Month: January 2021

7:00 AM ET DAVANTE ADAMS TROTTED back to the Green Bay huddle, then barked out an order to Aaron Rodgers. Throw it again, he remembers yelling. Running back Aaron Jones recalls a more solicitous Adams on this evening in October 2017. In Jones’ version of events, both Adams and Rodgers tapped their jerseys, each extending
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5:30 AM ET Australian tennis star Alex De Minaur has opened his 2021 season in style, winning his fourth ATP title at the Antalya Open in Turkey. De Minaur was leading Alexander Bublik 2-0 in Wednesday’s final when the Kazakh retired injured just seven minutes into the match. The 21-year-old world No.23 dropped only one
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12:50 AM ET Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone acknowledged Tuesday night that Michael Porter Jr.’s absence from the team is because he’s had the coronavirus. After the Nuggets’ 122-116 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in New York, Malone was asked why his team hasn’t been able to put together a complete performance this season. While
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12:33 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Joel Embiid knew the situation his Philadelphia 76ers were in Tuesday night against the visiting Miami Heat. Playing short-handed for the third game in a row and on the second night of a back-to-back — and that was before Philadelphia’s two available point guards, Ben Simmons and Tyrese Maxey, fouled
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12:27 AM ET With the NBA implementing stricter health and safety guidelines amid a breakout of positive coronavirus tests and close contacts, Oklahoma City Thunder guard George Hill questioned some of the logic behind the protocols following a 112-102 home loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. “We wanna play the game …
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11:31 PM ET Disgruntled superstar James Harden said the Houston Rockets are “just not good enough” after the team’s second consecutive blowout loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, adding that he doesn’t believe the team can improve enough to be a contender. “I love this city. I literally have done everything that
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10:53 PM ET Associated Press Jhonattan Vegas has tested positive for the coronavirus and withdrawn from the Sony Open in Hawaii. Vegas is the second PGA Tour player to withdraw because of a positive test this year. Jim Herman tested positive before leaving for Hawaii for the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Xander Schauffele and Webb
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9:39 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New Orleans Pelicans could be without their two starting guards for Wednesday night’s matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers. On Tuesday night’s injury report, the Pelicans listed Lonzo Ball as out with bilateral knee tendinopathy and Eric Bledsoe as questionable with right eye irritation. A source said the team
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8:24 PM ET Associated Press The 22nd-ranked Oregon men’s basketball team has paused all team-related activities because of COVID-19 protocols. The Ducks won’t play planned games at home against Arizona State on Thursday and Arizona on Saturday. The games will be rescheduled. Oregon (9-2, 4-1 Pac-12) is in second place in the Pac-12 behind UCLA.
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7:44 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has never played a game in the snow, and he doesn’t want that streak to end in Saturday’s AFC divisional playoff game in Buffalo against the Bills. Asked about his experience about playing in the snow, Jackson said: “Zero. Saturday would be my
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8:22 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Bears defensive coordinator and former Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano has decided to retire, league sources told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. The Bears are likely to retain head coach Matt Nagy and general manger Ryan Pace, sources said. Pagano, 60, spent just two seasons in Chicago after a
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