Month: July 2021

7:29 PM ET ESPN News Services KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has extended the contracts of nine coaches, including Tony Vitello, who took the Volunteers to their first College World Series in 16 years. Athletic director Danny White said Tuesday he wanted to acknowledge he inherited an impressive roster of coaches when he was hired in
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6:36 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — British teen sensation Emma Raducanu has received a wild card into the main draw of next month’s Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Raducanu, 18, made plenty of fans during a stellar run to the second week of Wimbledon this month. Raducanu was forced to retire from her
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6:17 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum sat out Team USA’s game with Argentina Tuesday because of right knee soreness. He’s officially being listed as day-to-day, but the injury is not considered serious. Team USA was playing on a back-to-back and Tatum was being rested as a precaution, sources said. Tatum
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4:37 PM ET MILWAUKEE — To start preparing for Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the first thing Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker did was stop thinking about his poor performance in Game 3. “Short memory,” Booker said Tuesday of his 10-point showing on 3-for-14 shooting in a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. “Just move
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4:26 PM ET DENVER — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred placed added pressure on East Bay officials on Tuesday, intentionally or not, saying the process of keeping the Oakland Athletics from relocating is “at the end” and stating that “this is the decision point for Oakland as to whether they wanna have Major League
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4:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN MILWAUKEE — After dominating the first three games of the NBA Finals, Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to do more of the same in Game 4 on Wednesday night, as he and his teammates hope to even this series with the Phoenix Suns. Phoenix, like every other team that
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4:05 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Hours before baseball’s All-Star Game at Denver’s Coors Field, commissioner Rob Manfred wouldn’t say whether he would rule out any events in Texas if a law is adopted changing election laws there. The game on Tuesday night was awarded to Atlanta and what then was called SunTrust Park
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1:54 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois confirmed on Tuesday that star forward Nikita Kucherov played in the Stanley Cup Final with a non-displaced rib fracture. Kucherov was hurt on a cross-check during Game 6 of the conference final against the New York Islanders. “He played with
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2:18 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com The Los Angeles Rams will have another uniform look for the 2021 season, but this will be more familiar to the team’s longtime fans. The Rams on Tuesday revealed what they are calling the “modern throwback” that has elements from the team’s uniforms worn from the mid-1970s to 2000, including
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1:02 PM ET Quarterback Terrelle Pryor and four other former Ohio State football players who were disciplined for receiving free tattoos and other impermissible benefits in exchange for their memorabilia are asking for Buckeyes victories and individual records to be restored. The Buckeyes were forced to vacate victories and records as part of NCAA sanctions
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12:39 PM ET Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics after suffering a knee injury during the grass-court season, he said Tuesday. “I unfortunately experienced a setback with my knee, and have accepted that I must withdraw from the Tokyo Olympic Games,” Federer said in a Twitter post Tuesday. “I am
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1:21 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Seven-inning doubleheaders and starting extra innings with runners on second are likely to be dropped by Major League Baseball after this season. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, speaking Tuesday to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, said he views both innovations as specific to the coronavirus pandemic. They were
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