Month: June 2021

11:27 AM ET The Tennessee Volunteers dismissed freshman quarterback Kaidon Salter on Thursday after he was arrested last week on charges of simple possession and driving without a license. Salter, a former four-star prospect from Texas, was previously suspended from the team in March after an incident at an on-campus residence hall. He was later
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11:21 AM ET The Indiana Pacers are hiring Rick Carlisle as their new head coach, sources told ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Carlisle will sign a four-year, $29 million contract, the sources said. This marks a return to Indiana for Carlisle, who previously was the team’s head coach for four seasons (2003-04-2006-07) and went 181-147. Carlisle resigned
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11:24 AM ET Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi continued her impressive form at the Eastbourne championships by removing top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Giorgi, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2018, used her aggressive game to claim a 7-6(5), 0-6 6-4 victory and set up a semifinal against Estonian Anett Kontaveit. 1 Related
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11:10 AM BST ESPN Reuters Scotland’s Zander Fagerson and Hamish Watson have been ruled out of the British & Irish Lions lineup to face Japan on Saturday due to injury. Prop Fagerson has a back spasm and will be replaced by Ireland’s Tadhg Furlong, while flanker Watson suffered a head injury in training on Tuesday
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7:49 AM ET Gervonta Davis was going through the motions during an interview in May when a phrase caught his attention. Davis is one of boxing’s young and rising stars around the lightweight division. When it was suggested that he didn’t have the top accomplishment among the group of impressive young 135-pounders that includes Teofimo
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9:30 AM ET Tell me you know NHL playoff officiating is atrocious without telling me that you know NHL playoff officiating is atrocious. “We’re going to have situations where things don’t go our way. We can’t control what their thought process or decision-making is,” said Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher, when asked his thoughts about
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7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: From rising strikeout totals and unwritten-rules debates to connecting with a new generation of fans and a looming labor battle, baseball is at a crossroads. As MLB faces these challenges, we are embarking on a season-long look at The State of Baseball, examining the storylines that will determine how the
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7:00 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN completed its Sales Pitch (ESPN+) series this week, examining the men’s college basketball programs beyond the top seven conferences that have the most and fewest advantages in enticing recruits and transfers to campus. After seeing the results of our survey, ESPN.com’s writing team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John
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6:39 AM ET Britain’s Johanna Konta said she might have to deal with a knee issue for the rest of her career after not paying attention to the injury early on. After winning this month’s Nottingham Open, Konta was forced to pull out of Wimbledon tune-up events in Birmingham and Eastbourne because of a tendon
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