Month: May 2021

1:06 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t going anywhere, signing a 20-year extension to their lease at Staples Center. The deal with building owner AEG means the team will remain through 2041. The Lakers began play at Staples Center in November 1999 and have won six NBA titles in that span. The team and
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1:55 PM ET Spain’s Usman Garuba, the No. 15 basketball prospect in the ESPN Top 100, has submitted paperwork to the league office to make himself eligible for the 2021 NBA draft, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Garuba, 19, is in the midst of a productive season competing at the highest levels of international
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5:30 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld It’s over. On Saturday, Schalke 04 played their final Bundesliga match, meaning that for at least one season,
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3:45 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — The Reds‘ Nick Senzel is scheduled to have knee surgery Friday and could miss four to six weeks. The Reds also announced Thursday that right-handed starter Jeff Hoffman has been put on the 10-day injured list with a sore shoulder. Senzel, who began the season as the center
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3:13 PM ET With less than 100 days until the start of the college football season, ESPN released its slate of games Thursday filled with rivalries, conference championship games and postseason action. More than 100 games will be featured all within the first three weeks of the season, including the previously announced games with Georgia–Clemson
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2:27 PM ET NEW YORK — Jeff Green has strained his plantar fascia and will be re-evaluated in 10 days, sidelining him for the remainder of the Brooklyn Nets‘ first round series against the Boston Celtics. While he is out, Green will continue to travel with the team while working on his rehab, Steve Nash
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12:36 PM ET Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball will become the first athlete to enter the world of dynamic nonfungible tokens (NFTs) when he releases a set of 500 prior to the announcement of the NBA Rookie of the Year in June, ESPN has learned. NFTs are unique blockchain-based tokens that give owners specific rights
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1:20 PM ET Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg said he respects Naomi Osaka’s decision to shun French Open press conferences for mental health reasons and added that she is “ballsy,” but recognised opponents could find it unfair. The German made considerable use of sports psychology as he battled and beat Mercedes teammate Lewis
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11:20 AM ET A study out Thursday on the risk of heart damage to college athletes who have had COVID-19 contradicts other recent studies by suggesting symptoms are not the best indicator for possible heart problems and advocating for continued high-level cardiac monitoring, awareness and possible testing of athletes post-COVID. The study published in JAMA
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1:19 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New York Knicks say they have banned a fan who spit on Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young on Wednesday night during Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The Knicks released a statement on the matter on Thursday afternoon. “We investigated the matter and determined that this patron, who
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11:30 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars senior vice president of football operations and strategy Karim Kassam is out, sources tell ESPN’s Seth Walder. The reason that Kassam is no longer with the team was not immediately known. Kassam was hired Feb. 19 to oversee the team’s football technology and analytics department in addition to
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