Month: February 2022

7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN This NFL offseason promises to have plenty of quarterback movement intrigue. Will Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson be traded? How will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Steelers replace retired legends Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger, respectively? Will teams on the cusp of contention make a big change, and who
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6:16 AM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic described his detention and deportation from Australia that prevented him from defending his Australian Open title as an “unfortunate event” and thanked the Serbian president for his support. An 11-day saga over Djokovic’s entry visa ended with the Serb being deported for failing to meet
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3:05 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN Los Angeles Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff believes the team can eventually become as popular in the L.A. market as the Dodgers and Lakers, but he stressed that it won’t happen overnight. Even if the Rams win Super Bowl LVI in their home stadium. “I absolutely believe that we
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1:34 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — The Memphis Grizzlies aren’t backing down from anyone. And given how their season is going, they have no reason to. After their latest victory, a 120-108 triumph in which New York Knicks forward Julius Randle was ejected in the fourth quarter after multiple run-ins with Memphis guard
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2:29 AM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After watching his team drop its sixth straight game, a lethargic 112-101 loss to the Sacramento Kings, Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden sat at a small podium inside Golden 1 Center with a look of frustration. When asked whether his struggling group needed to have a players only meeting
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1:32 AM ET Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi freshman Daeshun Ruffin will miss the season with a knee injury that requires surgery. Ruffin was injured in the Rebels’ 76-72 win over No. 25 LSU on Tuesday night, when he scored 19 points in 20 minutes. “Daeshun was just hitting his stride and was establishing
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9:30 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Three days after being photographed without a face mask at the NFC Championship Game, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joined other officials Wednesday to urge fans headed for the Super Bowl to strictly adhere to pandemic safety protocols that include staying masked, except while eating or drinking.
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12:26 AM ET Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross responded late Wednesday night to allegations made by Brian Flores in a lawsuit a day earlier, calling them “false, malicious and defamatory” and promising to defend his “personal integrity” as well as that of the organization. On Tuesday, Flores filed a lawsuit in Manhattan against the NFL
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12:13 AM ET Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson has agreed to a deal for the rest of the season, his agents Mark Bartelstein and Reggie Brown of Priority Sports told ESPN on Wednesday night. Stephenson transformed himself into one of the season’s better comeback stories, turning a 10-day COVID-19 exception into three more successive 10-day
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11:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — As someone who hones his craft in a league in which minority coaches occupy the majority of the head-coaching positions, Chauncey Billups of the Portland Trail Blazers said he can’t help but appreciate how the NBA operates compared to the NFL. “I’m really just kind of so proud of
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10:28 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Spike Lee will direct a multipart documentary for ESPN on Colin Kaepernick that features extensive interviews with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and access to his personal archive. ESPN Films announced Tuesday that Lee would weave never-before-seen footage from Kaepernick’s archive to provide “a full, first-person
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10:26 PM ET Jordan Ranaan EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants and new coach Brian Daboll are adding Laura Young as the team’s director of coaching operations, sources told ESPN. It is believed to be the Giants’ first known hire of a woman on the coaching side. Young comes from the Buffalo Bills,
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