Month: January 2021

9:34 AM ET Tennessee officials haven’t extended the contracts of assistant football coaches and have paused hiring coaches for vacancies as the Volunteers continue to investigate whether recruiting violations occurred within the program, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Earlier this week, the university announced it had hired attorneys Mike Glazier and Kyle Skillman to assist
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8:16 AM ET Arizona is hiring veteran defensive coordinator Don Brown, who most recently coached at Michigan, to oversee its defense, a source confirmed to ESPN. Brown spent the past five seasons at Michigan before being dismissed Dec. 22. Michigan led the nation in total defense during the first three years of Brown’s tenure (269.3
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6:06 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO –The Yomiuri Giants have agreed to a deal with first baseman Justin Smoak. Smoak played last season with the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Francisco Giants. The deal was announced on the Yomiuri Giants website on Thursday and confirmed by a team spokesman. The Yomiuri Giants did not provide
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2:52 AM ET LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard played back-to-back games for the first time since April 2017 and said he plans to play more back-to-back sets this season. After playing 37 minutes against San Antonio on Tuesday, Leonard logged 35 minutes and scored 31 points in the Clippers’ victory at Golden State on Wednesday.
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11:13 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Gordon Hayward scored a career-high 44 points and the Charlotte Hornets recovered after trailing for the first time in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Hawks 102-94 on Wednesday night. The Hornets led by double figures most of the game before Atlanta claimed its first lead, at
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11:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Bradley Beal might have set a new career-high with 60 points Wednesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers, but that did nothing to improve his mood following Washington’s 141-136 loss at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. “I’m pissed off,” Beal said. “I’m mad. I don’t count [them]. … Any of my career-highs,
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10:02 PM ET Associated Press Tommy John has been battling COVID-19 for at least three weeks, but the former pitching great disputes reports that he is a coronavirus denier. “I’m not a denier. I’ve had it, baby,” John said during a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. The 77-year-old John remains hospitalized near
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7:52 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As much of the country attempted to grapple with the scenes that emerged from Washington on Wednesday afternoon, as angry supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, much of the sports world was trying to figure out how to process the day’s events. For the Miami Heat and Boston
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9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The weather might not be an indication, but golf season is here. At least for the PGA Tour. A loaded 42-player field will get things going at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawai’i. Justin Thomas will defend his title at the Plantation Course against a field of
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8:54 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Inside a fan-less Fiserv Forum on Wednesday night, it seemed like business as usual as members of the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks hit center court for a normal tip-off. However, once reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo gained the first possession for the Bucks, both teams, including the coaching staffs on
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