Month: May 2021

10:48 PM ET Mike DiRocco JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith, who was arrested in April 2020 and charged with unlawful sexual activity with certain minors, has pleaded no-contest to child abuse and has been given three years probation, his attorney said. As part of the plea agreement, the Fourth Judicial Circuit
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9:56 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Friends since their high school days and former USA Basketball teammates and NBA Players Association leadership members together, LeBron James and Chris Paul are about to go against each other in the playoffs for the first time in their storied careers. “It’s going to be comparable to playing against
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6:31 PM ET Brianna Williams Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images When it comes to our favorite teams, we all like to consider ourselves superfans. However, there’s one man who can actually claim ownership of that title. His name is Nav Bhatia and he roots for the Toronto Raptors. Bhatia, also known as the Superfan,
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5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets placed first baseman Pete Alonso and right-hander Tommy Hunter on the 10-day injured list on Friday. The moves are retroactive to May 19. Alonso has a sprained right hand, and Hunter is experiencing lower back pain. Alonso has been nursing the injury since he was
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6:24 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Right-hander Stephen Strasburg was activated from the 10-day injured list to start for the Washington Nationals against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. Strasburg had been on the injured list since April 15 with right shoulder inflammation. He is 0-1 with a 6.30 ERA in two starts this
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6:13 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars special teams coordinator Brian Schneider is stepping away from the team indefinitely for personal reasons, the Jaguars confirmed Friday evening. It’s the second time in less than 10 months that Schneider has taken time away for personal reasons. He left the same position with the Seattle Seahawks
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4:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Shortstop Willy Adames and right-hander Trevor Richards have been traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for two relief pitchers, it was announced Friday. In return, the Rays will be getting right-handers Drew Rasmussen and J.P. Feyereisen. Adames’ departure leaves the door open for
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3:55 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” A member of the Seattle Mariners‘ traveling party tested positive for COVID-19, causing concern within the organization about potential spread due to a significant portion of players being unvaccinated, sources familiar with
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3:51 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The New England Patriots‘ team plane has delivered 500,000 Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to El Salvador — and in the process inadvertently inserted itself into a testy geopolitical fight for influence in Latin America. The “Pats Plane” was greeted upon arrival in San Salvador early Wednesday, just after midnight,
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3:43 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Atlanta Hawks interim coach Nate McMillan on Friday said his comments about the New York Knicks that led to a $25,000 fine were “taken out of context.” “We are excited about playoff basketball,” McMillan said Friday. “It’s an exciting time for the NBA. But unfortunately my comments were taken out
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