Month: February 2022

9:21 PM ET Tying the NFL’s single-season sack record earned Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award. His brother, J.J. Watt — a three-time defensive player of the year himself — presented him with the award, which was the first one announced at Thursday’s NFL Honors awards show
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7:55 PM ET Pete Thamel Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Auburn coach Bryan Harsin met with the officials running the school’s inquiry into the football program on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN. Upon Harsin’s return to the country from his previously
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7:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Before serving as a captain in the NBA’s All-Star Game draft Thursday night, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant said he was “happy we got guys who want to be part of this” in the blockbuster trade that saw James Harden go to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Ben Simmons.
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2:06 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN The Phoenix Suns are finalizing a trade for forward Torrey Craig from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for second-year forward Jalen Smith and a future second-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Craig would return to Phoenix after spending the second half of the 2020-21 season and the
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7:41 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina says Marquette transfer Dawson Garcia won’t return to the team this season while he remains home in Minnesota due to family medical issues. The school announced Garcia’s status Thursday. The 6-foot-11 forward had missed the past six games and hadn’t played since the Jan.
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4:40 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars are expected to hire Press Taylor as offensive coordinator, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN, reuniting him with new Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson. Taylor spent five seasons with Pederson in Philadelphia, including one year as the Eagles’ passing game coordinator. Taylor won’t be calling plays with the
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5:11 PM ET The SEC on Thursday said revenue rose to $777.8 million during the 2020-21 fiscal year — an increase of $120.1 million from the previous year. The money will be divided equally among the conference’s 14 schools. Excluding bowl expenses, each school will receive roughly $54.6 million. The total distribution is made up
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4:35 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno was given a two-game suspension by the NHL on Thursday for kneeing Winnipeg‘s Adam Lowry at the end of a fight. Foligno pulled Lowry down to the ice in the third period of Tuesday’s game after he had gained the
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5:20 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Cincinnati Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah will go in if the team wins Super Bowl LVI. Specifically, he’ll go all in a tub of chili. During Thursday’s virtual media availability, Uzomah said he will soak in Cincinnati-style chili if the Bengals beat the Rams on Sunday to win their
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3:45 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As part of a busy trade deadline day for the Boston Celtics, they sent Dennis Schroder, Bruno Fernando and Enes Freedom to the Houston Rockets for Daniel Theis, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Schroder, 28, signed a one-year, $5.9 million deal with Boston last summer, hoping to use it as
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2:00 PM ET The Boston Celtics are acquiring guard Derrick White in a trade with the San Antonio Spurs, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics are sending guards Josh Richardson, Romeo Langford and a first-round pick to the Spurs, the sources said. This is the second trade Thursday for both the Spurs and Celtics.
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4:02 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse center Jesse Edwards has a fractured left wrist and will miss the rest of the season, it was announced Thursday. Edwards, who has had a breakout junior season, apparently injured his non-shooting hand in Tuesday night’s win at Boston College. He wasn’t immediately aware of the
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2:35 PM ET Chicago Red Stars founder and majority owner Arnim Whisler has broken his silence about the abuse scandal involving the team’s former manager, Rory Dames. Whisler posted a letter on the team’s website in response to the scandal’s continued fallout, which included allegations that Dames verbally and emotionally abused Red Stars players, as
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12:18 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Toronto Raptors are sending guard Goran Dragic and a protected 2022 first-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs for forward Thaddeus Young and Drew Eubanks, along with a 2022 Detroit Pistons second-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The first-round pick is protected from 1-14 this year, and 1-13
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2:49 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana Hoosiers should be at full strength when they visit No. 17 Michigan State on Saturday. Coach Mike Woodson announced Thursday that the five players who were suspended for Tuesday night’s loss at Northwestern will be reinstated this weekend. Starting guards Xavier Johnson and Parker Stewart
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