Month: May 2021

3:43 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols lingered near the batter’s box after connecting. Many LA players jumped the dugout rail. And lots of fans at Dodger Stadium raised their arms, all ready to celebrate. Mike Tauchman had other ideas. Tauchman remarkably reached over the left-field wall to rob Pujols of
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3:09 AM ET Down 30-11 just minutes into Game 3 before the biggest and most hostile crowd they’ve faced all season, the LA Clippers responded with a performance that might have saved their season. After head coach Ty Lue said they would show what they’re made of in a must-win game, the Clippers overcame another
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11:01 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Hunter Nemechek made it through a late crash, then held on to the lead on a restart 10 laps from the end to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night. Nemechek used a three-wide pass to gain the lead
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11:10 PM ET Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder publicly apologized to Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant and his family on Friday, calling for a lifetime ban for the three fans who directed vulgar, racist language at Morant’s family during Game 2 of the Jazz’s Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Grizzlies. The Jazz banned the
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10:42 PM ET Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Mike Weir opened a 4-stroke lead Friday in the Senior PGA Championship with a 5-under 65 on a tough Southern Hills layout that baffled most of the players. That moved the Canadian front-runner to 7 under through 36 holes, with Steve Stricker (68), Rocco Mediate (69) and
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10:15 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Gio Urshela of the New York Yankees was the beneficiary of an apparent mix-up over the count Friday night, drawing a walk after only three balls. Urshela came to the plate in the sixth inning against the Detroit Tigers. After he fouled off several 2-2 pitches, the next
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9:31 PM ET A second woman is alleging sexual misconduct by Roberto Alomar in 2014, prompting the Toronto Blue Jays to launch an investigation into what happened and how it was handled by the team. The woman, Melissa Verge, alleged in a story published Friday by the Toronto Star that Alomar propositioned her for sex
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9:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown weighed in on the discussion of racism in Boston before Game 3 of the team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, saying the issue transcends basketball. Brown, addressing the media for the first time since undergoing season-ending wrist surgery earlier
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7:41 PM ET LOS ANGELES — A day after Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope‘s bruised left quad forced him out of Game 3 of L.A.’s first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Suns, the injury showed slight improvement and an MRI administered on Friday revealed no tear and no structural damage in the left knee,
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4:46 PM ET St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas will be reevaluated in four-to-six weeks after receiving a stem cell injection due to a small calcification found within the flexor tendon of his throwing arm. Mikolas, 32, left Sunday’s game against the Chicago Cubs after four innings. It was his first start since 2019 after
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5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — As the Cavaliers’ slow, stuttering rebuild continues around a “core four” of young players, the team still views Kevin Love as an important piece. One worth keeping around. At least, for now. On Friday, general manager Koby Altman spoke to the media for the first time since
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5:42 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Will Craig tried to find a little humor a day after his egregious fielding mistake brought the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie first baseman national notoriety. “I guess I’m going to be on the blooper reels for the rest of my life,” Craig said Friday before the Pirates’ game with
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4:45 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Michael Jordan and Nike’s Jordan Brand are giving $1 million to Morehouse College to boost journalism and sports-related studies. The gift announced Friday will help enrich its journalism and sports program that was originally launched with a donation from director and actor Spike Lee. The school, in a
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