Month: April 2021

7:55 AM ET Georgia sophomore Sahvir Wheeler, one of the best passers in the college game, announced Tuesday that he will enter the NCAA transfer portal and will also declare for the NBA draft while maintaining his collegiate eligibility. “I decided to declare for the NBA draft because of the success I had individually this
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1:09 AM ET Stephen Curry‘s recent shooting streak has left everyone around him in awe. Teammates, coaches, opponents — it’s hard for everybody to wrap their minds around exactly what they’ve been seeing as the Golden State Warriors star continues to set new records on a nightly basis. For his latest feat, Curry poured in
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12:50 AM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU has added transfer guard Micah Peavy, the 2020 Texas high school Class 6A player of the year who started 25 games for Big 12 rival Texas Tech as a freshman this past season. Peavy is at least the fourth Division I transfer who has joined
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11:54 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — ESPN college basketball analyst Bob Valvano, the brother of late North Carolina State men’s basketball coach and broadcaster Jim Valvano, said on social media that he has leukemia, an aortic aneurysm and some kidney damage. Jim Valvano, who died in April 1993 from adenocarcinoma, a glandular cancer,
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11:23 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — The Minnesota Twins have been cleared to travel and are moving forward with plans for a doubleheader in Oakland on Tuesday after having their season interrupted by coronavirus concerns. The Twins haven’t played since Friday to allow for virus testing and contact tracing as the club has
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11:13 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN With Kobe Bryant’s five-year, post-retirement endorsement extension with Nike having expired this month, Vanessa Bryant and the Kobe Bryant estate elected not to renew the partnership, she confirmed to ESPN in a statement Monday night. “Kobe’s Nike contract expired on 4/13/21,” Vanessa Bryant, widow of the Lakers legend, told ESPN.
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11:01 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis is days away from making his return from a nearly nine-week absence and LeBron James has progressed to “light work” on the court, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said before his team’s game against the Utah Jazz on Monday. Vogel said that Davis, who has been sidelined since
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9:16 PM ET Dallas Mavericks director of player personnel Tony Ronzone has been fired after the organization learned new information pertaining to a sexual assault allegation made public last summer, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon on Monday. Sports Illustrated reported in July that a woman said Ronzone had forced himself on her in
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9:18 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — UCLA has signed Rutgers transfer Myles Johnson, who will be a senior in the fall when he enrolls in graduate school. Johnson averaged 8.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.4 blocks starting 22 of 28 games for Rutgers last season, when the Scarlet Knights lost in the second
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8:13 PM ET Star rookie guard LaMelo Ball has been cleared to resume individual basketball activity after a CT scan on his fractured right wrist showed that it has healed, the Charlotte Hornets said Monday. According to the team, Ball had further evaluation on the wrist by Dr. Michelle Carlson of The Hospital for Special
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8:44 PM ET Associated Press STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State coach Ben Howland has signed former North Carolina forward Garrison Brooks as a graduate transfer after he had nearly 1,300 points and 800 rebounds in four seasons with the Tar Heels. The 6-foot-10 Brooks, son of longtime Bulldogs assistant coach George Brooks, was the Atlantic
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