Month: February 2022

6:59 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants strongly denied any wrongdoing in their interview process with former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores and called the allegations against them disturbing and simply false in a second statement released Thursday evening. The Giants laid out the timeline of events as a key contention
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7:42 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Chris Paul and Devin Booker, the starting backcourt for the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns, headlined the NBA’s announcement of the 14 reserves for the NBA’s All-Star Game in Cleveland later this month. Paul, who is averaging 14.9 points and 10.4 assists, is making his 12th All-Star appearance, while Booker, who is
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7:35 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson starting forward Hunter Tyson is out indefinitely with a broken clavicle. Tyson suffered the injury in the first half of the Tigers’ 75-69 victory over Florida State on Wednesday night. X-rays taken Thursday confirmed the injury to the clavicle, which connects the sternum to the shoulder.
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4:55 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball on Thursday requested the immediate assistance of a federal mediator to help resolve the sport’s lockout, sources told ESPN, potentially inserting the presence of a neutral party to end
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5:53 PM ET LAS VEGAS — While several prominent Las Vegas Raiders players were vocal in their support of former interim coach Rich Bisaccia getting the job on a permanent basis, defensive end Maxx Crosby and receiver Hunter Renfrow insisted there was no ill will toward incoming coach Josh McDaniels. Even as no Raiders players
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4:39 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington Commanders president Jason Wright said the numbers suggest the NFL’s system designed to help minorities isn’t working well, but he added that there’s a quick solution to improving diversity in the higher ranks of an organization, including head coaches. While addressing a crowd at the Economic Club of
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News Chairman hits out at predecessor following cancellation of EGM to determine Test viability Lord Kamlesh Patel has accused a group of Yorkshire members of attempting to “delay and derail” Headingley’s reinstatement as an international venue, because they believe the club is being “sacrificed on the altar of Black Lives Matter”. Yorkshire’s hopes of meeting
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3:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Washington Commanders employee Tiffani Johnston made new allegations against team owner Dan Snyder on Thursday at a roundtable before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, saying he placed his hand on her thigh without her consent at a team dinner and that he pushed her toward his
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1:14 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos president of football operations John Elway called allegations about him included in Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the league and three teams “false and defamatory.” The Broncos interviewed Flores for the team’s head-coaching job in 2019. Elway released a lengthy statement Thursday in response to Flores’ potential class-action lawsuit
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12:54 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA unveiled a redesigned Kobe Bryant Trophy — awarded to the All-Star Game’s Most Valuable Player — on Thursday afternoon. The league revealed the trophy two weeks ahead of the NBA All-Star Game, which will take place Feb. 20 in Cleveland. The trophy, which was renamed after Bryant in
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12:29 PM GMT Injury-hit defending champions Wales have handed wing Josh Adams his first international start at outside centre, while Ireland’s Mack Hansen will make his international debut in the Six Nations opener in Dublin on Saturday. Wales are missing a total of 680 caps through injury and look particularly thin among the centres, prompting
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