Month: December 2020

8:07 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs non-tendered 2016 World Series hero Kyle Schwarber on Wednesday, making him a free agent after six seasons with the team, while tendering a contract to 2016 National League MVP Kris Bryant as well as shortstop Javier Baez and catcher Willson Contreras. “He wasn’t surprised,” new Cubs president
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8:58 PM ET Boise State‘s game on Friday at UNLV has been canceled, the Mountain West Conference announced Wednesday. The conference cited “guidance from medical personnel and epidemiologists” in making its decision. “Both medical teams have been in communication in order to understand the full picture of COVID issues in our region,” the Mountain West
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6:51 PM ET Georgia added ESPN Junior 300 defensive tackle Tyre West to its 2022 class on Wednesday. West, the No. 8-ranked prospect overall in the class and the No. 1 prospect from the state of Georgia, chose the Bulldogs over offers from Alabama, Florida, Oregon, LSU and Tennessee, among others. West is a 6-foot-3,
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10:24 PM ET Baltimore Ravens players expressed frustration Wednesday over what has become one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in professional sports. After their 19-14 road loss to the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore players questioned a lack of preparation as well as some of the NFL’s decisions during a time when at least one Ravens
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8:09 PM ET Paul George said the LA Clippers failed to make any adjustments during their stunning NBA playoff meltdown last season when they blew a 3-1 second-round series lead to the Denver Nuggets. Appearing Wednesday on the “All The Smoke” podcast with Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, a candid George talked about the Clippers’
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5:05 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Anthony Joshua says he believes he’s more likely to face Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 than his rival world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Promoters of
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8:26 PM ET Snoop Dogg is coming to boxing on a more permanent basis. The legendary rapper announced Tuesday he is partnering with Triller, an entertainment and music platform that put on Saturday’s Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. fight, to create a new boxing league called The Fight Club. The league will have multiple events per
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8:07 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs non-tendered 2016 World Series hero Kyle Schwarber on Wednesday, making him a free agent after six seasons with the team, while tendering a contract to 2016 National League MVP Kris Bryant. Schwarber, 27, was in his final year of arbitration, but the team let him go rather
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8:02 PM ET The Houston Rockets have agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards for John Wall and a first-round draft pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Westbrook, as well as fellow Rockets star James Harden, had expressed concern about the direction of the Houston franchise in the wake of the departures of
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8:06 PM ET Jalen Suggs, the electrifying Gonzaga freshman and projected first-round NBA draft pick, suffered a left ankle injury and had to be carried off the floor late in the first half of the team’s matchup against No. 11 West Virginia in the Jimmy V Classic in Indianapolis on Wednesday night. Suggs was running
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6:56 PM ET The Atlanta Braves have non-tendered veteran outfielder Adam Duvall, sources told ESPN. The 32-year-old Duvall, who is coming off a 16-homer season in 57 games for the Braves, is now a free agent. Before a two-plus-year tenure with Atlanta, the former All-Star spent most of four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, including
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5:17 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans wide receiver Will Fuller was suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, but quarterback Deshaun Watson said Wednesday that he thinks it’s “very important” that the receiver, playing on his fifth-year option, is back in Houston in 2021. “Will knows that we all
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6:52 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association jointly announced Wednesday night that there were 48 positive tests for COVID-19 out of the 546 players tested from Nov. 24-30. This was the initial round of tests for players as they returned to their teams’ markets ahead of the start of
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6:53 PM ET The Las Vegas Bowl became the latest postseason bowl game to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, ESPN Events announced Wednesday. The Las Vegas Bowl, which was scheduled to match a Pac-12 team against an SEC opponent, was slated to be played for the first time at Allegiant Stadium, the home
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