Month: October 2021

10:06 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Nearly nine months after the Los Angeles Rams agreed to trade Jared Goff to the Detroit Lions, and with a pending reunion at
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8:38 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former champion Moises Fuentes underwent emergency surgery Sunday morning to reduce swelling in the brain after a blood clot was discovered, the result of a knockout loss to David Cuellar on Saturday in Cancun, Mexico, promoter Oswaldo Kuchle told ESPN. The 36-year-old remains in a medically induced coma at Hospital
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9:24 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is seeking to compel psychiatric evaluations for Kobe Bryant’s widow and others to determine if they truly suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, his teenage daughter
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Marcus Stoinis is building back to full fitness © ICC/Getty Images Allrounder Marcus Stoinis believes he is back to full fitness and will be available to bowl in Australia’s next T20 World Cup warm-up game on Wednesday against India after playing as a batter only in the three-wicket win over New Zealand on Monday night.
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5:31 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen has agreed to a two-year, $20 million rookie extension, his agent Mitch Nathan of CAA Basketball, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. The Bucks acquired Allen from the Memphis Grizzlies in a trade this summer. The deal happened ahead of the 6 p.m. ET deadline for members
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5:47 PM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Kevin Huerter has agreed to a four-year, $65 million rookie contract extension, his agents, Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman of Priority Sports, told ESPN on Monday. Huerter, 23, is the latest core member of a young Hawks roster to secure a contract extension. “It was important to our group
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4:30 PM ET ESPN 300 cornerback Gentry Williams committed to Oklahoma on Monday, choosing the Sooners over Florida, Missouri and USC. Gentry is the No. 59 prospect in the 2022 class and a 5-foot-11, 170-pound recruit from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ranked as the No. 3 athlete in the class, he
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8:42 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Monday that pass-rusher Darrell Taylor appears to have avoided a serious injury after being stretchered off the field during Sunday night’s overtime loss to the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Carroll’s comments were based on the results of an MRI that Taylor had Monday following a
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7:57 PM ET PULLMAN, Wash. — Nick Rolovich is out as the Washington State football coach after refusing to become vaccinated for COVID-19, a requirement for all state employees, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Multiple unvaccinated assistant coaches are also out, the source said. Defensive coordinator Jake Dickert is expected to be named
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6:52 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants plan to exercise Buster Posey‘s $22 million club option for the 2022 season as long as the veteran catcher wants to keep playing after a stellar year. Posey, whose contract includes a $3 million buyout, helped lead the Giants to a franchise-record 107
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7:23 PM ET HOUSTON — The Texans plan to release defensive end Whitney Mercilus, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Texans drafted Mercilus in the first round in 2012, but this was his first year in Lovie Smith’s defense, which saw him move from outside linebacker to defensive end. In March, the 31-year-old Mercilus restructured
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7:09 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James does not buy that monitoring his minutes will have any effect on his health as the Los Angeles Lakers are about to start their new season this week. “I don’t play the game thinking about injuries,” James said Monday, ahead of L.A.’s regular-season opener against the
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10:31 AM ET Barcelona got a big win, Man United took a heavy loss, Bayern Munich showed why they might be the best team in Europe (and the world) right now, and there were talking points galore for Tottenham, Juventus, and Dortmund. Plus, is anyone in better form than Liverpool‘s all-world forward Mohamed Salah right
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6:44 PM ET ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. In a statement, Vitale said he plans to treat the cancer with steroids and six months of chemotherapy. The 82-year-old said he’ll manage the treatments around his work schedule for the upcoming season. Thanks so much
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6:35 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Carter Hawkins was part of Cleveland’s front office when the Indians lost to the Chicago Cubs in the 2016 World Series. He vividly remembers being on the team bus for the trip to the airport after Game 5. “We’re just inching along, just barely going anywhere. There’s people
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6:22 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Monday that he would have “preferred” that the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association come to an agreement on a vaccine mandate, in part to avoid it becoming an “adversarial” issue for the league’s players, as it has for Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving.
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