Month: February 2021

7:29 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — – Oakland Athletics catcher Sean Murphy will be sidelined for several weeks with a collapsed lung that required surgery but is expected to be fine and fully recovered by opening day. “I don’t think he liked the idea of just sort of being out there in the
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7:29 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. New Las Vegas Aces owner Mark Davis said he sees opportunities for “synergy” between the WNBA franchise and the NFL’s Las
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6:46 PM ET Kevin Durant will not play against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, missing his third consecutive game with a left hamstring strain. Durant traveled with the Nets on their five-game road trip and continues to get treatment on his hamstring. Brooklyn initially said Durant would miss at least two games. The team
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6:48 PM ET Associated Press Three more basketball games in the Atlantic Coast Conference have been postponed, the league announced Wednesday. No. 18 Virginia Tech‘s trip to No. 16 Florida State as well as Clemson‘s visit to Pittsburgh scheduled for Saturday have been postponed. Additionally, North Carolina‘s game at Boston College Tuesday also is postponed.
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5:42 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — This year, the start of spring training was meaningful in a different way for AJ Hinch. After winning a World Series and two pennants as Houston’s manager, Hinch spent last season serving a suspension in the aftermath of the Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal. Now he has resurfaced with Detroit,
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6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services The Nebraska-Illinois football game scheduled for August in Ireland has been called off because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Big Ten Conference game will be played Aug. 28 in Champaign, Illinois, instead. Officials said the decision was made after consultations with the Irish government, medical experts and the administrative
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4:53 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Kevin Love took part in most of practice for the Cavaliers on Wednesday, moving the five-time All-Star closer to playing after missing most of the season with a calf injury. Love has been out since Dec. 27, when he aggravated a calf strain he initially incurred in the
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5:15 PM ET Buster Posey tried to watch every inning of San Francisco Giants baseball that he could last year, but he was busy. Most of his energy was spent caring for four children, particularly two adopted twin girls who were born eight weeks premature last summer. But he also found a useful way to
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5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services As the decision to bench center Andre Drummond while the team pursues a trade has drawn criticism — most notably from Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green — Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said “nobody’s decision should be muted.” Bickerstaff said Drummond was not with the team Wednesday, and
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3:47 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees‘ 2021 season will rest on the potential of a pitching staff full of uncertainty. But regardless of any question marks, manager Aaron Boone hailed a new-look rotation that now boasts two-time Cy
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2:09 PM ET Associated Press The struggling New York Rangers will be without defenseman Jacob Trouba for the next four to six weeks because of a broken thumb. That’s a significant blow to an underachieving team with playoff aspirations that has lost four in a row. “Unfortunately, we’re going to miss everything he brings from
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3:13 PM ET Associated Press Two Arizona Diamondbacks players have tested positive for COVID-19 and didn’t start practice with the team’s pitchers and catchers Wednesday. Manager Torey Lovullo said veteran catcher Stephen Vogt received a positive result during intake testing and would miss at least the next 10 days. Pitching prospect Luis Frias tested positive
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6:38 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Gerard Pique and Antoine Griezmann‘s frustration boiled over into an on-pitch argument as Barcelona were beaten 4-1 by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday. Pique, making his first appearance since injuring his knee ligaments in November, screamed at his teammates to “keep the f—— ball longer”
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2:41 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder are both planning to travel later Wednesday afternoon for games set to be played in other cities on Wednesday night. After meeting Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, both the Blazers and Thunder had issues leaving because of snow in the area. The
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2:19 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger is the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers right now, general manager Kevin Colbert said in a Wednesday news conference. Beyond that, though, Colbert was lukewarm in his assessment of the franchise quarterback’s future with the organization. “As we sit here today, Ben is a member of the Pittsburgh
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1:44 PM ET Many of the NBA’s top players are expressing apprehension about accepting invitations to participate in league-sponsored public service announcements to bolster broader acceptance of the coronavirus vaccine, sources told ESPN. The NBA’s outreach to the agents of many of the league’s elite players — with hopes of getting stars to participate in
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12:14 PM ET Cody Allen, the career leader in saves and appearances for the Cleveland Indians, has retired, the team said on Twitter on Thursday. “From a 23rd round draft pick to the franchise saves,” the Indians posted on Twitter. “Congrats on a great career, Cody. Happy Retirement.” Allen, who signed a minor league deal
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