Month: January 2023

2:54 PM ET Sal Bando, a four-time All-Star third baseman for the Oakland Athletics who later played for and became general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, died of cancer Friday at the age of 78, the teams announced Saturday. Bando won three consecutive world championships as captain of the A’s from 1972 to 1974, leading
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3:14 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — An exercise rider at a Florida horse track died Saturday in a training accident, officials said. Tampa Bay Downs said Daniel Quintero, 19, died while working with horses before 7 a.m., but declined to give further details. “The entire racetrack community expresses its condolences to his family
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2:45 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang are closing in on a deal for a fight on April 15 in London, sources confirmed to ESPN. The heavyweight bout will be televised on BT Sport in the United Kingdom rather than PPV, sources said. Joyce, ESPN’s No. 6 heavyweight, scored a career-best win
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Jan 19, 2023 Pete ThamelESPN Former Miami Hurricanes quarterback Jake Garcia has committed to Missouri, sources told ESPN. Garcia is a former top-25 recruit in the Class of 2021 who entered the NCAA transfer portal on Tuesday. He chose Missouri after a shotgun courtship, and sources said he’s expected to enroll there by the end
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Jan 19, 2023 Pete ThamelESPN Michigan‘s NCAA infractions case projects a prolonged path to resolution after football coach Jim Harbaugh’s refusal during multiple meetings with the NCAA this week to acknowledge that he had lied to NCAA investigators, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. During an attempt to expedite the case and achieve a
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Jan 19, 2023 Chris Low Close Chris Low ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Tom VanHaaren Close Tom VanHaaren ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Ole Miss and Lane Kiffin scored big again in the transfer portal
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11:12 AM ET Cole Caufield, the leading scorer for the Montreal Canadiens, will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 season because of a shoulder injury. The team announced that Caufield, 22, suffered a season-ending injury to his right shoulder and will undergo surgery in the near future. The Canadiens will update his progress after the
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