Month: June 2021

2:28 PM ET The NFL will not hold a supplemental draft for the second straight year, a source confirmed to ESPN. The supplemental draft is available for players whose eligibility situations changed after the January declaration deadline for the regular draft. In 2019, the year of the most recent supplemental draft, the Arizona Cardinals made
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1:41 PM ET The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions on Tuesday placed TCU‘s men’s basketball program on three years of probation and issued a five-year show cause for a former Horned Frogs assistant coach, who was accused of accepting $6,000 during an undercover FBI sting. TCU fired former assistant Corey Barker in March 2019,
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1:22 PM ET Don Granato has been named as the new head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, the team announced Tuesday. Granato’s deal with the Sabres is for three years, a source told ESPN. Granato, 53, served as interim coach of the Sabres for the final 30 games of last season after Ralph Krueger was
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1:21 PM ET Kevon Looney is exercising his $5.1 million option to return to the Golden State Warriors next season, his agent Todd Ramasar told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 6-foot-9 big man signed a three-year, $15 million deal with the team prior to the 2019-20 season. Golden State selected Looney with the 30th overall pick
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1:05 PM ET Associated Press Nelly Korda goes to the Olympics as the No. 1 player in the world, and the Americans will have one extra player than they had in 2016. The 60-player field for Tokyo was set Tuesday, although players for the men’s and women’s competitions will not be certified until next week.
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12:30 PM BST Premiership Rugby will be expanded to 14 teams in the 2022-23 season after a Rugby Football Union (RFU) Council voted to temporarily pause relegation in a bid to improve the financial situation of clubs hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote was conducted to improve the financial stability and sustainability of professional
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12:05 PM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Blue Jays acquired reliever Adam Cimber and injured outfielder Corey Dickerson in a trade Tuesday with the Miami Marlins, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. Miami obtained infielder Joe Panik and minor league reliever Andrew McInvale. The Blue Jays were targeting Cimber, a sidewinding right-hander, and
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11:00 AM ET The family of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed two lawsuits against the club and two former employees, claiming negligence over his drug-related death two years ago, attorneys announced Tuesday morning. Skaggs’ widow, Carli, filed in Fort Worth, Texas, in the same county where Skaggs died, while Skaggs’ parents, Darrell Skaggs
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9:41 AM ET ESPN News Services Venus Williams won a match at Wimbledon for the 90th time. She also beat the rain. The 41-year-old advanced to the second round by defeating Mihaela Buzarnescu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. The match ended moments before a light shower forced an interruption in play on some courts at the All
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10:35 AM BST South African Rugby President Mark Alexander has accepted there will be no fans at stadiums for the British & Irish Lions series but is confident the COVID-19 protocols in place will allow all the scheduled games to go ahead. The Lions, who will face the Springboks in three tests from July 24,
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11:25 AM ET ESPN News Services Tanya Snyder has joined her husband, Dan Snyder, as co-CEO of the Washington Football Team. The franchise made the announcement Tuesday, making her one of a few female CEOs in the history of the league. She is also a co-owner of the franchise with Dan Snyder. The Snyder family
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11:16 AM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — Forward Darius Days is returning to LSU for his senior season after initially exploring his opportunity to turn pro. Days, who announced his decision during an online talk show appearance in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, had previously declared his intention to enter this summer’s NBA draft
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10:05 AM ET LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said Tuesday the team will miss Dare Rosenthal after the starting left tackle entered the transfer portal. Orgeron had previously said that Rosenthal had the potential to be a first-round NFL draft pick. But the offensive lineman struggled to stay on the field during his time in
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10:00 AM ET Contained within a video montage shown to the England squad on their first day at St George’s Park this summer was the moment that defined manager Gareth Southgate’s playing career. His decisive penalty miss against Germany in the semifinals of Euro ’96 gave the centre-back an unwanted place in the catalogue of
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