Month: February 2022

10:55 PM ET The Pacers will waive Tristan Thompson on Thursday, and the veteran big man will sign a deal with the Chicago Bulls, Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said Wednesday night. In a surprising moment, Carlisle announced the news following the Pacers’ 113-108 win against the Washington Wizards in Indianapolis. Thompson had joined the Pacers
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10:13 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jacques Villeneuve qualified for his first Daytona 500 then jogged down pit road anxiously searching for his team and a celebration. The 50-year-old former Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner found his partner and lifted her in the air, then he hugged his crew members.
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12:36 AM ET ESPN News Services Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul was ejected in his team’s 124-121 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. Paul was tossed after two quick technicals in the third quarter. He was angry after getting his right hand jammed on a pass and argued for the first technical. He
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12:06 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Isaac Cruz and Yuriorkis Gamboa have agreed to a deal for a lightweight fight on April 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, sources told ESPN. The bout will serve as chief support to the April 16 Showtime PPV headlined by the Errol Spence Jr.-Yordenis Ugas welterweight title unification, sources
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12:53 AM ET NEW YORK — As Tom Thibodeau watched his beleaguered Knicks blow a 28-point lead to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, even he couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing. The veteran coach flailed his arms and shook in apparent disbelief as he watched his team get outhustled down the stretch in
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11:27 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis exited Wednesday night’s game against the Utah Jazz with a right ankle sprain and will not return. X-rays revealed no fracture, and according to the team, Davis will be re-evaluated after the upcoming All-Star break. Davis came down on Rudy Gobert‘s heel,
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12:29 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls All-Star forward DeMar Derozan stayed on a roll offensively heading into the All-Star break and set an NBA record in Wednesday’s 125-118 victory over the Sacramento Kings. DeRozan scored 38 points on 16-for-27 (59%) shooting on Wednesday, making him the first player in NBA history to
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9:33 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — International Ice Hockey Federation president Luc Tardif said Thursday he is optimistic NHL players will participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, though he wants an agreement reached further in advance than this time around. The league, NHL Players’ Association, IIHF and IOC worked out
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11:04 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The wait to crown an undisputed junior middleweight champion will be a little longer — if it happens at all. Brian Castano suffered a minor right biceps tear while sparring, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, postponing the Jermell Charlo rematch on March 19 in Los Angeles for all four 154-pound
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10:11 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Sebastian Korda is back in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open after fighting past Andreas Seppi on Wednesday night. Korda, a Delray finalist last year and the No. 5 seed this year, needed nearly two hours to beat Seppi 7-5, 6-3 and earn his quarterfinal
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11:32 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta, the No. 4 seed and the 18th-ranked player in the world, was eliminated at the Rio Open clay court tournament Wednesday, falling 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to Fabio Fognini of Italy in a round-of-16 clash. Fognini advanced to face Argentina’s Federico Coria in
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11:20 PM ET UCLA is nearing an agreement to make veteran college and NFL assistant Bill McGovern as its next defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. McGovern, who worked for Bruins coach Chip Kelly with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2013 to 2015, spent last season as inside linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears. He spent
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8:38 PM ET UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has been forced out of a main event slot against Islam Makhachev on Feb. 26 due to injury, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Dariush (21-4-1) was scheduled to face Makhachev (21-1) in a 155-pound bout that might have produced a future title challenger, but withdrew Tuesday after
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10:35 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints will retain longtime offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. under new head coach Dennis Allen, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The news was first reported by NFL Network. The Saints considered external candidates, including reported interviews with former Washington head coach Jay Gruden and current
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9:57 PM ET Another former head coach is joining Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama. Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, who was the New York Giants‘ tight ends coach this past season, has been hired to serve as offensive analyst for the Crimson Tide, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Dooley was Tennessee’s head coach from
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News Western Australian becomes the fourth CA chairman in four years, taking over from interim chair Richard Freudenstein, following the resignations of David Peever and Earl Eddings Cricket Australia has appointed Dr Lachlan Henderson as the new chairman of the board to take over permanently from interim chair Richard Freudenstein. CA announced on Thursday that
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6:27 PM ET If Matt Harvey can find a team willing to sign him, he could immediately be suspended for at least 60 days for saying that he provided opioids to Tyler Skaggs on several occasions, a Major League Baseball official told ESPN on Wednesday. Harvey’s admission in federal court Tuesday qualifies as distribution under
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