Month: February 2021

1:18 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Another night, another clutch performance from Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard. Sure, this one featured another game-sealing bucket from Lillard — his 25th game-tying or go-ahead field goal in the final 20 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime, most in the NBA since he entered
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10:57 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will play their first two homestands of the regular season at their spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida, because of Canadian government restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple reports. After starting the season with three-game series at the New York Yankees
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10:04 PM ET Elite high school junior Amari Bailey has committed to UCLA basketball for a second time, he announced Wednesday night. Bailey originally committed to the Bruins and then-coach Steve Alford as a high school freshman, but he decommitted eight months later. Bailey also once committed to DePaul before starting eighth grade, but he
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7:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Tim Tebow is retiring from baseball after five years as a minor leaguer with the New York Mets. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner returned to baseball in 2016 for the first time since his junior year of high school and reached Triple-A, encouraged by then-general manager and current team
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9:48 PM ET On his first day back in uniform in a decade, new Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa felt fortunate to be on the practice field after the team stuck by him despite an arrest for DUI in February 2020. “I had already been beating myself up for the mistake without anyone
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9:45 PM ET Bradford Doolittle Close ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995
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8:46 PM ET Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres reached agreement on a 14-year, $340 million contract extension, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The $340 million extension is the third-largest contract handed out in MLB history, trailing only Mike Trout‘s $426.5 million extension over 12 years
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8:04 PM ET Former UFC fighter Bryan Caraway has been charged with four felonies in a 2018 case involving the alleged theft of an all-terrain vehicle belonging to his ex-girlfriend, former UFC champion Miesha Tate. Caraway was charged with fraud, first-degree attempted theft, filing a false insurance claim and making a false statement on a
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8:24 PM ET Fresh off his third UFC welterweight title defense last weekend, Kamaru Usman is keen on booking his next bout against Jorge Masvidal — and has already discussed the idea with UFC president Dana White. Usman (18-1) told ESPN on Wednesday he believes he has earned the right to pick his next opponent,
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