Month: June 2021

3:25 AM ET Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell didn’t feel well at halftime of Tuesday’s Game 1 against the visiting LA Clippers. He was a bit under the weather, feeling nauseated and a little light-headed. And he really felt sick about his performance in the first half. “Yeah, I was definitely feeling it a little
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2:04 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid‘s night started with a loss and ended with a win in perhaps his most impressive playoff performance to date. The Philadelphia 76ers‘ 118-102 Game 2 victory over Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday began shortly after the NBA announced Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic won league MVP honors, with Embiid
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4:11 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Outside of a couple of weeks of OTAs and one day of mandatory minicamp, Jared Goff doesn’t have much experience with the Detroit Lions. Even without playing in an official regular-season — let alone preseason — game in Honolulu blue and silver, the sixth-year quarterback says
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9:54 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Brandon Crawford played in his 1,326th game at shortstop for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Travis Jackson for the most in franchise history. Jackson was a shortstop in 1,325 games for the New York Giants from 1922-36, a
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9:53 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Tuesday that forward Michael Porter Jr. should be “good to go” for Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night and that guard Will Barton could return to the court for the first time in almost two
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7:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Amid a Major League Baseball crackdown on pitcher-friendly foreign substances, New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole struggled to give an answer when asked Tuesday whether he’s ever used a particular sticky paste called Spider Tack while on the mound. “I don’t (long pause) … I don’t know … I
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6:31 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES — Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera was extradited from Brazil to his homeland on Tuesday to face trial on charges he assaulted three former partners. Cabrera, who has won both the Masters and the U.S. Open, has been in jail since January when Brazil’s federal police arrested him on
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6:53 PM ET Dealing with coronavirus was the priority for the NBA in 2020-21, but as we get to the end of the season, data suggests that the league saw a dramatic increase in injuries not related to COVID. Some team health officials said the carry-over effects will drive how they manage player health for
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1:58 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev both have been viewed as potential future stars of tennis. Both have come close to Grand Slam titles. Now the pair of 20-somethings will meet each other for a berth in the French Open final after straight-set quarterfinal victories Tuesday. The No.
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6:32 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Most of the Seattle Seahawks‘ veteran players are back at team headquarters this week after staying away for much of the voluntary offseason program. For DK Metcalf, that means being back at his day job after his head-turning foray into track and field. The Pro Bowl wide
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