Month: March 2021

12:02 PM ET While the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship budget for the 2018-2019 season was $28 million — almost twice as much as the women’s budget — information provided by the NCAA on Friday also shows the men’s tournament brought in a total net income of $864.6 million that season. The women’s event
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11:42 AM ET Texas‘ Shaka Smart is in talks with Marquette to become the Golden Eagles’ next head basketball coach, sources told ESPN. A deal is expected to be done imminently. Smart, a Wisconsin native, has been the head coach at Texas for six seasons. The Longhorns have gone to three NCAA tournaments under Smart
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen topped both Friday practice sessions at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. He headed McLaren’s Lando Norris in the second session, with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton third and Valtteri Bottas fifth split by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Verstappen was first and Bottas second in the first session with Norris third. The field appeared very
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News New Zealand allrounder to arrive for group stage after completion of IPL Jimmy Neesham, the New Zealand allrounder, is to join Essex for this summer’s Vitality Blast. The 30-year-old will arrive in England following on from the IPL and is set to be available throughout the group stage. Neesham’s previous involvement on English soil
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10:23 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said that the thinking behind the moves the team made prior to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline — and specifically acquiring Evan Fournier in a deal with the Orlando Magic — was to give a team lacking in confidence a reason to have
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10:09 AM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Five-star guard Hunter Sallis, one
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9:48 AM ET A week ago, the Boston Red Sox announced Eduardo Rodriguez as the team’s Opening Day starter, but for the second straight season, the left-handed starter will be scratched from the season’s first game, this time after dealing with a dead arm. Rodriguez missed Opening Day last year after being diagnosed with myocarditis,
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8:50 AM ET The NHL trade deadline owes a debt of gratitude to the Canadian government. On Thursday, a league source confirmed to ESPN that the 14-day quarantine for NHL players traded from U.S. teams to Canadian teams would be reduced to seven days, with additional COVID-19 testing. This removes a roadblock for North Division
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