Month: April 2021

12:50 AM ET When LeBron James makes his long-awaited return to the court, he won’t just be forming a dynamic duo with Anthony Davis. With Dennis Schroder‘s emergence during James’ and Davis’ injuries, the Los Angeles Lakers could have something that resembles a Big Three. The Lakers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 114-103
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1:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies selected the contract of outfielder Odubel Herrera on Monday, and he played in his first major league game since May 26, 2019, following a suspension for domestic violence. Herrera was suspended for 85 games, then did not play last year after being designated for assignment during
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12:27 AM ET It’s good to be King. Even amid the longest injury stretch of his Hall of Fame career, somehow LeBron James still managed to rewrite record books. A 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection RPA (rookie patch autograph) parallel LeBron James card, numbered out of 23, was sold privately for $5.2 million with PWCC
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12:30 AM ET NBA Defensive Player of the Year front-runner Rudy Gobert blamed himself for the Utah Jazz‘s 105-104 loss at the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, saying his botched execution that led to D’Angelo Russell‘s game-winning layup made him “feel dumb.” “If I don’t f— up the last play defensively, we end up with
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1:03 AM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — The Braves were eager to make up for their embarrassing performance the previous day, so they brought in a little extra help. Call it the Power of Sage. Atlanta scored four runs in the very first inning, Freddie Freeman added a three-run homer and Atlanta overcame a
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1:07 AM ET Chants of “Defense!” echoed through Madison Square Garden when Chris Paul pulled out a cross over, spun and then flung up an 18-foot fadeaway over Julius Randle that silenced the Garden and ultimately snapped the New York Knicks’ nine-game winning streak. The Phoenix Suns’ All-Star point guard scored seven points in the
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11:03 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons are open to hearing trade offers for wide receiver Julio Jones, general manager Terry Fontenot told FOX 5 in Atlanta on Monday night. Fontenot answered the question about possibly moving Jones broadly, but the question asked was a direct one about the team’s star receiver for a decade. “That’s
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12:15 PM ET The weekend didn’t disappoint when it came to soccer across Europe. Manchester City won another Carabao Cup, this time against Tottenham Hotspur, while Inter Milan inched even closer to winning the Serie A title. In La Liga, Barcelona got a boost from Antoine Griezmann in their title race as Real Madrid (draw)
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7:42 PM ET The beef between Daniel Cormier and Jake Paul seemed to come to a head last weekend during a face-to-face confrontation. But now, things have only escalated. Cormier, the former UFC double champion, and Paul, the polarizing YouTube-star-turned-boxer, have gone back and forth on social media since Paul knocked out Cormier’s friend Ben
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8:39 PM ET Jorge Masvidal said Monday he feels “great” and is hoping to earn his way back to another title shot after losing via second-round knockout to welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on Saturday in the main event of UFC 261. Masvidal, 36, admitted there were brief moments when he thought about “retirement, or could
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Edgbaston will host the women’s T20 event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games © Getty Images Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, England and a nation from the Caribbean have all qualified for the women’s event 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Women’s cricket will feature at the Games for the first time, and cricket for
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7:21 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — New Minnesota Vikings cornerback Patrick Peterson is the first player to take advantage of the NFL’s relaxed rule on jersey numbers that now permits defensive backs to wear Nos. 1-49. On his All Things Covered podcast, Peterson said he’ll be switching from the No. 21 he donned for the past
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5:49 PM ET Seven women filed a federal class-action lawsuit against LSU and its leadership Monday, with the university’s former president and athletic director, as well as its athletic fundraising group, among those named as defendants, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by ESPN. According to the 118-page document, the women attended the
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6:31 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Just because the Green Bay Packers haven’t restructured or extended Aaron Rodgers‘ contract does not mean they won’t in the coming days either before this week’s draft or in the coming months before the season starts. That’s where general manager Brian Gutekunst left things on Monday. Gutekunst and
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football player, reintroduced on Monday a bipartisan bill that would give college athletes the right to earn money through endorsements and sponsorship deals. Gonzalez, R-Ohio, and Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., co-sponsored the Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act, which would give college
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