Month: December 2021

10:42 AM ET ESPN News Services Sam Jones, a clutch scorer who won 10 titles with the Boston Celtics during their dynasty in the late 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 88. Jones died Thursday night in Florida, where he had been hospitalized in failing health, Celtics spokesperson Jeff Twiss said. The
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12:07 PM ET Tulsa defensive tackle Jaxon Player, a two-time All-American Athletic Conference selection, entered the transfer portal Friday. Player, who also announced his decision on Twitter, is listed as a graduate transfer. He earned second-team all-league honors this season while recording a team-high 14 tackles for loss, including four sacks, for the Golden Hurricane.
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11:20 AM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade Denzel Valentine to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Rajon Rondo, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. The Lakers are expected to waive Valentine’s partially guaranteed deal and create an open roster spot. Rondo is eager for the chance to play a bigger
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11:21 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN With the Detroit Lions making their final road trip of the season to face the Seattle Seahawks over the weekend, running back D’Andre Swift is set to return from injury, but quarterback Jared Goff is not. After missing the past four games with a shoulder sprain, Swift returned to practice
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11:04 AM ET ESPN News Services Mark Smith, the inside linebackers coach for the Colorado Buffaloes, said he and his family lost “every material possession” in the wildfires that have burned hundreds of homes and businesses outside Denver since Thursday morning. “Just got word that every material possession we had today is now gone,” Smith
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7:00 AM ET MIAMI — Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo enter the CFP semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl as the best pass-rushing tandem in college football. Together, they transformed the Michigan defensive front this season into a nightmarish force that makes coordinators jittery and offensive linemen lose their nerve, combining for 25 sacks.
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8:00 AM ET As conference play heats up, we’re going to hear a lot about so-called “bad losses.” You know, those supposedly inexplicable results that many will cite when it comes time to eliminate one bubble team or another. This is especially true among top mid-major at-large candidates, whose already slim margin of error is
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4:00 AM ET Real Madrid want to pair Kylian Mbappe with Erling Haaland in a forward line that would be the envy of world football — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Arsenal have plans to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Jump to: Arsenal’s list of Auba replacements | City goodwill towards Barca in Torres deal
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11:35 PM ET NEW YORK — As the Brooklyn Nets prepare for the return of Kyrie Irving, they do so believing that Irving’s status as a part-time player, who only plays on the road, will not affect their continuity. “Have you watched him play?” Nets star Kevin Durant said after Thursday’s 110-102 loss to the
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12:09 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Two weeks ago, Kevin Durant led a short-handed Brooklyn Nets team to a win over Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers and waved his opponents off the court inside Barclays Center. Thursday night, Embiid gave Durant a taste of his own medicine, waving him and the rest
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