Month: March 2022

6:14 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Novak Djokovic withdrew Wednesday from the BNP Paribas Open on the eve of the event, saying he cannot travel to the United States because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Djokovic, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, cited regulations by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the reason
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8:07 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram has a mild right hamstring strain and will be reevaluated in seven to 10 days, the team announced Wednesday night. The Pelicans started a four-game, seven-night homestand Wednesday against the Orlando Magic. 1 Related Ingram injured his hamstring late against the Denver Nuggets on
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8:10 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a bantamweight bout between Rob Font and Marlon Vera to headline a UFC Fight Night event next month, multiple sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Contracts are expected to be signed shortly. The 135-pound contest will serve as the main event of UFC Fight Night on April 30. The
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7:08 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 canceled the second week of the regular season Wednesday after days of discussion with the MLB Players Association failed to generate a new collective-bargaining agreement. The international draft, long
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7:17 PM ET A 25-year-old woman is suing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, alleging that the billionaire paid her mother hundreds of thousands of dollars in 1996 to conceal that he was the girl’s biological father, a secret that the lawsuit says she has carried her entire life. At the age of 1, the girl
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6:26 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin star Johnny Davis says he expects to play in the Big Ten tournament after getting knocked out of the Badgers’ regular-season finale on a hit he described as “dirty and uncalled for.” “The plan is to see how tomorrow goes and Friday goes, but the plan
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6:42 PM ET LeBron James will be back in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lineup Wednesday night against the Rockets in Houston, coach Frank Vogel said pregame. James was officially listed as questionable after missing Monday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs because of “significant” soreness in his left knee. That came two days after he
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5:18 PM ET Negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA centered around the potential for an international draft, sources close to ownership told ESPN on Wednesday. The union is not in favor of it, according to those sources, while the league would like to institute it. The league believes the issue is tied to
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4:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — With heads bowed and surrounded by heavily armed police, the first suspects arrested nearly a decade after the fatal shooting of renowned Puerto Rico boxer Héctor Camacho appeared in court Wednesday to face murder charges. Five men are accused in the slaying of the fighter
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5:23 PM ET The Northeast Conference said Wednesday that it is launching an investigation into a fight between fans in the stands that marred the ending of the Wagner–Bryant tournament final in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and led to one arrest. In a statement Wednesday, NEC commissioner Noreen Morris said she was “disgusted” by what transpired
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5:54 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Rick Pitino, the Hall of Famer who led Iona to the regular-season Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title, was honored as the coach of the year Wednesday. In his second season with the program, the 69-year-old Pitino guided the Gaels to a 25-6 overall mark and a
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