Month: November 2020

8:04 PM ET Tristan Thompson has agreed to a deal with the Boston Celtics, his agent told Yahoo Sports. Thompson leaves the Cavaliers after an eight-season run with Cleveland, which drafted him fourth overall in 2011. He endured highs and lows with the Cavs, capturing a title with LeBron James & Co. in 2016, only
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8:04 PM ET Penn State tight end Pat Freiermuth will undergo season-ending surgery next week, coach James Franklin said, for an undisclosed injury he suffered against Ohio State last month. Despite sustaining the injury in the second game of the season, the junior tight end, ranked as Mel Kiper Jr.’s second-best tight end prospect for
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7:38 PM GMT Teenage winger Louis Rees-Zammit scored a maiden try on his first start as a youthful Wales ended a six-game losing streak with an 18-0 victory over Georgia in the Autumn Nations Cup on Saturday. Rees-Zammit also set up a try for replacement scrum-half Rhys Webb and fly-half Callum Sheedy scored his first
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7:55 PM ET ESPN News Services EVANSTON, Ill. — Peyton Ramsey threw two touchdown passes and No. 19 Northwestern shut down Graham Mertz and No. 10 Wisconsin for a 17-7 victory on Saturday that put the undefeated Wildcats in control of the Big Ten West. Northwestern forced five turnovers — four in the first half
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7:14 PM ET ESPN News Services No. 11 Creighton has pulled out of the Crossover Classic due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the team, meaning the multi-team event scheduled for next week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, still needs one team to fill out the field. Five of the original eight teams announced for the
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7:26 PM ET Associated Press Washington’s multiteam basketball event for next week has been canceled due to COVID-19 cases among other programs scheduled to participate. Washington announced the decision Saturday after both San Diego and Cal State Fullerton paused basketball activities due to positive cases. Additionally, there was uncertainty about Portland State’s ability to participate.
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6:09 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Sei Young Kim answered Ally McDonald’s ace with a late birdie run to open a five-stroke lead Saturday in the Pelican Women’s Championship, the South Korean’s first event since winning the KPMG Women’s PGA a month and half ago. The second-ranked Kim shot a 6-under 64, birdieing
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5:46 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Robert Streb kept his game from coming undone over the first hour Saturday, and then pieced together enough birdies for a 3-under 67 to build a three-shot lead going into the final round of the RSM Classic. Streb came from five shots behind when he
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2:10 PM ET Free agent Jae Crowder has agreed to a three-year deal with the Phoenix Suns that is worth approximately $30 million, according to multiple media reports Saturday. Crowder, 30, was a key postseason contributor for the Miami Heat on their run to the NBA Finals in 2020. He became an unrestricted free agent
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2:44 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Dominic Thiem thought winning his first Grand Slam title at the US Open would make him calmer in the tensest moments of the biggest matches. He realized in his ATP Finals showdown with No. 1 Novak Djokovic how wrong that notion was. Still, after frittering away four match
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4:59 PM ET Free agent Paul Millsap has agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal to return to the Denver Nuggets, his agent, DeAngelo Simmons, told The Athletic. Millsap’s return helps shore up Denver’s rotation, which took a hit with Jerami Grant‘s departure to Detroit. Denver also has pulled the qualifying offer on forward Torrey
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4:54 PM GMT Jonny May scored twice, including one of the all-time great individual Twickenham tries, as a dominant England overwhelmed an inexperienced Ireland 18-7 on Saturday to make it two wins out of two in the Nations Cup. After forward-orientated victories over Italy and Georgia, England’s backs were to fore in the first half
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3:44 PM ET Tottenham’s 2-0 win over Manchester City on Saturday hints that the Premier League might just get to witness a genuine rivalry between Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola after all. When Mourinho returned to England to manage Manchester United in 2016, the script was written for the Portuguese to renew hostilities with perhaps
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5:19 PM ET Alabama senior receiver DeVonta Smith set an SEC record with his 32nd career touchdown reception on Saturday, passing former Crimson Tide great Amari Cooper and former Florida star Chris Doering. Smith hauled in a 10-yard scoring reception from Mac Jones with 10:12 remaining in the second quarter against Kentucky. It was Smith’s
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5:32 PM ET Free agent Carmelo Anthony has agreed to a one-year minimum deal to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. After sour endings in Oklahoma City and Houston — and more than a year out of the NBA — Anthony signed with the Trail Blazers last November
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4:56 PM ET Associated Press COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers have placed linebacker Kyzir White on the COVID-19 list and called up three players from the practice squad Saturday. White is in his third season and is the Chargers’ leading tackler with 68. The COVID-19 list is for players who either test
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3:50 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders will activate seven of the 10 players from their reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday, ESPN has learned. Those players will be eligible to suit up and play against the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night at Allegiant Stadium as long as they continue
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