Month: May 2021

2:55 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Ravens‘ drafting of guard Ben Cleveland should put defensive tackles in the AFC North on notice as well as every squirrel in Baltimore. Living up to the nickname “Big Country,” Cleveland acknowledged at Friday’s rookie minicamp that he’s fond of eating the furry creatures but the idea
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May 13, 2021 The Ultimate Fighter, the reality show that brought fighters together in a home, has a new home on ESPN+. The reality series launched the mixed martial arts explosion around the world in 2005. Over the course of 12 weeks, 16 up-and-coming mixed martial artists fought to stay in the house while receiving
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2:00 PM ET NEW YORK — The Nets‘ Big Three of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving is expected to play in just their eighth game together on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls. It will be the first game action the trio has seen together since Feb. 13 against the Golden State Warriors. “If
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12:21 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy will not be physically present at the first day of the team’s rookie minicamp Friday due to a close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, according to a team spokesperson. Nagy will lead all virtual meetings with the rookies and view
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12:02 PM ET Phil Mickelson will not need to qualify for the U.S. Open after all. The five-time major champion, who grew up in the San Diego area near the venue for this year’s championship, Torrey Pines, accepted a special exemption from the United States Golf Association on Friday to play in the 121st U.S.
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12:25 PM ET Associated Press The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association is forging ahead with its bid to establish an economically sustainable professional league in North America with or — for now — without the NHL’s full financial backing. In response to a Sportsnet report that the NHL was not in a position to operate
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12:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Five more major league teams are allowed to relax coronavirus protocols after 85% of their players and other on-field personnel completed vaccination for COVID-19, raising the total to 12 of the 30 clubs. Major League Baseball and its players’ union said Friday that four additional teams had reached the
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11:54 AM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has been sued for his role in an altercation with a moving-truck driver in January 2020. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Broward County, Florida, by the driver, Anton Tumanov. Brown pleaded no contest in June to one felony burglary with battery charge and two
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10:54 AM BST The 2021 British & Irish Lions schedule has been revised to keep matches either in Johannesburg or Cape Town, with organisers admitting the new-look fixture list has been put together on the basis matches “will take place behind closed doors.” The eight-match schedule sees the tour start in Johannesburg and Pretoria, before
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8:09 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he will speak to Sadio Mane to address the forward’s handshake snub following Thursday’s 4-2 win at Manchester United in which the player was dropped to the substitutes’ bench. Mane was a 74th-minute substitute for Diogo Jota, who scored Liverpool’s opening goal at Old Trafford after
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10:50 AM ET Associated Press Justin Haley will miss this weekend’s NASCAR races at Dover because of COVID-19 protocols. Josh Berry will make his Cup Series debut for Spire Motorsports driving for Haley in Sunday’s Cup race at Dover International Speedway. Berry has one win this season in the second-tier Xfinity Series. Zane Smith will
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9:47 AM ET Associated Press ROME — Rafael Nadal ended a run of three straight losses to Alexander Zverev with a convincing 6-3, 6-4 win over the German player Friday to reach the Italian Open semifinals. Zverev had beaten Nadal in straight sets at the same stage in Madrid a week ago, but their latest
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