Month: February 2022

News Strikers described it as “a difficult decision” after veteran middle-order player was their leading scorer last season Adelaide Strikers have parted ways with reliable middle-order batter Jon Wells citing a shift in list management strategy. Wells played 68 matches over five seasons with Strikers and was the club’s leading scorer in BBL 11 making
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1:29 AM ET Mac Etienne, a redshirt freshman forward on UCLA‘s men’s basketball team, was arrested and cited for assault after appearing to spit at Arizona fans following the Bruins’ 76-66 loss to the Wildcats on Thursday night. Video of the incident appears to show Etienne, a four-star recruit who is out for the season
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8:20 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Harris might need a second procedure on his left ankle, a decision that will be based on his progress over the next one to two weeks, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN on Thursday. The Nets have acknowledged “setbacks” in Harris’ rehab from a Nov.
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12:03 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony suffered a strained right hamstring in the second quarter of Thursday night’s game against the LA Clippers and was ruled out of the remainder of the game. Anthony missed a 13-foot jump shot with 1 minute, 40 seconds remaining in the first half and winced
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10:08 PM ET Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, the Houston furniture salesman known to place giant hedge bets, has done it again — this time with the biggest single wager he’s ever placed. On Thursday, McIngvale drove across the Texas border into Louisiana, pulled over at a gas station, logged onto his mobile betting account with
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10:20 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Doug Pederson, who won a Super Bowl with Philadelphia, has been hired as the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced Thursday. The hiring comes 49 days after the team fired Urban Meyer and 35 days after Pederson first interviewed with the Jaguars. Pederson spent the
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2:35 PM ET CINCINNATI — The cold has never bothered the Cincinnati Bengals. But ahead of a trip to Los Angeles for next week’s Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium, the team figured practicing indoors might be a good idea. The Bengals will practice inside the indoor bubble at the University of Cincinnati campus a
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7:53 PM ET Associated Press WALTHAM, Mass. — Robin Herman, a gender barrier-breaking reporter for The New York Times who was the first female journalist to interview players in the locker room after an NHL game, has died. She was 70. Her husband, Paul Horvitz, told the newspaper Herman died Tuesday at their home in
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9:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mike Moore, the former president of the National Association Professional Baseball Leagues, died Thursday affer a lengthy illness. He was 80. Moore died at Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida, Major League Baseball said. A native of Columbus, Indiana, Moore was general manager and part owner
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9:35 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green said Thursday he expects to be out for another three to four weeks with a lower-back disc injury that has sidelined him for 14 games. Green, who earned his fourth All-Star selection Thursday as a reserve for the Western Conference, also
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8:57 PM ET Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam fired back at former coach Hue Jackson on Thursday, saying that Jackson “has never accepted blame for one thing” and that the claim he paid Jackson to lose games is “an absolute falsehood.” “Hue Jackson has never ever accepted any responsibility for our record during that time
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9:30 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Tom Hoge enjoys being at Pebble Beach even in a frigid wind and relentless rain. He loved it even more Thursday in brilliant sunshine, especially with nine birdies on his card. Hoge began his day along the Pacific Ocean with a 30-foot birdie putt on No.
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6:40 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell has cleared the NBA’s concussion protocols after missing the last eight games, the team announced Thursday. Mitchell is expected to play in Friday night’s home game against the Brooklyn Nets. The Jazz went 2-6 in Mitchell’s absence, when they were also
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7:05 PM ET A sizable roster of current and former Los Angeles Angels players and personnel is on the government’s witness list for next week’s federal trial connected to the 2019 death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, according to documents filed Thursday. Eric Kay, the team’s former communications director, is facing two felony counts of
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1:48 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are set to hire Mike Kafka from the Kansas City Chiefs to be their offensive coordinator under new head coach Brian Daboll, a source confirmed to ESPN. Kafka was the Chiefs’ quarterbacks coach/pass game coordinator the past two seasons. He has been an assistant
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7:28 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The schedule for each Triple-A team will be expanded to 150 games from 144 in the first full season the minor leagues are being run by Major League Baseball. MLB took over operation from the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues for the 2021 season. Because the
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