Month: January 2021

5:50 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — Former UConn men’s basketball coach Donald “Dee” Rowe, who served for more than five decades as an ambassador for the school’s athletic department and as a mentor for coaches including Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma, died Sunday. He was 91. Rowe was hired as UConn coach in
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5:57 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Frances Tiafoe gained momentum Sunday in his bid for another Delray Beach Open title by winning a seesaw match against fellow American Bjorn Fratangelo, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Tiafoe won his first ATP Tour title as a 20-year-old wild card at Delray Beach in 2018. His career
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4:50 PM ET After missing the past three games because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols, Kevin Durant is set to return Sunday against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team announced. Kyrie Irving, however, will miss his third straight game for personal reasons. The Nets have elected not to elaborate on Irving’s absence, with
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3:54 PM ET With speed and resiliency, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson exacted postseason revenge and silenced those who doubted he could win when it matters most. In the Ravens’ 20-13 wild-card triumph in Tennessee, Jackson won the first playoff game of his career and delivered payback for last year’s upset loss to the Titans.
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4:46 PM ET Sunday night’s game between the Celtics and Heat in Boston has been postponed, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics were set to play with the minimum eight players after nine players were ruled out, including seven because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols. While Kemba Walker (knee) and Romeo Langford
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3:47 PM ET Top seed Matteo Berrettini cruised into the quarterfinals of the Antalya Open with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Dimitar Kuzmanov. The world No. 10 broke serve on five occasions to win the match in 68 minutes. Berrettini will meet Alexander Bublik for a place in the last four after he overcame Frenchman
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3:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The Boston Celtics will have the minimum eight players available for Sunday night’s game against the Miami Heat after announcing that nine players are out — including seven due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols for the COVID-19 pandemic. While Kemba Walker (knee) and Romeo Langford (wrist)
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1:44 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith decided long ago that he wanted to push hard during his recovery to see where it could take him. It took him back to the starting lineup. Now he has one more decision to make: Does he want to keep playing? Smith said
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10:20 AM ET UFC president Dana White is expected to meet with undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov this week in Abu Dhabi for the first time since Nurmagomedov announced his retirement in October. Nurmagomedov (29-0) is still the UFC’s undisputed 155-pound champion, even though he has stated he does not intend to fight again. White
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12:38 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks shut down their practice facility Sunday morning after power forward Maxi Kleber tested positive for COVID-19, the team’s second positive test in three days, sources told ESPN. Contact tracing is being done to determine whether any other players or staff members will be required to enter the NBA’s health
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10:41 AM ET Had the Houston Texans stayed the course and followed the recommendation of the search firm Korn Ferry, they likely would have hired Pittsburgh Steelers vice president of football and business administration Omar Khan as their next general manager, league sources told ESPN. Khan and ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Louis Riddick, who
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11:41 AM ET Premier League referee Michael Oliver has said he made a mistake not to show Everton‘s Jordan Pickford a red card for his tackle on Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk in the Merseyside derby in October. Van Dijk suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the 2-2 draw and underwent knee surgery but
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11:48 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Doug Pederson’s status as Philadelphia Eagles head coach is not firm, and he could be out if owner Jeffrey Lurie is not confident about Pederson’s vision for the team after they meet again soon, sources told ESPN. Pederson and Lurie are expected to meet again early this week in Florida
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8:59 AM ET New Orleans Saints vice president/assistant general manager of pro personnel Terry Fontenot is one of “two or three finalists” for the Atlanta Falcons GM job, league sources tell ESPN. If New Orleans loses Fontenot to division rival Atlanta, it could turn out to be the first test case of the NFL’s new
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