Month: November 2021

6:24 PM ET Gabe Kapler, who guided the San Francisco Giants to a franchise-best 107 victories in his second season, was named National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday. Kapler, 46, received 28 of 30 first-place votes. He becomes just the second San Francisco manager to win
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5:58 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley downplayed speculation Tuesday about whether he had interest in LSU’s coaching position, saying his feelings about the Oklahoma job haven’t changed. Riley is 54-9 at Oklahoma, which promoted him to replace longtime coach Bob Stoops after the 2016 season. His name has been connected to NFL coaching vacancies,
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6:39 PM ET Jarvis Landry admitted Tuesday that it “stung” to see his close friend and fellow wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. leave Cleveland earlier this month — and that he’s still unsure why it didn’t work out between the Browns and OBJ. “Definitely was something that hurt,” Landry said from his Thanksgiving food drive
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5:17 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been cleared to participate in contact drills, the team announced, the latest step toward his eventual return to the court. Williamson, who is in his third year, has missed every game this season because of a right foot fracture suffered in the summer.
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5:22 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Loyola Chicago has accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic 10 Conference and is leaving the Missouri Valley Conference. The move announced Tuesday by the school and leagues takes effect on July 1. Adding Loyola as the conference’s 15th member gives the Atlantic 10 a foothold in Chicago
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4:30 PM ET DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic will miss Wednesday’s road game against the Phoenix Suns due to left knee and left ankle sprains, the team announced. The injuries are “not too serious,” a source told ESPN. The Mavs are optimistic that Doncic will not be sidelined for an extended stretch,
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4:14 PM ET Fenway Sports Group is in advanced talks to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Ron Burkle and Mario Lemieux have been the Penguins’ majority owners since 1999. The Wall Street Journal and Sportico were the first to report on the potential sale. The agreement needs to be
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3:45 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Deron Williams’ phone was flooded with calls and notifications once his boxing match against former NFL running back Frank Gore was announced last week. Among the first to reach out was Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul. Williams once challenged Paul for the label as the NBA’s top point guard
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson will be without leading receiver Justyn Ross for this week’s game with No. 13 Wake Forest with a foot injury. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said on Tuesday that Ross will need surgery on his foot. Swinney said Ross had been dealing with a stress fracture in
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1:46 PM ET Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former minor league coach in the Pittsburgh Penguins system who also had a brief NHL playing career has been indicted on multiple sexual assault charges in Rhode Island, the state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday. Clark Donatelli, 55, of South Kingstown was indicted by a grand
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12:46 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — The addition of Brad Keselowski as part of the ownership group at Roush Fenway Racing means a rebranding of the team, which will be known as RFK Racing going forward. Keselowski bought into the ownership group this summer and the team unveiled its new name and logos
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2:28 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin didn’t rule out the possibility that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger could play Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers, but the game plan this week will revolve around backup Mason Rudolph. “We’re going to build our plan around getting Mason ready to play,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “We’re going
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We used ESPN’s Sports Analytics Team’s Hall of Fame projection model to estimate the chances that each of Brady’s three eras would be worthy of enshrinement on its own. The model was trained using the statistical records of other eligible quarterbacks in the modern era and whether or not they have been selected to the
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1:56 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers rookie forward Evan Mobley could be sidelined for a month with a sprained right elbow suffered Monday night in a loss to Boston. The No. 3 pick in this year’s draft got hurt when his arm got tied up while battling Celtics center Enes Kanter under the
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1:01 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Former Pro Bowl running back Le’Veon Bell was released by the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday after struggling in five games with the team, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Bell will be subject to waivers and will become a free agent if he goes unclaimed by another team.
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