Month: November 2021

8:06 PM ET ESPN News Services LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Rick Pitino’s Iona Gaels became the first team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference’s history to beat an AP top-10 team after upsetting No. 10 Alabama 72-68 on Thursday night. Nelly Junior Joseph and Walter Clayton Jr. made key free throws in the final
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6:59 PM ET Larrys Mabiala scored a dramatic goal in the 90th minute as the visiting Portland Timbers earned a 1-0 victory over the top-seeded Colorado Rapids on Thursday to advance to the Western Conference final. Mabiala scored for the second straight postseason game during a scramble following a corner kick. Felipe Mora had his
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7:05 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — Matt Nagy could let out a sigh of relief on Thanksgiving. With all the scrutiny the Chicago Bears coach faced regarding his job status over the past week, the 16-14 victory over the Detroit Lions made him extremely thankful for a much-needed celebration as they snapped a five-game
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7:02 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph and Las Vegas Raiders safety Roderic Teamer were ejected from Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day game after an altercation following a punt with 12:52 remaining in the third quarter. Teamer flung Joseph to the ground well beyond the sideline and near the field-level club area, which
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4:50 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Before any matches were played, Elias Ymer didn’t hesitate to say Sweden could succeed at the Davis Cup Finals despite being one of the lowest-ranked nations in the competition. He backed up his words with a great opening win on Thursday, then cheered on his brother Mikael in
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5:21 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Former NBA player Marc Gasol will play for Girona, the club he founded in the second division of Spanish basketball, he announced Thursday. The 36-year-old Gasol said he will play until the end of the season before deciding whether to retire. Gasol is the owner and president of
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3:02 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — A member of Spain’s Davis Cup team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was put in isolation a day before its first match, the International Tennis Federation said Thursday. The ITF did not say who tested positive in the Spanish squad, which is made up of Carlos
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3:47 PM GMT Eddie Jones does not view lock Maro Itoje as a future England captain, despite sending him to acting classes in an attempt to improve his leadership skills. Itoje, who won his 50th cap for England earlier this month, sucessfully captained England Under-20s to World Cup victory in 2014, but Jones believes he
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2:35 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift has been ruled out of the Thanksgiving Day game against the Chicago Bears with a shoulder injury. Swift exited the field and headed to the locker room during the second quarter after being pushed out of bounds by Bears linebacker Roquan
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1:59 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Two-time major winner Martin Kaymer is taking three months off for the birth of his first child, he told a German golf magazine Thursday. Kaymer expects to become a father in January at home in Germany and says he’s looking to live in Florida with his family after
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1:52 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys will be without their top two receivers in Thursday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders with CeeDee Lamb unavailable due to a concussion suffered Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, according to multiple sources. Coach Mike McCarthy expressed optimism earlier this week that Lamb would play
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12:52 PM ET Associated Press PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — No. 22 UConn is holding out forward Isaiah Whaley from Thursday’s game against Michigan State after he fainted following a first-round game at the Battle 4 Atlantis. The team said its medical staff had evaluated Whaley overnight and before the game and decided “it would be
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