Month: February 2021

8:32 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Stan Williams, the fearsome All-Star pitcher who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the 1959 World Series, has died. He was 84. Williams died Saturday at his home in Laughlin, Nevada. He was hospitalized on Feb. 11 and had been in hospice care due to the effects
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9:06 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Coming off the heels of a historic collapse on Friday night, things once again looked like they were trending in the wrong direction for the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday afternoon. The Pelicans watched as the Boston Celtics stretched their lead out to 24 points midway through
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7:48 PM ET Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders won his first game as coach of the Jackson State Tigers on Sunday against NAIA program Edward Waters, 53-0. Sanders, who also played Major League Baseball on top of his football credentials, is a first-time head football coach at the collegiate level. Previously, he was
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8:22 PM GMT Associated Press France’s star scrum-half Antoine Dupont and four other first-team players who tested positive for COVID-19 are out of the squad for next Sunday’s Six Nations match against Scotland. The French rugby federation (FFR) said on Sunday that further tests carried out on Saturday showed that prop Julien Marchand and center
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5:50 PM ET Adam TeicherESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes and fiancee Brittany Matthews announced the birth of their first child on social media Sunday. Sterling Skye Mahomes,
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5:35 PM ET ESPN News Services One by one, the Boston Red Sox have arrived at spring training spouting the same, stubborn message. From Eduardo Rodriguez — “Don’t sleep on us” — to Chris Sale’s — “We plan on going and making some noise” — there is optimism at the team’s complex despite the 24-36
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4:09 PM ET Associated Press Right-hander Aaron Sanchez finalized a $4 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, giving the club another experienced starter to join Johnny Cueto in the rotation. The Giants said Sanchez could earn up to $2.5 million more in performance bonuses based on starts: $250,000 each for 16
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3:12 PM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is likely to continue rehabilitating his left calf strain through the March 5-10 All-Star break with hopes of returning to the lineup for the start of the season’s second half, sources told ESPN. Smart, working to fully recover from the injury, which occurred on Jan. 30, resumed
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2:28 PM ET Associated Press The nerve issue in Stephen Strasburg‘s wrist that ended his 2020 season after five innings would get aggravated every time he threw a baseball, he said Sunday, and “basically would go from numbness in my thumb to numbness in my whole hand.” Speaking to reporters for the first time since
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1:07 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Detroit Pistons guard Delon Wright is expected to miss two weeks after suffering a Grade 2 strain of his right groin, the team announced Sunday. Wright was injured in a 109-95 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Feb. 19. He led the Pistons in scoring that night with 16 points.
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12:25 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Sam Burns made two big par putts Sunday morning in the Genesis Invitational to finish a 3-over 74 for a two-shot lead on what turned out to be the toughest weekend round at Riviera since the PGA Tour started keeping such records. Burns had a two-shot lead
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