Month: April 2022

1:54 PM ET A heavyweight matchup between Alexander Volkov and Jairzinho Rozenstruik will headline a UFC Fight Night card on June 4, UFC president Dana White said Friday. The UFC has not officially announced a location for the event, although the majority of Fight Night events in 2022 have taken place at the Apex facility
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6:27 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles put John Means on the 10-day injured list Friday, and the left-hander is expected to have additional tests on his elbow. The Orioles announced that Means has a left elbow strain. Manager Brandon Hyde described the injury as a forearm muscle strain, but said more
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6:26 PM ET Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Alison Riske and Jessica Pegula gave the United States a 2-0 lead over Ukraine on Friday in the best-of-five Billie Jean King Cup qualifier. Riske beat Dayana Yastremska 7-6 (18-16), 7-5, surviving an epic first set that lasted 1 hour, 27 minutes. Pegula beat Katarina Zavatska 6-2,
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3:36 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls will be without two assistant coaches for at least their playoff opener against the Milwaukee Bucks after Chris Fleming and Damian Cotter tested positive for COVID-19, coach Billy Donovan said. Donovan said the team found out Friday morning that Fleming — Chicago’s lead assistant —
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5:40 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns guard Landry Shamet didn’t practice Friday because of a left foot injury. The Suns have the NBA’s best overall record and are preparing for the first round of the playoffs against either the Clippers or the Pelicans. Shamet has been one of the team’s top players
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3:12 PM ET Dallas Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph was a passenger in a vehicle from which gunshots were fired that killed a man last month, but he was not the shooter, according to his attorney, Barry Sorrels. “Kelvin Joseph did not shoot Cameron Ray,” Sorrels told The Dallas Morning News. “Mr. Ray’s death is a
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4:38 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are listing star Stephen Curry as “probable” heading into the first game of their series against the Denver Nuggets. “We expect him to play,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “We’ll see how he’s feeling tomorrow.” Whether Curry comes back on Saturday or later
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2:07 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star center Jarrett Allen plans to go through pregame warm-ups with the intention of playing against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday but will make a final decision at game time, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Allen has not played since breaking his left middle finger March 6 against the Toronto
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1:46 PM ET Illinois transfer Andre Curbelo has committed to St. John’s, he announced Friday. Curbelo left the Fighting Illini in late March after a frustrating sophomore season in Champaign. A Puerto Rico native who played his high school ball at Long Island Lutheran — about 20 miles from the Red Storm’s campus — Curbelo
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2:15 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha were placed on the injured list Friday after a New York coach tested positive for COVID-19. Neither player was with the team for its home opener at Citi Field against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Mets manager Buck Showalter, without identifying the
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2:34 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM DALLAS — Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic will miss Saturday’s Game 1
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2:21 PM ET Associated Press North Carolina wing Leaky Black is returning for a fifth year, available because of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing another boost to the Tar Heels after their run to the NCAA championship game. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound Black announced his decision in a social-media video. The NCAA in October 2020 granted basketball
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2:48 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Butler coach Thad Matta announced Friday that he has hired former Louisville interim coach Mike Pegues and Kevin Kuwik as assistant coaches. Matta also will retain David Ragland from last season’s Bulldogs staff. “I had a lot of boxes that I wanted to check,” Matta said in a
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1:22 PM ET ARLINGTON, Tex. — Errol Spence Jr. flexed and grinned in front of a predominantly home crowd on Friday morning. In his first weigh-in since suffering a detached retina last year, Spence comfortably cleared the weight limit for Saturday’s welterweight unification title fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Spence came in at
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