Month: May 2021

12:11 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Unlike many other NFL prospects, former University of Houston linebacker Grant Stuard wasn’t sent a box of hats for the 2021 NFL draft. The only NFL hat he owned was a vintage Tampa Bay Buccaneers hat his father brought over from Spring, Texas, on Saturday. “He said something just
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1:20 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN Staring at a double-digit deficit and watching their dwindling playoff hopes fade away late in the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night, the New Orleans Pelicans leaned on Zion Williamson, Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram to keep them fighting. Trailing by 10 with under four minutes left,
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12:41 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Behind a franchise record 152 points, the Indiana Pacers handed the Oklahoma City Thunder the largest home loss in NBA history on Saturday, 152-95. The 57-point margin is tops the previous mark of 56, set by the Celtics over the Bulls in 2018 and the SuperSonics over the Rockets
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7:37 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medina Spirit fought off three challengers in the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby by a half-length, making Bob Baffert the winningest trainer in the race’s 147-year history with seven. Jockey John Velazquez earned his fourth Derby victory on Saturday aboard the dark brown colt that was
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11:03 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Busch blew a restart in overtime that should have cost him a race he’d dominated at Kansas Speedway. Given a second chance, Busch corrected his mistake and earned the 61st NASCAR Truck Series win of his career. The win Saturday night was the fifth straight
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9:17 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The NFL draft opened for the Denver Broncos awash in Aaron Rodgers speculation and ended roughly 72 hours later with the team having passed on every quarterback on the board. General manager George Paton said Saturday night that Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater will formally compete for the starting
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9:07 PM ET LA Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard will return to the court on Saturday against the Denver Nuggets. Leonard missed the previous five games due to right foot soreness and has sat out nine of the Clippers’ previous 10 games. With eight games remaining in the season, the Clippers want to develop as much
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8:46 PM ET Former Kansas running back Pooka Williams has agreed to terms with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent, a source confirmed to ESPN. Williams was not selected in this year’s NFL draft. In three years with the Jayhawks, he appeared in 26 games and rushed for 2,382 yards and scored 12
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9:53 PM ET The LaMelo Ball campaign for Rookie of the Year is officially back on. The Charlotte Hornets point guard dazzled in Saturday’s 107-84 win over the Detroit Pistons, his first game action in six weeks while recovering from a fractured right wrist. Ball finished with 11 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and
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8:36 PM ET NFL teams selected a record 65 players from SEC schools during the 2021 draft, continuing the conference’s dominance over the three-day event. The previous record was also set by the SEC, with 64 in 2019. In fact, the four highest totals of drafted players from one conference belong to the SEC. They
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8:29 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE – Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll confirmed that he’s been in communication with Richard Sherman, but said a reunion with the former All-Pro cornerback isn’t currently in the works. “That’s not one of our thoughts right now that we’re going out and getting another guy at that spot, but
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4:30 PM ET United States international Giovanni Reyna scored twice as Borussia Dortmund struck four times in 16 first-half minutes to crushed second division Holstein Kiel 5-0 on Saturday to reach the German Cup final where they will face RB Leipzig (stream on ESPN+ on May 13 in U.S.). – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
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