Month: August 2021

7:00 AM ET In the 2008 SEC Championship game, Florida scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns — one on a short Jeff Demps run, the other on a pass from Tim Tebow to Riley Cooper — to ice a 31-20 win over Nick Saban’s upstart Alabama and clinch a spot in the BCS Championship game. It was
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12:24 AM ET Free-agent guard Spencer Dinwiddie is nearing a deal with the Washington Wizards, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. The move would give the Wizards a replacement for Russell Westbrook, whom the team has agreed to trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. Dinwiddie, 28, played only three games for the Brooklyn Nets
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2:35 AM ET SAITAMA, Japan — Kevin Durant‘s case as the greatest Olympic basketball player ever is growing by the game. Team USA is badly in need of the chase. For the third straight Summer Olympics, Durant has been an offensive powerhouse as he’s overwhelmed the challenges of the international game with his spectacular shooting
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1:41 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Jenson Brooksby found himself in hardly an ideal spot in the first set of the first round of the Citi Open against big-serving Kevin Anderson: trailing the two-time Grand Slam runner-up in a tiebreaker. Brooksby, a 20-year-old American who lost to Anderson in the final of another ATP
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11:28 PM ET The UFC has added a high-profile lightweight matchup between Rafael dos Anjos and Islam Makhachev to UFC 267. Both sides have agreed to the 155-pound contest, which will take place on Oct. 30. The UFC has not announced a venue for the event, but it is expected to take place in Abu
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12:17 AM ET Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has agreed to a five-year, $172 million maximum rookie contract extension, his agent, Thaddeus Foucher of Wasserman, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal includes a 30% escalator clause that would turn the guaranteed $172 million base into $207 million should Gilgeous-Alexander be voted to one of
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10:45 PM ET Free-agent defenseman Ryan Murray agreed to a one-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche, the team announced on Monday. Murray, the No. 2 overall selection in the 2012 NHL draft, played last season with the New Jersey Devils after an offseason trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Murray, 27, played well at times
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12:00 AM ET Atlanta Hawks All-Star point guard Trae Young has agreed to a five-year designated rookie maximum extension worth up to , $207 million, his agent Omar Wilkes of Klutch Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal includes a 30 percent escalator clause that would turn the guaranteed $172 million base into $207 million
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