Month: May 2021

News “All I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part” Cameron Bancroft has conceded there had to be wider knowledge of Australia’s ball-tampering tactics in the Newlands Test than the punished trio of himself, David Warner and Steven Smith. Speaking to the Guardian interviewer Donald McRae in
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12:56 AM ET Five years removed from a 10-win season, the Philadelphia 76ers find themselves atop the Eastern Conference. Friday’s 122-97 victory over the Orlando Magic gave Philadelphia its first No. 1 seed in the East in 20 years, something coach Doc Rivers said the team should not take for granted. “It’s an accomplishment. I
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10:05 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz will have surgery next week in New York to repair a tendon issue in his groin area that bothered him throughout the season while he was a point-a-game player. General manager Jim Nill said Friday that Hintz played through “an avulsion injury
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8:24 PM ET Brianna Williams The WNBA has officially tipped off its 25th anniversary season. A year ago, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was uncertainty over how the season would occur and if it would even finish. There were several notable players who opted out or suffered injuries. 2 Related On Friday, the league’s
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7:21 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Veteran catcher Tyler Flowers has retired a week after signing a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves. Braves manager Brian Snitker confirmed Flowers’ retirement while speaking to reporters before their game Friday with the Milwaukee Brewers. Flowers, 35, played for the Braves from 2016 to ’20 after
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8:57 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. BALTIMORE — In addition to a COVID-19 outbreak, injuries have started piling up for the New York Yankees, with Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Hicks out of the lineup for Friday night’s series-opening, 5-4 win against the Baltimore Orioles. Stanton
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10:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN UNCASVILLE, Conn. — ESPN’s Michael Wilbon and Mike Breen were honored with the print and broadcast versions of the Curt Gowdy Award Friday night as part of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2020 class of inductees. Wilbon, who spent 30 years at The Washington Post in addition to spending
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7:53 PM ET Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani‘s scheduled start against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday has been pushed back due to general fatigue, manager Joe Maddon said before Friday’s game against the Boston Red Sox. Ohtani looked dominant in his last start, allowing just one run across seven innings on Tuesday against the
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10:09 AM ET HOUSTON — The bout to crown the next UFC lightweight champion is official. Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler both made weight successfully Friday morning, coming in exactly at the 155-pound limit. The two men will compete for the vacant lightweight title Saturday night in the main event of UFC 262 at Toyota
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6:29 PM ET Brianna Williams After a three-year hiatus, rapper and new Rwanda Patriots shooting guard J.Cole released his sixth studio album titled “The Off-Season.” Despite spending the greater part of the past decade focusing on a multiplatinum music career, his basketball roots run deep. Born Jermaine Lamarr Cole, he was a star basketball player
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5:33 PM ET The Washington Football Team filled another hole Friday, signing safety Bobby McCain to a one-year deal, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. McCain, 27, had visited Washington on Monday, four days after he had been released by the Miami Dolphins. His addition continues Washington’s quest to bolster its secondary. It
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7:07 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants first-round pick Kadarius Toney‘s first practice with the team did not go exactly as planned. That was evident when he was seen running an individual wide receiver drill Friday without a cleat. Shoeless KT was born out of necessity because of what he termed the
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