Month: January 2022

8:46 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green is going into TV. The Golden State Warriors star has received an exclusive multiyear agreement to join Turner Sports as an active player, set to make appearances with the network’s “Inside the NBA” program among other content opportunities with Turner Sports and Bleacher Report. So,
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5:45 PM ET Evander Kane has reached a verbal agreement to sign with the Edmonton Oilers for the rest of the NHL season, sources told ESPN’s Kevin Weekes on Thursday. A Kane-to-Edmonton agreement comes as the NHL on Thursday cleared the veteran winger of potential violations of COVID-19 protocols. Sources told Weekes that Kane’s deal
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1:52 PM ET Arsenal has agreed to terms with the New England Revolution on the transfer of United States international goalkeeper Matt Turner, sources tell ESPN’s Taylor Twellman. A source with knowledge of the discussions told ESPN that the fee for Turner’s transfer is $6 million up front, and could be as much as $10m
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6:12 PM ET Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has been told that he will return in 2022, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Ed Werder on Thursday. Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones has so far declined to commit to McCarthy’s return publicly after Dallas’ playoff exit with a wild-card round loss to the San Francisco
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2:24 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James won’t play Thursday night against the 76ers due to left knee soreness, coach Frank Vogel said about 90 minutes before tipoff. The coach said James woke up with some soreness in his left knee. The team had listed him as questionable earlier Thursday before
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5:09 PM GMT English Premiership club Exeter Chiefs will drop their Native American-themed branding in the summer after criticism from fans, the club announced on Thursday. The club said its new branding would feature the Celtic Iron Age Dumnonii Tribe which once inhabited Devon and Cornwall. “Times are changing and so are we — now
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Who is trending up? Which rotations are changing? What’s the latest with the notable injuries around the NBA? Here’s a look around the league at the most fantasy relevant news and notes for all 30 teams: Bogdan Bogdanovic returned to action against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday after missing the previous five games due to
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4:15 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Guardians have reached an agreement to extend their lease at their downtown ballpark through at least 2036 while making improvements to the facility, team owner and CEO Paul Dolan announced Thursday. Team officials said they’ve obtained financing to renovate Progressive Field, a ballpark that opened for
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1:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA has announced Charlotte Hornets forward P.J. Washington and Toronto Raptors forward Justin Champagnie have been fined $15,000 apiece for their roles in an on-court altercation on Tuesday. On the play before the confrontation, Washington knocked Champagnie to the floor with a hip check. On the
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2:20 PM ET ESPN News Services Former NFL head coach Jeff Fisher and former North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora were named coaches by USFL teams Thursday, filling the final two vacancies in the league. Fisher was named the head coach of the Michigan Panthers and Fedora the head coach of the New Orleans Breakers.
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3:05 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers forward Nassir Little — one of the breakout young players in the league this season — will likely be out for the rest of the season with a left shoulder labral tear, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Blazers announced the injury without a timetable for his return, but
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2:12 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will meet in the ring after all. There was an agreement in principle for both Whyte and Anthony Joshua to step aside and forego planned bouts with Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, respectively, in exchange for millions of dollars, but the deal fell apart after parties
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2:42 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Gene Clines, part of the first all-minority lineup in Major League Baseball history and a line-drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World Series champion Pirates, died Thursday. He was 75. Clines’ wife, Joanne, told the Pirates that Clines died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, the team’s longtime spring
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2:55 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Not even a full day into his tenure as the general manager of the Minnesota Vikings, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is already “deeply involved” in the team’s search for its next head coach, according to co-owner Mark Wilf. Speaking at his introductory news conference Thursday, Adofo-Mensah reiterated that the conversations he
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