, ESPN confirmed Tuesday. Long announced in January 2020 that he would retire after seven NFL seasons, all in Chicago. Drafted at No. 20 by the Bears in 2013, Long missed just one game
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10:32 PM ET UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling says health is his primary focus following a championship win over Petr Yan last weekend in Las Vegas — but an immediate rematch against Yan is also on the horizon. “I was doped up on morphine in the hospital, and texted [UFC president Dana White] and said,
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11:00 AM ET Legendary Brazilian heavyweight Fabricio Werdum will make his PFL debut against Renan Ferreira, PFL president Ray Sefo told ESPN. A former UFC champion, Werdum (24-9-1) will headline a PFL event May 6 in Atlantic City. The card will also feature 2019 PFL champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison against Mariana
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7:24 PM ET Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said he and the university were unaware of any wrongdoing in Les Miles’ past before hiring him as head coach of the football team in 2018. Miles was placed on administrative leave Saturday amid accusations of inappropriate behavior toward female students during his head-coaching tenure at LSU.
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