Month: March 2022

11:43 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN ORLANDO, Fla. — When Stephen Curry went down with a left foot sprain last Wednesday, the Golden State Warriors knew they had a difficult final stretch to the regular season. They expected some bumps in the road — their entire system is built around Curry. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said
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10:56 PM ET World No.1 Ash Barty’s shock retirement from tennis at only 25 has sent Australian social media spinning, with some of the biggest names in Australian sport reacting to the sudden news. Barty most recently ended the nation’s Australian Open drought, becoming the first Australian woman to lift the trophy in 44 years,
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7:36 PM ET Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed to rule tweaks that will expand rosters, place an automatic runner on second base during extra innings and allow pitchers to remain in the lineup after they have been replaced on the mound, an industry source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The
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10:58 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Zach Wrightsil scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, tournament MVP Myles Burns added 17 points and 17 rebounds, and Loyola (La.) beat Talladega (Ala.) 71-56 on Tuesday night for its first NAIA title since 1945. Loyola (37-1), in its second NAIA championship game, won its
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10:30 PM ET ESPN News Services PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — In his first start since last summer, New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom had some butterflies during his Grapefruit League debut. But he certainly looked healthy. “I was nervous, to be honest with you,” deGrom said after firing two innings of one-hit ball Tuesday
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10:04 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has tried to keep a low profile on social media while rehabbing his fractured right foot that has kept him out the entire 2021-22 season. That changed on Tuesday night. Williamson posted a 5-second clip to his Instagram story showing him at the Pelicans’
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9:28 PM ET Associated Press PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and five players from the World Series champion Atlanta Braves are headed toward salary arbitration hearings that will occur during the regular season after they failed to reach contracts and exchanged figures with their teams. Judge can become a free
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7:58 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — No, Davante Adams said, he and Derek Carr did not “scheme” to get him traded from the Green Bay Packers to the Las Vegas Raiders for a reunion of old Fresno State Bulldogs in Sin City. But the All-Pro receiver and the quarterback who holds virtually every passing record
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8:53 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — It was a Tuesday in late March, a time when spring training is normally winding down, so the crowd at Camelback Ranch was noticeably sparse for Freddie Freeman‘s debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday afternoon. A “Fre-ddie!” chant materialized nonetheless, filling the Dodgers’ spring training complex with
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7:45 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins on Tuesday reached agreement with offensive tackle Terron Armstead on a five-year deal worth up to $87.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, locking up one of the top free agents of the 2022 cycle. The deal includes $43.37 million in guaranteed money, the
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7:15 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Knicks forward Julius Randle was penalized $40,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for directing hostile language at a referee, bringing his total to $130,000 in fines this season. The latest fine came for his actions at the end of New York’s 108-93 loss to Utah on Sunday.
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6:36 PM ET All-Star point guard Ja Morant has been ruled out of Wednesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets due to right knee soreness, the Memphis Grizzlies announced. It will be the second consecutive game Morant misses because of his sore right knee. He also sat out a win over the Indiana Pacers last week
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7:06 PM ET Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa has named Eric Konkol its new men’s basketball coach. Konkol compiled a 153-75 record in seven seasons at Louisiana Tech. He had six seasons with at least 20 wins and finished in the top three in the Conference USA standings five times. Konkol was a student
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6:25 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead says that the team “definitely” wants to re-sign wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., one of the biggest names still available in the second week of NFL free agency. But in a video call with reporters on Tuesday, Snead called it a complex situation
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6:05 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are going to run it back this summer. Usyk received permission to leave Ukraine from the country’s sports minister and will begin training camp for the heavyweight title rematch this summer after crossing the border to Poland, sources told ESPN. The unified champion joined a
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