Month: May 2021

7:37 PM ET NEW YORK — New York City basketball fans are excited about playoff basketball returning to Madison Square Garden — and they’re buying the tickets to prove it. The New York Knicks announced Thursday they’ve sold out their reduced-capacity tickets for Games 1 and 2 of their series against the Atlanta Hawks. The
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7:46 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry are the finalists for this year’s NBA Most Valuable Player award. The top three vote-getters for each of the NBA’s major end-of-season awards — MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the
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8:02 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners claimed catcher Jacob Nottingham off waivers from the Brewers for a second time this season as part of a series of roster moves Thursday. Nottingham was claimed by the Mariners in late April but was subsequently traded back to Milwaukee when the Brewers were in need
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11:02 AM ET The PFL announced its next round of light heavyweight and welterweight matchups Wednesday, with the June 17 event serving as the final opportunity for fighters in those classes to earn points toward a berth in the 2021 playoffs. Among the most notable matchups, promotion newcomer Rory MacDonald (22-6-1) will face Gleison Tibau
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6:12 PM ET Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is no longer on the UFC roster. The perennial UFC middleweight contender broke his arm in a submission loss to Andre Muniz at UFC 262 last Saturday in Houston. It turns out that it was the final fight on Souza’s UFC contract and he is now a free agent,
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6:14 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg is set to return from a month-long stint on the injured list on Friday against the Baltimore Orioles. Strasburg was placed on the IL five weeks ago with right shoulder inflammation. In Strasburg’s last start, a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on April
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4:52 PM ET Minnesota Twins reliever Tyler Duffey has been suspended three games for throwing a pitch behind Chicago White Sox rookie slugger Yermin Mercedes. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli also has been suspended one game. Both Duffey and Baldelli have been fined an undisclosed amount. Major League Baseball announced the suspension Thursday, two days after
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4:45 PM ET The Washington Football Team released longtime starting right tackle Morgan Moses on Thursday after granting him permission to seek a trade earlier in the week. Washington saves $7.75 million in salary-cap space by releasing Moses. The move will result in $1.9 million in dead cap room. Moses, a 2014 third-round pick, just
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3:05 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Hawks forward Cam Reddish is expected to miss the opening round of the playoffs as he continues his extended recovery from an ailing right Achilles. The team said Thursday that Reddish has expanded his rehabilitation to include unrestricted individual workouts and limited participation in team practice. His status
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4:13 PM ET Syracuse transfer Quincy Guerrier has committed to Oregon, he told ESPN on Thursday. Guerrier, a third-team All-ACC selection, chose the Ducks over a final group that also included Illinois, Arizona State and Memphis. Oregon was one of the finalists for Guerrier coming out of high school, and the Ducks were the first
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4:46 PM ET The Pac-12 released financial performance figures from the 2019-20 academic year on Thursday, showing modest gains in revenue and distribution to its member schools over the previous year. Nearly $403 million was distributed to the 12 schools – averaging $33.6 million – which was an increase from $387 million in the previous
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3:59 PM ET The NBA fined Atlanta Hawks interim coach Nate McMillan $25,000 on Thursday for making comments Wednesday “asserting bias by the NBA relating to the 2020-21 Playoffs,” the league announced. On Wednesday in a Zoom call with the media, McMillan, whose Hawks play the Knicks in the first round of the Eastern Conference
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