Month: December 2021

7:00 AM ET College football bowl games sometimes create uncomfortable dance partners, whether it’s a coach facing his former team, schools playing for a second time in a single season, or one-time rivals finally meeting again after tradition was shoved aside for conference realignment. But perhaps no bowl matchup has been as uncomfortable as Mississippi
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3:05 AM ET LOS ANGELES — James Harden‘s big night for the Brooklyn Nets began with a couple of step-back 3-pointers, but it was the burst in his step and explosion in his drives that really opened eyes on Monday night. In his second game back from the NBA’s health and safety protocols, a fresh
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5:49 AM ET Dominic Thiem has pulled out of next month’s Australian Open to work towards regaining full fitness after a long-standing wrist injury, the former world No. 3 said on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Austrian, who has not played since suffering the injury at the Mallorca Open in June, was unable to defend his U.S.
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1:04 AM ET ESPN News Services Veteran center Greg Monroe made history by becoming the NBA-record 541st player used in the league this season when he checked in off the bench for the Minnesota Timberwolves in their 108-103 home win over the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Signed to a 10-day contract earlier in the
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11:46 PM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Ville Koivunen scored twice as Finland routed Austria 7-1 on Monday at the world junior hockey championship. Brad Lambert had a goal and two assists for Finland (2-0), while Kalle Vaisanen, Samuel Helenius, Kasper Simontaival, and Topi Niemela also scored. Goalie Juha Jatkola made eight saves.
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11:46 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green will not play Tuesday against the Denver Nuggets and is expected to miss several games after entering health and safety protocols. The Warriors made that official Monday in an injury report that includes three other players who remain in the protocols. Green’s absence
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3:33 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles running back Miles Sanders broke his right hand against the New York Giants on Sunday and will miss this week’s game against the Washington Football Team, coach Nick Sirianni said Monday. Sanders will be reevaluated next week. The team is hopeful he will return at some point this season
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9:44 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. — Sony Michel‘s recent emergence as the Los Angeles Rams‘ go-to running back comes with fortuitous timing after coach Sean McVay said Monday that
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7:30 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A lawsuit filed against the Chicago Blackhawks by a former Michigan high school student who said he was sexually assaulted by ex-assistant coach Brad Aldrich has been dismissed, an attorney said Monday. Susan Loggans, who represents the former student, told The Associated Press that an order in the
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8:40 PM ET Central Michigan will now play Washington State in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Friday, a move that allows both teams to play in a bowl game. Both teams lost opponents to COVID-19 issues. Miami withdrew from the Sun Bowl on Sunday, sending the bowl scrambling for an opponent for the
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