Month: January 2022

5:10 PM ET Dani Alves made history as Barcelona’s oldest-ever player when he started, and contributed in Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Granada. Fran Santiago/Getty Images Despite the Premier League taking a break, the European soccer weekend was far from boring, with talking points galore from the FA Cup third round, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and
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7:25 PM ET Dallas Stars coach Rick Bowness grabbed a stick and angrily slashed it around the bench twice, having watched the St. Louis Blues rally with two power-play goals in the last minute of regulation while getting the benefit of some questionable officiating on Sunday. Goals by Blues forwards Ryan O’Reilly and Jordan Kyrou
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5:03 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle set an NFL rookie record for receptions in a single season Sunday against the New England Patriots, reeling in his 102nd catch of the season on the fourth play of the game. Anquan Boldin previously held the record when he caught 101 passes
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4:47 PM ET NEW YORK — As the Brooklyn Nets embark on one of the strangest logistical road trips in recent NBA history, star Kevin Durant plans to use the two road games in Portland and Chicago as an opportunity to build “chemistry” with Kyrie Irving, who is making his way back to the lineup.
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4:37 PM ET BALTIMORE — Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt tied Michael Strahan’s NFL single-season sack record with 23 seconds left in the first half of Sunday’s 16-13 overtime win against the Baltimore Ravens. The win kept the Steelers’ playoff hopes alive in Ben Roethlisberger‘s likely last regular-season game as the Steelers’ quarterback. With
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5:43 PM ET After suffering a sprained left ankle, Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks is expected to miss a minimum of three-to-five weeks, and could remain sidelined through the mid-February All-Star break, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Brooks — the surging Grizzlies second-leading scorer at 18.4 points a game — injured the ankle in a
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4:14 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars will be making the first pick in the NFL draft for the second consecutive year. The Jaguars upset 14-point favorite Indianapolis 26-11 at TIAA Bank Field to pick up their third victory of the season, but the Detroit Lions’ upset of Green Bay ensured that the
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3:03 PM ET The Detroit Pistons are acquiring 7-foot-2 Bol Bol in a trade with the Denver Nuggets, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Detroit will send Rodney McGruder and a 2022 second-round pick via the Brooklyn Nets to Denver for Bol, sources said. Bol, 22, has shown flashes of promise with Denver, but has never
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2:14 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — The Detroit Lions didn’t hold anything back in their last game of the season Sunday, and a couple of trick plays resulted in long touchdowns against the Green Bay Packers. Down 7-0 late in the first quarter, quarterback Jared Goff handed the ball off to rookie receiver Amon-Ra
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2:18 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Purdue–Michigan men’s basketball game has been postponed because the Wolverines have fewer than seven scholarship players cleared to play as a result of COVID-19 protocols. The third-ranked Boilermakers were scheduled to play at Michigan on Tuesday night. The Wolverines also had to postpone their game
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1:02 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Alabama football coach Nick Saban and Georgia coach Kirby Smart both called for increased regulation on name, image and likeness (NIL) deals for college athletes during their joint College Football Playoff news conferences Sunday. Without more regulation, Saban and Smart said the same teams are going to continue to dominate
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11:49 AM ET Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee announced Sunday on social media he plans to transfer to UCF. Plumlee started his career with the Rebels as a quarterback in 2019, starting eight games, but eventually moved to receiver following the emergence of Matt Corral. In 2021, Plumlee had 19 receptions for 201 yards
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12:11 PM ET Arsenal have been drawn against holders Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round, should they beat Nottingham Forest at City Ground on Sunday. (stream select games on ESPN+ in the U.S.). Meanwhile, Manchester United will face Middlesbrough if Ralf Rangnick’s side can find a way past Aston Villa in their third-round
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11:37 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Georgia coach Kirby Smart saw enough of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young a month ago to know what the Bulldogs are up against Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T. “We talk about him as Houdini, because he can make people miss,” Smart said Sunday. “He
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