Month: January 2021

10:47 PM ET Jimmy Graham capped a 99-yard drive with a one-handed touchdown catch as time expired in the Chicago Bears‘ 21-9 loss to the New Orleans Saints in an NFC wild-card game on Sunday. Graham’s touchdown did not affect the outcome of the game but did have bettors who took the Bears plus the
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10:48 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Tom Brady and Drew Brees will actually do something next week that they have never accomplished in their storied NFL careers: Face each other in a playoff game. The second-seeded New Orleans Saints will host the fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the grand finale of next weekend’s divisional-round matchups
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9:25 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Finally able to shed his cumbersome protective face mask, Kawhi Leonard enjoyed a milestone Sunday that included the best quarter of his life and reaching 10,000 career points. Leonard scored 35 and tied his career high of making seven 3-pointers, leading the Clippers past a red-hot Zach LaVine and
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10:04 PM ET Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky left open the possibly of returning to Chicago next season after the offense flopped in Sunday’s 21-9 playoff loss to the New Orleans Saints. “I think I can definitely see myself back here next year,” Trubisky said on a Zoom call. “Obviously a lot of that is out
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9:00 PM ET Dallas Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis could make his season debut Monday night against the New Orleans Pelicans. Porzingis, who underwent surgery in October to address a lateral meniscus injury in his left knee, is listed as questionable for the first time this season. He is included among the Mavs’ likely starters
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8:30 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers exchanged DeMarcus Cousins‘ roster spot for Markieff Morris back in February. In Cousins’ first game against his former team Sunday, he and Morris got in a testy exchange of their own. Neither player ended up finishing the game. Morris and Cousins were called for double technical fouls with
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7:37 PM ET West Virginia transfer Oscar Tshiebwe has committed to Kentucky, he announced Sunday night. “I am grateful for the time I spent at West Virginia, and the lessons that I learned. I’ve spent a lot of time praying to God to help me make the best decision for my future,” Tshiebwe wrote on
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7:08 PM ET ESPN News Services NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have re-signed restricted free agent forward Jesper Bratt to a $5.5 million, two-year contract. Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal on Sunday, four days before the season opener at home against the Boston Bruins. The 22-year-old Bratt will make just
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7:25 PM GMT French rugby federation president Bernard Laporte remains optimistic that the Six Nations will go ahead as scheduled despite the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a puzzle, but I think we shouldn’t be alarmed about the Six Nations tournament,” Laporte told French radio RMC on Sunday. “The tournament will be played with a health protocol
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7:11 PM ET As coronavirus-infected players, contact tracing quarantines and ancillary injuries thin rosters of available players, the NBA has no plans to pause the season, a league spokesman told ESPN. “We anticipated that there would be game postponements this season and planned the schedule accordingly,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass told ESPN in a statement.
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6:45 PM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic has been diagnosed with a fractured right knee, the team announced Sunday. Bogdanovic was hurt during the second quarter of Saturday night’s game at Charlotte and did not return. The Hawks described the injury specifically as an “an avulsion fracture in his right knee with associated soft
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5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hopeful Manchester United‘s defensive injury crisis will ease before the crucial clash with Liverpool. Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw both missed the 1-0 win over Watford on Saturday in the FA Cup, while Eric Bailly was forced off with a neck injury before half-time. – Stream
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6:38 PM ET The Baltimore Ravens insist their celebration on the Tennessee Titans‘ logo after Marcus Peters‘ game-sealing interception wasn’t planned. In the final two minutes of the Ravens’ 20-13 wild-card victory Sunday, 15 Ravens defenders followed Peters and stormed midfield where many stomped on the logo. This outburst came two months after the Titans
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