Month: September 2021

11:41 AM ET ESPN News Services New Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka has a breakthrough case of COVID-19 and participated in the team’s media day on Monday through Zoom. Celtics spokesman Christian Megliola said Udoka, who is vaccinated, was asymptomatic and in the last day of his 10-day quarantine. Udoka is expected to be
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11:45 AM ET Associated Press As expected, Ben Simmons will not report to the Philadelphia 76ers when they open training camp on Tuesday. Team president Daryl Morey said there’s still hope Simmons will return to the Sixers at some point. Coach Doc Rivers said no one has defended Simmons more than he has and will
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11:09 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Monday acquired cornerback CJ Henderson and a fifth-round pick from the Jacksonville Jaguars for tight end Dan Arnold and a third-round pick, the teams announced. The Panthers’ 2021 first-round pick, cornerback Jaycee Horn, is out for an extended time, possibly for the season, with multiple
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11:43 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson suffered a broken right foot during the summer but should be available for the regular season, New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said Monday. During his remarks at media day, Griffin said Williamson injured the foot early in the offseason
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10:28 AM ET BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will not attend the team’s media day at Barclays Center on Monday because of New York City COVID-19 protocols, sources told ESPN. He is expected to travel with the team to San Diego later Monday and participate in the team’s training camp this week. Last
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9:42 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady‘s success in leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl championship in his first season might have been unexpected to some, but not his former coach, Bill Belichick. “Tom’s a great player. Nothing surprises me that he does,” Belichick said Monday morning. Belichick is now preparing
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Sep 26, 2021 Alexander Volkanovski has quieted the doubters once again. With a tremendous performance and successful featherweight title defense over a very game Brian Ortega, Volkanovski continues to own one of the most dominant championship runs in recent history. One of the sport’s other dominant champions, Valentina Shevchenko, also defended her title on Saturday
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7:45 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants middle linebacker and leading tackler Blake Martinez suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s 17-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, according to multiple sources. Martinez, a team captain and the defensive signal-caller, will miss the remainder of the season. It’s a crushing blow to a Giants
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5:58 AM BST SANZAAR and Rugby Australia have apologised to Argentina for an “error” that led to a photo of the Rugby Championship captains, minus Pumas skipper Julian Montoya, being taken in Townsville last week. RA and SANZAAR officials had for the past fortnight been trying to coordinate a picture of all four captains to
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5:00 PM ET Manchester City reminded everyone why they are Premier League champions, Real Madrid hit a bump in the road, Inter and Atalanta enthralled and Arsenal claimed the North London derby spoils. Here are James Olley, Alex Kirkland and James Tyler to discuss the big stuff you need to know from the soccer weekend
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