Month: March 2021

11:03 AM ET Northern Illinois has hired Arizona State assistant Rashon Burno as its next head coach, the school announced on Saturday. Burno replaces Mark Montgomery, who was fired back in January after a 1-7 start. “When we started this process, it was about the right fit and matching up with our core values at
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Arsenal came into their Premier League game against Burnley looking to build on encouraging victories against Leicester City and Benfica. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ensured that momentum continued when he scored within six minutes, though an absolute shocking error from Granit Xhaka — when he tried to pass the ball sideways in his own six-yard box but
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11:31 AM ET The national ballot for the John R. Wooden Award — awarded to college basketball’s top player — was revealed Saturday, with 15 players including Iowa‘s Luka Garza and Oklahoma State‘s Cade Cunningham among those featured on the list. Garza, who finished as runner-up for the Wooden Award last season, has delivered on
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10:39 AM ET Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham won’t play on Saturday at West Virginia, coach Mike Boynton told ESPN. Cunningham rolled his left ankle toward the end of Thursday’s loss at Baylor and missed the final minute of the game. Boynton said after the game it didn’t seem serious, and the expectation remains that
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8:00 AM ET This excerpt of “Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession,” by Joe Lunardi, is presented with permission from Triumph Books. For more information or to order a copy, visit Triumph Books, Bookshop, Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Perhaps the most common Bracketology myth is that the Selection
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5:32 AM GMT The defiant NSW Waratahs maintain they boast a “championship-winning” roster despite suffering yet another historic Super Rugby AU defeat. Reeling from record losses to the Queensland Reds and Brumbies to start their 2021 campaign, the Waratahs on Friday night handed the Western Force their first Super Rugby victory since being booted out
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Day two of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 3.47pm: Ashwin completes 30th five-for, India are WTC finalists India have wrapped up a
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1:16 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — John Hunter Nemechek beat boss Kyle Busch, ending Busch’s three-race winning streak at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with a victory in Friday night in the NASCAR Truck Series race. Nemechek this year stepped down two levels from the Cup Series to drive a truck for Kyle Busch
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12:35 AM ET FLINT, Mich. — Claressa Shields wanted to make history on Friday night on multiple levels. The first part, she handled before she even stepped in the ring, headlining an all-women’s pay-per-view card. The second, she took care of in the ring in a way similar to all of her fights before. Shields
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11:49 PM ET Liberty will face North Alabama in the Atlantic Sun tournament championship game Sunday, but it already has clinched a spot in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament even before stepping on the court. The Flames beat Stetson 77-64 in the semifinals Friday in Jacksonville, Florida, and since North Alabama — a school transitioning
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10:56 PM ET Arizona faces allegations of five Level I rules violations, including two alleged instances of academic misconduct within the men’s basketball program, according to an NCAA notice of allegations the university released to ESPN on Friday through an open records request. Arizona released the notice of allegations in response to a Maricopa County
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10:40 PM ET MESA, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani featured an upper-90s fastball and a wipeout splitter in his spring pitching debut Friday, a 41-pitch outing that seemed to validate the Los Angeles Angels‘ hopes that he can contribute as a two-way player this season. Ohtani, pitching two days after unleashing a 486-foot home run to
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