Month: December 2021

10:05 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini says he may have been “too patient” in waiting for the struggling NHL team to turn its season around. His patience ran out Sunday as the team cleaned house, firing general manager Jim Benning, assistant manager Jim Weisbrod, coach Travis Green
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4:54 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers backup quarterback Jordan Love, who has been taking most of the midweek practice reps while Aaron Rodgers treats and rests his fractured pinkie toe, was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday. The team made the announcement on the day players returned to the facility
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Saying he was “ready for this challenge,” Marcus Freeman was formally introduced Monday afternoon as Notre Dame‘s 30th head football coach. “I’m ready to lead this program to the greatest heights,” said the 35-year-old Freeman, never a head coach but an assistant at five schools, including
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5:52 PM ET Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. — Brent Venables already has received two Oklahoma welcomes fit for a king. Hundreds of Sooners football fans who watched coach Lincoln Riley leave for Southern California last week flocked to Norman’s airport on Sunday night to cheer the arrival of Venables, Riley’s replacement. A day later, Oklahoma
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3:18 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team received better-than-expected news on tight end Logan Thomas‘ injured left knee, coach Ron Rivera said, but that does not yet mean Thomas will return this season. Rivera said an MRI revealed that Thomas did not tear his ACL, as was originally feared, but that there
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8:05 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo is celebrating his 27th birthday by returning to the Milwaukee Bucks‘ lineup after a two-game absence. The two-time MVP is listed among the Bucks’ five starters for their game Monday night with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Antetokounmpo had been listed as questionable because of a sore right
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4:13 PM ET Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Kenneth Moffett, the federal mediator during the 1981 baseball strike who briefly succeeded Marvin Miller as the second head of the players’ association, has died. He was 90. Moffett died Nov. 19 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia, said his wife, the former Mary Taddeo. He had
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