Month: March 2021

6:30 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick underwent a nonsurgical procedure on his right heel to relieve inflammation and soreness, the team announced Thursday. Redick will be away from the team while receiving follow-up treatment. His status will be updated in one week. Redick, 36, is averaging 8.7 points and shooting 36.4% on
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6:50 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Emmett Jones was picked as the interim football coach at Kansas on Thursday as the beleaguered school searches for a new athletic director and head football coach following a scandal-plagued week. Jones is entering his third season with the Jayhawks, serving first as the wide receivers coach
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5:58 PM ET The Detroit Lions have informed slot cornerback Justin Coleman he will be released by the franchise, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Coleman is the second Detroit defensive back to learn of his pending release this offseason, joining Desmond Trufant. Earlier this month, when head coach Dan Campbell was asked about
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6:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball on Thursday outlined a litany of experimental rules it plans to implement at different minor league levels this season, including banning some forms of defensive shifts, more games governed
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5:00 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills have agreed to a four-year contract extension with linebacker Matt Milano, the team announced on Thursday. The deal is worth $44 million with $24 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In the days leading up to free agency, Buffalo made several moves
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5:06 PM ET Valdosta High School placed football coach Rush Propst on administrative leave on Tuesday, pending a Georgia High School Association investigation into allegations that he arranged for improper benefits to players’ parents to move with their sons into the school district and other misconduct, sources confirmed to ESPN. Propst declined comment when contacted
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4:05 PM ET Former Baltimore Ravens running back Mark Ingram has reached agreement on a one-year deal worth up to $3 million with the Houston Texans, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ingram will join a Texans backfield led by starter David Johnson, who agreed to a restructured contract to remain with the team. The
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5:01 PM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky‘s season ended with a missed last-second shot in the SEC Tournament. But things began spiraling downward for the Wildcats long before Thursday’s disappointing 74-73 setback against Mississippi State that sealed their fate: No NCAA Tournament this year. When the Bulldogs’ Iverson Molinar made two free throws with seven
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10:49 AM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features Major League Baseball investigators have interviewed a woman who said free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig sexually assaulted her in a Staples Center bathroom, but have
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3:28 PM ET HOUSTON — Speaking for the first time since his introductory press conference, Houston Texans head coach David Culley reiterated that the team is committed to quarterback Deshaun Watson. “We are very committed to Deshaun as our quarterback,” Culley said. “He is our quarterback. He’s the only guy we got under contract at
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2:47 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Outfielder Billy Hamilton won’t make Cleveland’s roster, and the Indians are trying to find him another team this spring. Manager Terry Francona said the club told Hamilton on Thursday that he wasn’t part of their plans. The Indians will try to trade the 30-year-old, who signed a minor
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12:54 PM ET Star quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Topps announced an exclusive deal to produce a 50-card box set to be released in April. The 50 trading cards will all feature a unique design, 20 of which will be created by Lawrence’s brother, Chase, and sister-in-law, Brooke, who are professional artists. Lawrence is projected as
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