Month: June 2021

1:54 AM ET After a disappointing finish to their season, losing in six games to the Denver Nuggets, the Portland Trail Blazers appear to be at an offseason crossroads, with questions about roster and coaching changes lingering over their future. Following their 126-115 Game 6 loss where they blew a 14-point second half lead, the
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1:08 AM ET The Denver Nuggets have grown quite accustomed to playing seven game series. But for once they didn’t need to go the distance, instead closing out the Portland Trail Blazers in six with a 126-115 win on Thursday. “I love our team. I love every player in that locker room, one through seventeen,”
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1:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis could barely move and the Los Angeles Lakers could not move on, seeing their repeat title hopes cut short with a 113-100 loss in Game 6 of their first round series with the Phoenix Suns. Davis, cleared by L.A.’s medical staff and starting on Thursday after being
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12:13 AM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis has been ruled out for the remainder of Thursday night’s Game 6 against the Phoenix Suns after aggravating his strained left groin in the first quarter. Davis suffered the injury in Game 4 of the first-round series and sat out Game 5. He was a game-time
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11:03 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — High school junior Megha Ganne shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday to become the first amateur in 15 years to have a share of the lead after any round at the U.S. Women’s Open. The 17-year-old from New Jersey made back-to-back birdies on the back nine to
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10:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard was named the winner of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award on Thursday, just edging out Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul after voting by more than 300 NBA players. The award, named after Hall of Famers Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman and their
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9:46 PM ET Joe LaCava is back inside the ropes this week — caddying for his old boss, Fred Couples. LaCava, who has caddied for Tiger Woods for the past 10 years, said in a text message Thursday night that “I’m actually eating pasta and watching hockey with [Couples] right now. Like nothing has changed
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10:02 PM ET LOS ANGELES — With the Los Angeles Lakers‘ season on the line, Anthony Davis will return to the lineup Thursday after missing the previous game and a half of L.A.’s first-round series against the Phoenix Suns with a strained groin, the team announced. Lakers coach Frank Vogel told reporters before the game
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8:30 PM ET Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele has been suspended four games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for a hit that put Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans on a stretcher at the end of Game 1 on Wednesday night. The NHL announced the suspension Thursday night, calling Scheifele’s charge into Evans “a
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9:40 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies have signed executive vice president of basketball operations Zach Kleiman to a long-term extension, the team announced on Thursday. Kleiman, who also serves as the team’s general manager, has played an immense part in reshaping the Grizzlies, who made the playoffs for the first time since 2017. Memphis boasts
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8:05 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Collin Morikawa had another favorable result at Muirfield Village on a golf course that looked and sounded a lot different from when he won last year. Morikawa felt good vibes from an old putter and posted a 6-under 66 in rain-softened conditions Thursday morning at the Memorial.
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12:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Amid an unusual silence on an empty center court at the French Open, defending champion Rafael Nadal celebrated his 35th birthday with something very familiar: another victory against Richard Gasquet. Nadal won 6-0, 7-5, 6-2 against Gasquet to improve to 17-0 for his career against the Frenchman since they
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4:24 PM ET HOUSTON — Speaking to the media for the first time since he signed with the Houston Texans in March, quarterback Tyrod Taylor did not dance around the fact that he expects to be the team’s starting quarterback this season. “Of course, yes, Deshaun played at a very high level,” said Taylor when
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