Month: March 2021

3:36 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Butler guard Myles Tate will need offseason surgery after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during last week’s Big East tournament. Tate was injured in Thursday’s season-ending loss to No. 20 Creighton. The Bulldogs finished 10-15. Tate made 18 starts and averaged 6.7 points and
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3:43 PM ET New Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin has signed a six-year contract with the school that will pay him an average of $5.25 million, according to documents released Monday. Harsin, who came to Auburn from Boise State in December, is signed through Dec. 31, 2026. His salary begins at $5 million and increases
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3:10 PM ET The NBA and Utah Jazz‘s joint investigation into allegations by former player Elijah Millsap found no evidence to support a claim that team executive Dennis Lindsey made a racially insensitive comment in an April 2015 meeting, the league said Monday in a statement. “The investigation was unable to establish that the alleged
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3:31 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery signed a four-year contract extension through 2027-28 on Monday after leading the eighth-ranked Hawkeyes to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and their highest NCAA tournament seeding since 1987. The Hawkeyes are 21-8 and finished third in the Big Ten regular season at
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1:32 PM ET Boston College is expected to hire Charleston‘s Earl Grant as its next head basketball coach, sources confirmed to ESPN. Grant will replace Jim Christian, who was fired in mid-February during his seventh season in Chestnut Hill. Grant, 44, has been the head coach of Charleston for seven seasons, taking the Cougars to
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1:43 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Canadiens defenseman Ben Chiarot could miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing surgery Monday for a fractured hand. The operation was at Montreal General Hospital and he is expected to miss six to eight weeks, the team said before Monday’s game in Winnipeg. Chiarot was hurt
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1:05 PM ET Former Tennessee Titans tight end Jonnu Smith reached agreement with the New England Patriots on a four-year, $50 million deal that includes $31.25 million fully guaranteed, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The $12.5 million average annual value in Smith’s deal is the second most the Patriots have given to a
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12:26 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and star pass rusher Shaquil Barrett have agreed to a four-year deal worth up $72 million that includes $36 million fully guaranteed, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Barrett played last season under the $15.8 million franchise tag and recorded eight sacks in 15 games. He
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12:32 PM ET Former champion Andy Murray has been granted a wild card for this month’s Miami Open, tournament organisers said on Monday. The British ex-world No. 1, who has fallen to 116 in the rankings after long injury lay-offs because of hip surgeries, is a two-time Miami Open champion having won the title in
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News Batsman takes over from Joe Denly as Sam Billings’ deputy Daniel Bell-Drummond has been appointed as Kent vice-captain, taking over from Joe Denly as Sam Billings‘ deputy. Bell-Drummond, 27, joined Kent 20 years ago, rising through the club’s age group and academy system before making his debut as a 17-year-old in 2011. He has
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Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar retained the overall lead before Tuesday’s final time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico as Denmark’s Mads Wurtz Schmidt won stage six. Israel Start-Up Nation rider Schmidt won the sprint from a five-man breakaway in Lido di Fermo, Italy. Slovenia’s Pogacar finished safely in the peloton and leads Belgium’s Wout van Aert
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12:40 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga opened the season at No. 1. The Bulldogs never let go of that ranking. Now, after a start-to-finish run atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, coach Mark Few’s Bulldogs are focused on trying to become the first unbeaten national champion in more than four decades. The Bulldogs
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10:10 AM ET Indiana State is hiring Josh Schertz from NCAA Division II power Lincoln Memorial as its next head coach, sources told ESPN. An official announcement is expected later this week. At the Division II level, Schertz has led Lincoln Memorial to two Final Four appearances and an 83% winning percentage during his 13
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12:05 PM ET Indiana has fired coach Archie Miller after the Hoosiers went 12-15 this season and missed the NCAA tournament, sources confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by Stadium. Miller went 67-58 in four seasons and didn’t lead the Hoosiers to any NCAA tournament appearances. He spent six seasons as Dayton’s coach
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