Month: May 2021

5:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Philadelphia 76ers may be the top seed in the Eastern Conference, but they had their hands full with the eighth-seeded Washington Wizards on Sunday afternoon, escaping with a 125-118 victory to open the best-of-seven first-round playoff series. For those who expect the Sixers to cruise past their underdog opponents,
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4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after leaving his first major league start since the 2019 playoffs with forearm tightness. Mikolas, who won 18 games in 2018, was activated Saturday for his first major league start since the 2019
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5:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Utah Jazz All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will not play against the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series Sunday night. Mitchell has been working toward his return from a sprained right ankle. He has been sidelined for five weeks after suffering the injury on April
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4:56 PM ET ESPN News Services LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech is getting another transfer in French forward Daniel Batcho, who left Arizona without playing for the Wildcats. Batcho will have all four years of eligibility when he joins first-year coach Mark Adams’ team. Batcho is the fourth transfer to pick Texas Tech since Adams
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4:40 PM ET Chris Paul returned in the second quarter of the Phoenix Suns‘ first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday after suffering a right shoulder contusion. With the Suns up 11 in the second quarter, LeBron James leaped over Paul for an offensive rebound and putback layup, drawing L.A. within 38-29 with
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12:30 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Twins have placed right-hander Kenta Maeda on the 10-day injured list with a right adductor strain, the team announced Sunday. Maeda suffered the injury during Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians, when he was pulled before the sixth inning after allowing three runs and three hits
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2:12 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kemp and John Jay were among 28 players announced Sunday for a U.S. training camp ahead of the Americans’ second chance to qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. Left-hander Clayton
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2:14 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has been benched by Juventus ahead of their match against Bologna as the Turin-based side seeks to clinch a Champions League spot. Juventus sit on fifth place in the Serie A standings going into Sunday’s season finale. With 75 points, they need to win and hope that third-place AC Milan
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12:40 PM ET Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier has another freaky injury: left eye irritation stemming from an eyelash. Kiermaier left Saturday night’s game against Toronto in the fifth inning after first experiencing discomfort while shagging balls during batting practice. “A couple minutes in, I was like, dang
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1:04 PM ET The NBA is eager to restart the conversation with its teams and the players’ association about adding a midseason tournament to the league’s calendar, sources told ESPN. Commissioner Adam Silver, a proponent of the idea, has gained optimism that the success of the play-in tournament could drive momentum to reengage teams on
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12:24 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Tyler Reddick claimed his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole position ahead of Sunday’s Texas Grand Prix, edging out Kyle Larson on the Circuit of the Americas. The new race at the track built for Formula One is one of a record seven road course races in
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12:19 PM ET Ace Jacob deGrom will rejoin the New York Mets on Tuesday, the team announced Sunday. DeGrom has been on the injured list since May 11 with tightness in his right side and lower back. The right-hander made one rehab start for the Mets’ low Class A affiliate on Thursday, striking out eight
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Report Ned Eckersley’s 82 and a composed 39 by Cameron Bancroft rule out any late drama Durham 208 (Eckersley 82, Aitchison 6-28) drew with Derbyshire 258 (Rushworth 6-49) Derbyshire’s young pace bowler Ben Aitchison returned career-best figures before the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Durham at Derby ended in a draw. The 21-year-old Aitchison bowled
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10:59 AM ET Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed his seventh ATP title after beating Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Lyon Open on Sunday. Tsitsipas, who dropped only one set in the entire tournament, wrapped up the match in 69 minutes to add a second title in the claycourt swing after
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11:25 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Indians placed cleanup hitter Franmil Reyes on the 10-day injured list Sunday because of a strained left abdominal muscle. Reyes was injured while fouling off a pitch in the sixth inning Saturday against the Minnesota Twins. He had an MRI on Sunday morning. The team is expected
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