Month: March 2021

11:05 AM ET Thirteen civil cases filed against the Houston Texans‘ Deshaun Watson through Monday accuse him of a range of actions during massage appointments over the past year, from refusing to cover his genitals to forced oral sex. Watson has denied the allegations in the lawsuits, which do not name any of the women.
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3:39 PM ET Davidson Wildcats men’s basketball star Kellan Grady has entered the transfer portal and will explore his options as a graduate, sources told ESPN. A 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Boston, Grady earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors as a sophomore and senior and second-team honors as a freshman and junior. He averaged 17.1 points
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4:46 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers continued their commitment to keeping their own on Monday, bringing back strong safety Jaquiski Tartt. Tartt agreed to terms on a one-year deal that will keep him in San Francisco for a seventh season, the team announced. “We are very excited to have Jaquiski
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4:28 PM ET NEW YORK — Derrick Rose rejoined the New York Knicks on Monday, though it’s unclear when he will play again as he recovers from COVID-19. Looking tired, Rose detailed his struggles Monday, saying his kids also had gotten sick and they all quarantined together. “They say everybody is different, but with me
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4:28 PM ET Minnesota is expected to hire Xavier assistant Ben Johnson as its next head coach, sources told ESPN. Johnson will replace Richard Pitino, who was let go last week after eight seasons with the Golden Gophers. An official announcement could come as soon as Monday night. Johnson is a Minneapolis native who graduated
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4:03 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Disappointment set in when Oregon’s first-round NCAA tournament game against VCU was declared a no-contest Saturday. The Ducks wouldn’t be going home, like first-round opponent VCU, which had multiple positive COVID-19 tests on its roster. But after spending days in the NCAA bubble, they desperately wanted to play. During a
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2:40 PM ET Hall of Fame forward Elgin Baylor, who followed his illustrious playing career with a decades-long tenure as LA Clippers general manager, has died at the age of 86. Baylor died of natural causes Monday and was surrounded by his wife, Elaine, and his daughter, Krystal, the Los Angeles Lakers said in a
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12:55 PM ET The One Championship roster of MMA fighters has added a top name to its list of elite grapplers. Gordon Ryan, a multiple-time grappling world champion considered to be among the greatest jiu-jitsu competitors, has signed with the Singapore-based fight promotion to make his pro debut in MMA and also compete in submission
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1:12 PM ET Members of Evander Holyfield’s team say Mike Tyson has rejected a $25 million guarantee to fight Holyfield on May 29 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The two sides had been in talks for months about getting Tyson and Holyfield in the ring, after Tyson fought an exhibition against Roy
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1:07 PM ET Associated Press The Kansas City Royals reassigned four of their top prospects to their minor league camp Monday, including touted shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., whose brilliant spring training nearly caused the club to put him on the Opening Day roster. The Royals also sent outfielder Kyle Isbel and pitchers Jackson Kowar and
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1:46 PM ET Portland is expected to hire Eastern Washington‘s Shantay Legans as its next head coach, sources told ESPN. Legans has been the head coach at Eastern Washington for four seasons, leading the Eagles to a Big Sky regular-season championship last season and a conference tournament title this season. The Eagles had third-seeded Kansas
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1:47 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers are expecting to be without one-time closer Jose Leclerc for an extended time because of right elbow soreness, the latest setback for a bullpen already missing another key late-inning arm for at least two months. General manager Chris Young said Monday that Leclerc reported
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1:28 PM ET Despite winning the 2020 Heisman Trophy, Alabama receiver DeVonta Smith has been faced when one central question throughout this draft process: his weight. After several questions from reporters Monday, Smith revealed that he weighs 170 pounds. Smith said he plans to officially weigh in for teams Tuesday at Alabama’s pro day, but
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1:26 PM ET NEW YORK – Kyrie Irving will not travel with the Nets on their upcoming three-game road trip while he attends to a family matter, the team announced on Monday morning. Irving will miss Brooklyn’s games against the Trail Blazers, Jazz and Pistons. The Nets are already shorthanded. Kevin Durant has been sidelined
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