Month: April 2022

10:28 AM ET Chattanooga guard Malachi Smith, the Southern Conference Player of the Year, entered the college basketball transfer portal Wednesday morning. Smith immediately becomes one of the top players available in the portal. A 6-foot-4 guard from Illinois, Smith was a premier mid-major guard last season for the Mocs. He averaged 19.9 points, 6.7
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9:22 AM ET Blake Shapen is set to be named Baylor‘s starting quarterback over 2021 incumbent Gerry Bohanon, a source confirmed to ESPN. As a redshirt freshman last season, Shapen started two games, including the Bears’ 21-16 upset of Oklahoma State in the Big 12 championship game. In that contest, Shapen set a Big 12
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9:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Mount St. Mary’s is in the process of leaving the Northeast Conference to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, sources told ESPN. The Mount would join the MAAC in July in all sports for the 2022-23 season. The move has been approved by the MAAC presidents and should be formalized
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7:44 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek withdrew from the Madrid Open on Wednesday because of a sore arm. Swiatek, who has won four straight titles, was going to be the top-seeded player in the women’s draw for this week’s clay-court tournament. “It’s time to take care of my arm that has
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7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Tuesday night was of tremendous importance as the races for the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs wind down. The Dallas Stars‘ shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights pushed the latter to the precipice
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2:53 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN PHOENIX — New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram came to Tuesday night’s postgame news conference with his right ring and pinkie fingers taped up in black athletic tape, but he insisted he’ll be good to go for Game 6 on Thursday. “It’s fine,” Ingram said following the Pelicans’ 112-97 loss
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3:19 AM ET PHOENIX — Missing Devin Booker and with the New Orleans Pelicans applying heavy pressure to Chris Paul, the Phoenix Suns got a historic effort from Mikal Bridges to take back control of their first-round series with a 112-97 Game 5 victory for a 3-2 lead. Bridges had perhaps the best offensive and
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11:01 PM ET Tyler Zombro, the Tampa Bay Rays minor league pitcher who was struck in the head by a comebacker to the mound in June, made his season debut for Triple-A Durham on Sunday and threw a scoreless inning against Norfolk. Players and coaches from both dugouts gave Zombro a standing ovation as he
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1:37 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After scuffling through a frustrating first three quarters, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant exploded with a vengeance Tuesday night in one of the most compelling closing performances in recent postseason history. His exploits fueled a fourth-quarter rally that lifted the Grizzlies to a 111-109 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves
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1:21 AM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — New York Mets right-hander Chris Bassitt expressed frustration and concern for his teammates after three more Mets batters were plunked in Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, raising the team’s major league-leading total to 18. Bassitt blamed the baseballs, which he says are
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