Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has been ruled out of Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19. The Aston Martin driver will be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg. McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo missed the final test in Bahrain last week after contracting coronavirus. But the Australian is fit for race weekend, which begins with
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7:44 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Nursing a nagging foot injury, Rafael Nadal improved to 18-0 this season, edging Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) on Wednesday in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. “I can’t say it’s a dream because I even couldn’t dream about that three months ago,
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12:12 AM ET Freddie Freeman has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a six-year, $162 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel. Freeman, 32, reached free agency for the first time in his career after helping the Atlanta Braves win their first World Series since 1995 with a six-game
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6:32 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With Hall of Famer John Elway looking on in a crowded auditorium, Russell Wilson was formally introduced as the Denver Broncos‘ newest quarterback Wednesday. And Wilson left no doubt just how much he hopes to get done with his new teammates, in a new city, over the next decade.
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9:55 PM ET The Calgary Flames reeled in Seattle Kraken forward Calle Jarnkrok on Wednesday, further bolstering their offense after adding Tyler Toffoli last month. The Flames sent a 2022 second-round draft pick, a 2023 third-round pick and a 2024 seventh-round pick to Seattle for the Swedish player. The Kraken also retained 50% of Jarnkrok’s
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6:54 PM ET Eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller has agreed to terms with the Buffalo Bills on a six-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. The Bills also agreed with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end O.J. Howard on a one-year contract. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter it’s a $3.5 million deal that could be
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7:44 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Rafael Nadal became the second player in ATP Tour history to start a season 18-0, edging Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) on Wednesday in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. Only Novak Djokovic has gotten off to better starts since 1990. The Serb
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9:53 PM ET The next UFC women’s strawweight title fight will be the same as the inaugural one. Rose Namajunas will defend her belt against Carla Esparza in the co-main event of UFC 274 on May 7 in Phoenix, UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Esparza beat Namajunas via third-round
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9:11 PM ET Ulysses Bentley IV, who led the American Athletic Conference in rushing in 2020 and started 14 games at SMU during the past two seasons, announced on Wednesday he is transferring to Ole Miss after entering the portal. On Monday, first-year Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN that he met with Bentley on
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6:00 PM ET Former NFL standout Greg Hardy fought out his UFC contract earlier this month, and now his departure from the promotion is official. UFC officials confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday that Hardy has been removed from the promotion’s internal roster, an indication that he is unlikely to be re-signed. Hardy, a former NFL
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8:48 AM ET A consortium led by Chicago Cubs owner Thomas Ricketts will submit a formal offer for Chelsea, a spokesman has confirmed. The deadline for bids was pushed back three days to Friday due to the uncertainty caused by last week’s announcement that the U.K government was sanctioning Blues owner Roman Abramovich as one
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2:31 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders have reached agreement on a contract with four-time Pro Bowl pass-rusher Chandler Jones and are trading veteran defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Indianapolis Colts, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The Colts are trading cornerback Rock Ya-Sin to Las Vegas in exchange for Ngakoue, according to sources. Ngakoue
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1:54 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The party planned for Claude Giroux‘s 1,000th game with the Philadelphia Flyers seems appropriately lavish for a team captain who has spent his entire career with the franchise. The Flyers will celebrate Giroux and his family before Thursday night’s game and have invited special guests of honor. Giroux
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1:15 PM ET The Oconee County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that former University of Georgia football player Akhil Crumpton was arrested in connection to the murder of 23-year-old gas station clerk Elijah Wood last year. Wood was shot and killed at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 19, 2021, by an armed assailant who
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