Month: February 2022

11:10 PM ET Duke was still thinking about Saturday’s win over North Carolina on Monday night. Virginia was thinking about March. The Cavaliers dominated the first half against a sluggish Blue Devils team, fresh off an emotional win against rival North Carolina, then delivered the final dagger on a 3 from Reece Beekman with 1.1
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10:32 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Brandon Nakashima beat John Millman in straight sets in the opening round of the inaugural Dallas Open on Monday night. The 20-year-old American seeking his first ATP Tour title beat the Australian Millman, 7-5, 7-6 (3), and will be joined in the round of 16 by Kevin Anderson.
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10:59 PM ET ESPN News Services BEIJING — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai sat with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and watched American-born Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu win gold at the women’s big air event Tuesday. Peng appeared a day after delivering a controlled interview in Beijing that touched on sexual assault allegations she
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7:55 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Former UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes revealed to ESPN on Monday she dealt with injuries to both of her knees during the buildup to her shocking submission loss to Julianna Peña at the end of last year. Nunes (21-5) said she didn’t want to use the injuries as an
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8:14 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A group of civil rights leaders called for replacing the Rooney Rule in a meeting Monday with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Seeking specific recruiting and hiring procedures for NFL executive and coaching positions, they also sought “meaningful consequences for teams that do not abide by the rules.”
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4:54 PM ET The NFL has issued a significant call to action in response to disproportionately high injury rates on special teams, league officials said this week. Rule changes and new training requirements are among the possible solutions that NFL medical staffers and competition committee members will discuss in the coming weeks. Concussions across all
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8:02 PM ET Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey isn’t sure — or at least isn’t saying — how he’ll be deployed against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday. But, speaking Monday via Zoom conference, Ramsey didn’t leave much doubt about what he’d like his role to be: covering star Bengals rookie
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9:03 PM ET The best MMA fighter in the world went under the knife Monday. UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman had surgery to repair a ligament in his hand, Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz of Dominance MMA confirmed to ESPN. UFC president Dana White posted a gruesome photo of the operation on social media. Abdelaziz said
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9:36 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Detroit Lions tight ends coach Ben Johnson has been promoted to offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN on Monday, confirming a report by NFL Network. His promotion comes after Lions head coach Dan Campbell officially opened up the search in Mobile, Alabama, during the week of the Senior Bowl, where
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8:30 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Starting tight end Tyler Higbee remains the Los Angeles Rams‘ biggest injury question mark for Super Bowl LVI against the Cincinnati Bengals. Asked Monday whether Higbee will be able to practice at all in the coming days with his injured knee, coach Sean McVay said, “I don’t think so.” “We’ll
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6:42 PM ET SiriusXM has fired former PGA Tour pro Mark Lye, who made controversial comments about women’s basketball during a show on Saturday. “You know the LPGA Tour, to me, is a completely different tour than it was 10 years ago,” Lye said Saturday on PGA Tour Radio. “You couldn’t pay me to watch.
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12:37 PM ET Giroud’s heroics for Milan don’t just mean derby delight over rivals Inter. The victory also re-opens the title race with three months left in the season. Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images The weekend in soccer had everything: seismic results (Milan winning the derby, Barcelona scoring four against Atletico Madrid, Senegal‘s first-ever Africa Cup of
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2:49 PM ET The Houston Texans have hired Lovie Smith as their next head coach, the team announced Monday. Smith was the Texans’ associate head coach and defensive coordinator this past season. “[Smith] is one of the most respected coaches in the NFL and an established leader,” Texans general manager Nick Caserio said in a
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6:16 PM ET The New Orleans Saints have informed defensive coordinator Dennis Allen that they are hiring him as their next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Allen, 49, will replace his longtime boss, Sean Payton, who stepped away two weeks ago. This will be Allen’s second stint as a head coach
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4:40 PM ET The University of Southern Indiana voted unanimously on Monday to formally apply to the NCAA for a move to Division I for the Screaming Eagles, the school announced. Last fall, the school said it was beginning the exploratory process of a possible reclassification. The school surveyed more than 2,200 people from the
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5:14 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs assistant general manager Jeff Greenberg has interviewed with the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks for their GM opening, becoming the first known candidate for the job from outside professional hockey. The Blackhawks confirmed the interview on Monday. CEO Danny Wirtz, the son of team owner Rocky Wirtz,
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