Month: January 2021

5:24 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes left the Kansas City Chiefs‘ divisional round playoff game against the Cleveland Browns in the third quarter and was later ruled out with a concussion. Mahomes was taken to the locker room shortly after the injury, which took place on a rushing attempt. He was replaced
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5:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving is listed as questionable for the Brooklyn Nets game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday. It is the first time since Jan. 5 that Irving’s status leaves room for him to be available to play. Irving has missed the Nets’ last six consecutive games. If Irving plays
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2:48 PM ET Indiana is set to hire Georgia defensive backs coach Charlton Warren as defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Warren will replace Kane Wommack, who left last month to become head coach at South Alabama. His hiring will be finalized in the next few days, sources said. Warren, who turned 44 on Sunday, has
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2:50 PM ET Baltimore Ravens linebackers coach Mike Macdonald has been named the new defensive coordinator at Michigan, the school announced Sunday. Macdonald has spent seven years with the Ravens, three in his role coaching the linebackers, and worked in various roles at Georgia from 2011 to 2013. “It is an honor to join Coach
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3:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Nebraska men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and the program said it would continue to pause activities for a minimum of seven more days. Nebraska said that 12 members of the program, including Hoiberg and seven players, have tested positive for the
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2:03 PM ET Houston Rockets general manager Rafael Stone cited the “flexibility” provided by the historic haul of first-round draft picks the franchise received in the James Harden trade as the reason he chose to deal the perennial MVP candidate to the Brooklyn Nets over other offers. In the four-team trade officially finalized Saturday, Houston
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1:02 PM ET Ohio State running back Trey Sermon announced on social media Sunday that he is entering the NFL draft. He is ranked as the No. 3 draft-eligible running back by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. Sermon rushed for 870 yards on 116 carries (7.5 yards per carry) and four touchdowns this season. 🤞🏾❤️ pic.twitter.com/h0h8YrJNrI
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12:36 PM ET Associated Press Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has revealed that he received the COVID-19 vaccine and is encouraging others to consider doing the same. The Basketball Hall of Famer and the NBA’s all-time scoring leader has taped a short message that will be aired beginning Monday during broadcasts of games played on the Martin Luther
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11:53 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Celtics star Kemba Walker will make his season debut Sunday afternoon in Boston against the New York Knicks. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Walker, who has been out since the end of last season as he underwent a strengthening program for his ailing left knee, will play about 20 minutes.
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9:25 AM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE — Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed the year’s first Grand Slam will go ahead from Feb. 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine in Melbourne due to positive COVID-19 cases on their charter planes. Seventy-two players and their entourages have to isolate for
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3:43 PM ET Undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov left the door open for a return to the Octagon. Promotion president Dana White said that if the two lightweight fights next week — Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker vs. Michael Chandler — are spectacular, Nurmagomedov would consider coming back to fight one
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6:29 PM ET With 90 seconds left in his fight Saturday, Max Holloway turned away from his opponent, Calvin Kattar, and told the broadcast team cageside that he is the best boxer in the UFC. On ABC, the network that has been a home for boxing since the 1940s, Holloway more than proved his point
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