Month: April 2021

1:36 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Nick Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman declined to name Jalen Hurts the starting quarterback for the 2021 season during a pre-draft availability Wednesday. “To name any starters at this particular time, we’ve been working with these guys for two days,” Sirianni said. “My biggest thing is competition.
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12:40 PM ET Associated Press CHANDLER, Ariz. — Former major league player and coach Tom Robson has died. He was 75. Robson died of natural causes on Tuesday at Memory Care Facility in Chandler, New York Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Wednesday. Taken by the Mets in the 50th round of the 1967 amateur draft,
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3:46 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com The NFL owners approved a rule change on Wednesday proposed by the Kansas City Chiefs loosening jersey number rules. Get ready for a lot more players rocking single-digit jerseys. Currently running backs, receivers, linebackers, tight ends and defensive backs must wear uniform numbers within a certain numerical range. The change
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8:37 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has said UEFA are only focused on money and are ignoring managers and players after some of the game’s biggest clubs tried to break away from European football’s governing body this week. Barca were one of 12 teams from Spain, England and Italy to
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1:19 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Rafael Nadal needed three sets to beat his 111th-ranked opponent in his first match at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday, while Fabio Fognini was disqualified for alleged verbal abuse. Fognini was defaulted while trailing 6-0, 4-4 against qualifier Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain, after a line judge
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5:38 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane isn’t rushing to get a deal done with quarterback Josh Allen — although he said he’s confident a deal will eventually get done. Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Beane said he had spoken with the NFL’s MVP runner-up from a season ago
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12:47 PM ET Former Pittsburgh Steelers and Georgia wide receiver Hines Ward is set to join Florida Atlantic’s coaching staff, sources told ESPN. Ward, a four-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl champion with the Steelers, entered coaching with the New York Jets in 2019 and remained there in 2020. Florida Atlantic does not
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