Month: May 2021

1:44 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Drew Robinson returned to professional baseball on Thursday night, going hitless in his first game since surviving a suicide attempt and losing his right eye last year. Playing right field and hitting
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11:37 PM ET DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic, who has vowed to avoid an automatic one-game suspension by being called for his 16th technical foul of the season, acknowledged Thursday that he has been “complaining way too much.” Doncic addressed the issue during his postgame interview with the TNT crew after the Mavericks’
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9:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Highly touted Colorado Rockies minor league third baseman Colton Welker was suspended 80 games by the commissioner’s office Thursday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The 23-year-old Welker, drafted in 2016 out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is currently on the roster
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10:12 PM ET Less than two months after Hartford’s men’s basketball team reached its first NCAA tournament, the University’s Board of Regents voted Thursday to transition the athletics programs from Division I to Division III. The university will have to file its intent to the NCAA in January 2022, and expects to be transitioned to
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6:28 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman believes he has a wealth of options for his next fight — and yes, those options include a boxing match against YouTube star Jake Paul. Usman (19-1) is less than two weeks removed from his fourth title defense at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida, where he knocked
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6:34 PM ET Texas Longhorns linebacker Jake Ehlinger, the 20-year-old younger brother of former Longhorns quarterback Sam Ehlinger, was found dead on Thursday, according to Austin, Texas police. The Austin Police Department said it received a call at 12:18 p.m. local time and responded to the 1200 block of West 22nd street, a residential area
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9:06 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors swingman Kelly Oubre Jr. will not need surgery on his injured left wrist and will be re-evaluated later next week, the team announced prior to Thursday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Oubre injured the wrist initially in an April 9 loss to the Washington Wizards.
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8:06 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos and tackle Ja’Wuan James have become the focal points in the growing acrimony between the NFL and the NFL Players Association over attendance of players at voluntary offseason workouts. That relationship grew even more strained on Thursday when the players’ union fired back to its membership
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7:59 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal lawsuit brought by a group of former Iowa football players alleging staff members mistreated Black players will move forward, but all or parts of some of the allegations were thrown out Thursday. Offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz and former strength coach Chris Doyle remain the
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6:22 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Darren Clarke took the lead Thursday in the Regions Tradition, opening with a 6-under 66 in the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors. The 2011 British Open champion from Northern Ireland had a one-stroke lead over Stephen Ames and Jerry Kelly at Greystone Golf & Country
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7:11 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just last week, Phil Mickelson complained about his inability to focus properly as he struggled yet again, missing the cut at the Valspar Championship. It was Joel Dahmen who got Mickelson’s full attention Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship, when Dahmen mentioned him in a couple of good-natured social
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