Month: March 2021

7:20 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators guards Noah Locke and Ques Glover entered the transfer portal Thursday, one a surprise and the other expected. Losing them creates an even bigger backcourt hole for coach Mike White. Locke started 51 of the team’s last 52 games. He averaged 10.6 points and shot
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5:35 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — The NBA trade deadline came and went. Andre Drummond didn’t move. Unable to find a trade partner Thursday for the benched center, the Cavaliers will try to structure a contract buyout for the two-time All-Star, coach J.B. Bickerstaff told reporters. Drummond hasn’t played since Feb. 12 and
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7:46 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The WTA is setting up a way that eventually will return its women’s tennis rankings to their usual 52-week system after a “freeze” of sorts was put in place to account for a tour hiatus and scheduling changes during the coronavirus pandemic. It is a complicated
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5:57 PM ET The spectators who will be allowed to attend the Masters in two weeks will no longer be required to show a negative COVID-19 test to enter, Augusta National announced. The tournament, which begins April 8, will have a limited number of spectators on-site, although the exact figures have not been disclosed. The
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3:27 PM ET Associated Press Bobby Brown, an infielder who played on five World Series champions with the New York Yankees and later became a cardiologist and president of the American League, has died. He was 96. He died Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas, the Yankees said. Brown played with the Yankees from 1946 to
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7:34 PM ET After finishing the 2021 recruiting cycle with the No. 3 ranked class overall, Georgia is off to a great start in the 2022 class. The Dawgs got a commitment from ESPN 300 athlete Malaki Starks on Thursday, giving the coaching staff seven ESPN 300 commitments overall. Starks is a 6-foot-1, 195-pound athlete
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6:55 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville University hired Florida assistant Jordan Mincy as its head coach Thursday, landing an up-and-comer to lead a basketball program that hasn’t been relevant since making the NCAA championship game in 1970. The 34-year-old Mincy followed Gators coach Mike White from Louisiana Tech in 2015. Florida went
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1:04 PM ET George Hill is headed to the Philadelphia 76ers as part of a three-way deal involving the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New York Knicks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Hill, who is averaging is 11.8 points this season, was sent by the Thunder to the Sixers in exchange for Tony
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4:00 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New Orleans Pelicans agreed to trade JJ Redick to the Dallas Mavericks, avoiding a possible buyout situation for the veteran shooting guard. Sources told ESPN the Pelicans sent Redick and forward Nicolo Melli to Dallas for forwards James Johnson and Wes Iwundu as well as a 2021 second-round pick.
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6:17 PM ET Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren will not return this season as he continues to recover from a stress fracture in his left foot, the team announced Thursday. Warren, 27, played just four games this season before suffering the injury. He underwent surgery on Jan. 5. Warren has emerged as one of the
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5:36 PM ET David Wilson Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher said on Thursday that tight end Jalen Wydermyer, a Mackey Award finalist and key target for the Aggies last year as a sophomore, will miss this spring after cutting his hand in a “freak off-the-field accident.” Fisher said the injury required surgery on a tendon.
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4:48 PM ET Associated Press CHENEY, Wash. — Eastern Washington promoted David Riley to head basketball coach Thursday following the school’s NCAA Tournament appearance. Riley will replace Shantay Legans, who left Eastern Washington this week to take over as the head coach at Portland. Riley has been with the Eagles’ program for the past decade
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2:54 PM ET Oklahoma men’s basketball coach Lon Kruger is retiring after 45 years in coaching, it was announced on Thursday. Kruger, 68, has been in charge of the Sooners for the last decade, leading them to seven NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 2016. They finished 16-11 overall this season, going 9-8
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3:12 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals are trading center Mason Cole to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a sixth-round pick in this year’s draft, the Cardinals announced Thursday. The deal, which is pending a physical, will include the 223rd selection. Cole, who was the Cardinals’ third-round pick in 2018, started 32
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