Month: December 2020

2:56 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Dwight Howard said Thursday afternoon that his “infamous” tweet about returning to the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening hours of free agency — only to be followed a short time later by him agreeing to join the Philadelphia 76ers — was the product of a misunderstanding over whether he
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1:00 PM ET Yair Rodriguez is in hot water with the UFC’s anti-doping partner, though he has not tested positive for any banned substance. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended Rodriguez, a popular featherweight fighter, for six months due to a whereabouts violation, USADA announced Thursday. Rodriguez is ineligible to compete until March
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1:24 PM ET New Houston Rockets guard John Wall said farewell to his former NBA city in a tweet Thursday, writing that he will “always have love for DC.” The Washington Wizards traded Wall to the Rockets on Wednesday along with a lottery-protected 2023 first-round pick for former NBA MVP Russell Westbrook. “Where do I
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9:20 AM ET An agreement has been reached for BYU to replace Liberty as Coastal Carolina opponent this Saturday after COVID-19 issues prevented the Flames from playing in the game, sources told ESPN. Liberty (9-1) had several players and staff members to test positive or be quarantined this week because of COVID-19, including star quarterback
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11:01 AM ET Tests on Bud Dupree‘s left knee have confirmed a torn ACL, ending the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker’s season, a source confirmed to ESPN. Dupree appeared to injure his knee on a noncontact play in the second half of Wednesday’s 19-14 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. Playing on the one-year franchise tag, Dupree
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9:36 AM ET UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton entered the transfer portal on Thursday, ending a five-year career with the Knights in hopes of one final opportunity to earn a starting job. Milton has not played in two years, after dislocating his right knee and suffering ligament, nerve and artery damage in a game in November
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8:28 AM ET In the last 40 seasons, no defending national champion has been as big of an underdog as LSU is this week against top-ranked Alabama. LSU is a consensus 29.5-point home underdog to the Crimson Tide. The line had grown to -30 at William Hill sportsbooks in Mississippi. Auburn, in 2011, is the
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9:52 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov plans on keeping busy in retirement. And one of his planned tasks? Helping to get mixed martial arts into the Olympics. The current UFC lightweight champion, who announced his retirement in October, said at a press conference Tuesday in Uzbekistan that he is already working behind the scenes in an
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3:28 AM GMT Disgraced Pumas skipper Pablo Matera has been reinstated as captain but will not face the Wallabies in Saturday night’s final Tri Nations clash in Sydney. Matera was sensationally stripped of the captaincy and stood down from the Bankwest Stadium Test, along with teammates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino, after racist tweets at
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