Month: March 2021

11:51 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers, scuffling for most of March, knew they already had an uphill battle to reclaim their early-season form and get back into playoff position. The hill seems even larger now. The New York Rangers, inconsistent themselves most of the season, woke up in a major way Wednesday night, trouncing the
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10:18 PM ET Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, revealed portions of her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments in a series of Instagram posts on Wednesday. The 12 posts, which she shared with her 14.4 million followers, name the officers who allegedly shared photos of
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12:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After Giannis Antetokounmpo hit a turnaround jumper in the lane to cap a personal 7-0 run and give his Milwaukee Bucks what turned out to be an insurmountable lead in an eventual 109-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, he celebrated by sitting down on the court inside Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo
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5:34 PM ET The entire New York Rangers coaching staff is unavailable for Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers due to COVID-19 protocols. The team’s AHL coach, Kris Knoblauch, will fill in for Rangers coach David Quinn. Associate GM Chris Drury and Hartford Wolf Pack associate head coach Gord Miller will also be on the
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11:02 PM ET Georgia Tech star Moses Wright, the ACC player of the year, will miss the Yellow Jackets’ first-round game against Loyola Chicago in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, sources told ESPN on Wednesday night. Wright also likely will be out if Tech beats Loyola Chicago and advances to face the winner of Illinois–Drexel,
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10:30 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry suffered a tailbone contusion at the end of the third quarter of Wednesday night’s game at Houston and did not return for the fourth quarter. The injury occurred on the final play of the third quarter, after Curry missed an off-balance 3-pointer. Curry’s momentum took
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10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky forward Isaiah Jackson says he will enter the NBA draft and be evaluated but not hire an agent, leaving the door open for him to return to school. The 6-foot-10 freshman averaged 8.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and blocked 65 shots this season
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8:16 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks are acquiring guard Gabe Jackson from the Las Vegas Raiders for a 2021 fifth-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler on Wednesday. The Seahawks also agreed to a one-year deal with former Los Angeles Rams tight end Gerald Everett. Their trade for
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6:48 PM ET Former Chicago Bears Pro Bowl guard Kyle Long, who came out of retirement this offseason, is signing a one-year deal worth up to $5 million with the Kansas City Chiefs, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Long had visited the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday. Long is the latest addition to the
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9:37 PM ET The New England Patriots have reunited with their former linebacker Kyle Van Noy, the veteran confirmed on social media Wednesday night. The Miami Dolphins released Van Noy last week, just one season after signing him to a four-year, $51 million contract. The team tried unsuccessfully to trade the linebacker before releasing him.
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8:46 PM ET Perennial Pro Bowl cornerback Patrick Peterson has reached an agreement on a one-year, $10 million deal with the Minnesota Vikings, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The 30-year-old Peterson leaves the Arizona Cardinals as one of the best cornerbacks in franchise history. He went to eight straight Pro Bowls, starting
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8:57 PM ET Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — Marquette assistant Dwayne Killings was hired as Albany’s men’s basketball coach Wednesday. Killings served as associate head coach at Marquette under Steve Wojciechowski. Killings replaces Will Brown, who was not offered a contract extension after the season. “When I set out on this journey to become a
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8:08 PM ET Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel is signing a three-year, $34.5 million deal with the Washington Football Team, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A second-round draft pick by the Panthers out of Ohio State in 2017, Samuel finally met expectations this past season under offensive coordinator Joe Brady, who took
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8:26 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries has agreed to an eight-year contract extension through 2028-29, athletic director Brian Hardin announced Wednesday night. DeVries has led the Bulldogs to 20-win seasons each of his first three years at the school. Drake, at 25-9, has the third-most wins in
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6:58 PM ET Associated Press Russian players continued their dominance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Wednesday as Ekaterina Alexandrova, Vera Zvonareva and Svetlana Kuznetsova all booked their places in the quarterfinals. The top-seeded Alexandrova won 6-3, 6-4 against Tereza Martincova after twice coming from a break down in the second set. She will
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7:42 PM ET Golden State Warriors big men James Wiseman and Eric Paschall (health and safety protocols) will not play against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. “This is just modern life,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said prior to the game. “Everybody seems to be going through this at some level in sports. So you
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