Month: February 2021

7:40 PM ET Associated Press No additional NBA players have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week, the league said Wednesday, after nearly two dozen games had to be called off in the past month because of virus-related issues. That continued a good two-week trend: After 27 players were positive in results released between
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7:11 PM GMT Wales have suspended wing Josh Adams for the first two matches of the Six Nations after he breached the team’s strict COVID-19 protocols, coach Wayne Pivac confirmed on Wednesday. Adams attended a family gathering on Sunday after the squad were given two days off from training. 2 Related “We are extremely disappointed
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6:45 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors big man Kevon Looney will be out at least the next two weeks as he continues to recover from a sprained left ankle, the team announced Wednesday. Looney suffered the injury late in the first half of Tuesday’s 111-107 loss to the Boston Celtics and had
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12:18 PM ET Some clinicians tasked with evaluating the eligibility of former NFL players for compensation from the league’s landmark 2013 concussion settlement worry that the testing process and protocols discriminate against Black players, an ABC News investigation published Wednesday has found. The New York Times reported in August that two Black former players —
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5:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Free-agent closer Alex Colome has agreed to a deal to join the Minnesota Twins, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday. The deal is for one year with a club option and $6.25 million guaranteed, according to the source. Colome’s base salary for 2021 will be $5 million,
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6:11 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes might someday be satisfied with Tom Brady’s Super Bowl championship accomplishments. For now, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback will settle for a place where Brady was much earlier in his career. Mahomes just wants what for him will be Super Bowl victory No. 2. “The goal
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6:13 PM ET USA Basketball is in the planning stages of creating a pre-Olympic bubble in Las Vegas for Team USA, Australia and Spain to train and play exhibition games against one another before leaving for Tokyo, managing director Jerry Colangelo told ESPN. With NBA players expected to make up the core of all three
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5:11 PM ET ESPN News Services The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to terms on a one-year, $3.5 million deal with veteran relief pitcher Joakim Soria, pending a physical, according to multiple media reports Wednesday. Soria can also earn $500,000 in performance incentives. The two-time All-Star has pitched will be pitching for his eighth MLB team.
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4:55 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs had 20 people, including quarterback Patrick Mahomes, other players and staff members, in line for a haircut Sunday with a barber who tested positive for COVID-19, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Backup Chiefs center Daniel Kilgore was mid-haircut when the Chiefs pulled the barber, once his
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5:00 PM ET Associated Press Saturday’s Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball game between Louisville and No. 14 Virginia has been postponed, with Pittsburgh now scheduled to visit the Cavaliers in Charlottesville that day. The postponement follows one earlier Wednesday of a game scheduled for that evening between Louisville and host Syracuse after a positive test,
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4:50 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has begun individual basketball activities as he continues to recover from a right calf strain suffered at the start of the season, the team said Wednesday. Love has not played since Dec. 27 after initially suffering the injury during the preseason and aggravating it against the Philadelphia
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