Month: January 2021

2:44 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Hornets starting center Cody Zeller is expected to return to action Friday night against the Chicago Bulls after missing four weeks with a broken bone in his left hand, he said Thursday. Zeller went through a scrimmage on Wednesday and coach James Borrego on Thursday listed him as
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2:13 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Dwayne Haskins, a first-round draft pick in 2019, has agreed to a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers after meeting with the team Thursday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The quarterback was released by the Washington Football Team less than a month ago, a day after he was benched
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2:33 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is nearing a return and listed as questionable to play Friday night against the Phoenix Suns. Porter has been cleared from the NBA’s health and safety protocols and returned to the team, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Nuggets coach Michael Malone said that Porter
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1:42 PM ET One of the greatest MMA fighters ever is currently hospitalized in Russia after testing positive for COVID-19. Fedor Emelianenko, the former PRIDE FC heavyweight champion and long considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, revealed the news Thursday morning. Sources close to Emelianenko confirmed he is still in a Russian hospital.
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2:07 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles are hiring Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni to be the team’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Sirianni, 39, spent three seasons as an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs, five seasons with the Chargers and the past three with the Colts. He replaces
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12:39 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — A Spanish tennis player ranked in the top 70 who was forced to quarantine in her hotel room after potentially being exposed to the coronavirus on an Australian Open charter flight says she tested positive for COVID-19. Paula Badosa, a 23-year-old who reached the fourth round at
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12:53 PM ET The commutation of gambler Billy Walters’ sentence by outgoing President Donald Trump on his final day in office was not granted with the help of Phil Mickelson, the Hall of Fame golfer’s lawyer told ESPN on Thursday. Attorney Glenn Cohen told ESPN that “Phil had nothing to do with this” and said
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12:32 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City T-Bones of the independent American Association are being renamed the Kansas City Monarchs after the team that played in the Negro Leagues. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum signed a licensing agreement with Mark Brandmeyer’s MaxFun Entertainment, owner of the minor league team. The
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1:10 PM ET Tennessee is hiring UCF’s Danny White as its new athletic director, sources told ESPN. An official announcement is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. White would replace Phillip Fulmer, who announced his retirement on Monday. White’s first order of business would be to hire a new head football coach after Tennessee fired Jeremy Pruitt
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12:07 PM ET Missouri is hiring former Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks as defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN. Wilks, 51, most recently coached in 2019 as Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator. He last coached in college in 2005, when he worked with Washington’s defensive backs on Tyrone Willingham’s staff. Wilks replaces Ryan Walters, who left
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11:38 AM ET The Memphis Grizzlies, who already had Wednesday’s game postponed, will miss the next three games due to having “unavailable players” and because of contact tracing related to COVID-19, the NBA announced Thursday. The NBA is erring on the side of caution with what still appears to be isolated COVID-19 exposure within the
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9:11 AM ET ESPN News Services The Houston Astros have agreed to a one-year contract with catcher Jason Castro, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal brings Castro back to Houston, where he spent his first six major league seasons and was an All-Star in 2013. Castro finished the 2020 season with the San Diego
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