Month: April 2022

12:31 PM ET ESPN News Services The Detroit Red Wings celebrated the return of Steve Yzerman three years ago, expecting one of their all-time greats to turn around the franchise as general manager. It hasn’t happened yet. Detroit was 32-40-10 and won 39% of its games, barely faring better than last year’s rate after bottoming
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5:20 PM ET Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Brown, Brooklyn Nets consultant Steve Clifford and former Warriors coach and current ESPN analyst Mark Jackson are among finalists for the Sacramento Kings‘ head-coaching job, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. All three have prior head-coaching experience. Sacramento is looking to end a 16-season playoff drought,
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5:56 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — As Golden State Warriors superstar guard Stephen Curry took his seat at the podium, he was asked about heading to Memphis for the first two games of the Western Conference Semifinals as the older team, taking on the young, rising team. Before the entirety of the question
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5:56 PM ET Associated Press Frances Tiafoe reached the final of the Estoril Open with a 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 victory over Sebastian Korda on Saturday. Tiafoe struggled against his fellow American in the opening set, despite some quality play at the net. In the second he again found it difficult to carve any sort
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5:14 PM ET Defensive end Ochaun Mathis, an All-Big 12 performer, is transferring to Nebraska for the 2022 season. Mathis picked Nebraska over Texas during an announcement Saturday on Twitter Live. He earned second-team All-Big 12 honors last season for the Horned Frogs, recording four sacks and seven tackles for loss, to go with three
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5:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said after the team’s practice Saturday that he didn’t have any second thoughts about Joel Embiid being in the game when he suffered a right facial fracture and mild concussion from an elbow by Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam with 3:58 to go in Philadelphia’s
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin said someone sent him a crass anti-Asian meme that poked fun at Kyle Larson‘s driving and out it went without a care — from his mobile phone to Twitter. “I thought it was hilarious,” Hamlin said. “Also, it’s insensitive. I understand.” He didn’t laugh long.
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2:26 PM ET The Detroit Red Wings will not renew the contract of Jeff Blashill, who just completed his seventh season as head coach. Detroit finished with a 32-40-10 record (.451 points percentage) and were 26 points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season. The
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9:49 AM ET UFC announced on Thursday it will host a second fight night in the U.K. in 2022. The event, which will be held at the O2 Arena in London on July 23, follows the success of UFC London on March 19, where English heavyweight Tom Aspinall secured a first-round submission victory against Russian
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3:34 PM ET Morehead State transfer Johni Broome, one of the top 10 players in the portal, announced his commitment to Auburn on Saturday afternoon. Broome chose the Tigers over Florida, after visiting both schools in recent weeks. A 6-foot-10 sophomore center from Plant City, Florida, Broome had more than 20 schools reach out to
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