Month: December 2021

11:15 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NFL safety Kenny Vaccaro has decided to shift his focus from playing professional football to pursue his dream of launching an esports organization. Despite receiving offers from multiple NFL teams, including championship
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11:07 AM ET Denver Nuggets guards Bones Hyland and Austin Rivers have entered into the league’s health and safety protocols, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. If they test positive for the virus, they will be away from the team for at least 10 days, which would result in at least six missed games.
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6:24 AM ET Britain’s Johanna Konta has announced her retirement from professional tennis. The former World No. 4, who was the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in 39 years in 2017, made the announcement on Wednesday on social media. Konta said in a statement she was “grateful” for her career in tennis.
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7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: It all comes down to this. What final weekend scheduling strategy will win the Bottom 10 title? Head-to-head matchups between ranked teams or blowout losses to good teams?] Inspirational thought of the week: It was learned in a gameThat was played by us allWho held the top of the hillFrom
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7:19 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN There was an air of optimism around the New Orleans Pelicans franchise heading into the 2021-22 season: Zion Williamson was coming off of an All-Star season and Brandon Ingram was a year removed from an All-Star appearance. The Pelicans added Devonte’ Graham and Jonas Valanciunas. The goal was to get
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10:57 AM ET Messi’s seventh Ballon d’Or shouldn’t get you too riled up. It’s an award given to the glamorous players and isn’t intended to serve as a definitive world’s best player prize. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images Count the Ballon d’Or as one of those grand old institutions that’s insanely popular. There are several reasons
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1:14 AM ET ESPN News Services Left-hander James Paxton and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a one-year, $10 million contract with a two-year club option, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Paxton, 33, is recovering from Tommy John surgery and should be back pitching in 2022. Paxton’s 2021 season
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12:15 AM ET NEW YORK — The Knicks‘ Julius Randle and coach Tom Thibodeau walked off the Barclays Center floor on Tuesday night talking to each other and “pissed” at the officiating during their 112-110 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Randle had 24 points, nine rebounds and eight assists but went to the line only
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12:15 AM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zed Key scored a career-high 20 points and Ohio State held top-ranked Duke scoreless for the final 4 1/2 minutes, completing a rally from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the Blue Devils 71-66 on Tuesday night. E.J. Liddell hit two free throws with 1:06 remaining to
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