Month: December 2021

12:33 AM ET San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon is finalizing a five-year deal with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces that’ll make her the league’s highest-paid coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Hammon plans to finish the season with the Spurs, sources said. A six-time All-Star during her playing career in the WNBA, Hammon,
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10:14 PM ET Jamal Collier The Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs will begin hosting home games without selling tickets to fans for the next three weeks starting Friday following a decision by the province of Ontario to limit venue capacities. Ontario’s government capped attendance at concert venues, arenas and theaters to 1,000 people or 50%,
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3:48 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. — The Los Angeles Rams have activated left tackle Andrew Whitworth from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Thursday. No starters and only one
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8:08 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Russell Wilson hopes Sunday won’t be his last time playing at Lumen Field as the Seattle Seahawks quarterback. Wilson volunteered as much during his weekly news conference in a somewhat out-of-nowhere comment that acknowledged his uncertain future in Seattle. The Seahawks (5-10) host the Detroit Lions (2-12-1), then
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6:02 PM ET Three players in their first year of eligibility, including one of the league’s all-time sack leaders, one of the league’s all-time receiving leaders and one of the league’s all-time special teams greats, are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. Defensive end/outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware, wide receiver Andre
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8:05 PM ET The Pac-12 has shortened its recommended isolation period to five days following a positive COVID-19 test for both vaccinated an unvaccinated individuals, according to updated protocols established by the league’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee and released on Thursday. The change reflects the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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7:03 PM ET After one game with the Dallas Mavericks, former All-Star guard Isaiah Thomas entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Thursday. Thomas was signed to a 10-day hardship deal on Wednesday to replace Brandon Knight, another hardship-deal addition who entered the league’s protocols after testing positive for COVID-19. Thomas, whose 10-day deal
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7:03 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Dan Burke, the acting head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, said before Thursday night’s game here at Barclays Center between the Sixers and the Brooklyn Nets that Sixers head coach Doc Rivers is feeling good and in good spirits after entering the NBA’s health and safety protocols
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7:22 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers are nearing a trade to acquire Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo, and an agreement is expected to be completed as soon as Friday, sources told ESPN. The sides are working out terms on a deal, but the Cavaliers need to create a roster spot to make room for
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5:54 PM ET Northwestern safety Brandon Joseph, a consensus All-America selection in 2020, is entering the transfer portal, he announced on Twitter on Thursday. Joseph became Northwestern’s first consensus All-America selection in 20 years as a redshirt freshman, helping the team to a Big Ten West Division title and a No. 10 final ranking in
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1:00 PM ET Ryan Hockensmith ON CHRISTMAS DAY, John Madden gathered his close family members and friends around his TV at 2 p.m. A documentary about him and his tall-tale life, “All Madden,” was airing on Fox, and he wanted to watch it with the people he loved the most. Many of the people in
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6:26 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn coach Dan Hurley was reveling in the return of basketball this season — the ability to travel to a tournament his team played in the Bahamas, the loud crowds at home and away games — when just before Christmas he began feeling sick. Like many other
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5:29 PM ET Gonzaga‘s game on Saturday against Loyola Marymount has been postponed due to health and safety protocols within the Zags’ program, the school announced Thursday. The two programs and the West Coast Conference will look to reschedule the game. Gonzaga, ranked No. 4 in this week’s AP poll, has now had three games
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4:49 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — When Brigette Lacquette first heard from the Chicago Blackhawks, she didn’t think the message was real. It was, and it arrived at a perfect time. Lacquette became the first Indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team when she was hired by the Blackhawks this year. Making
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