Month: April 2022

6:35 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland State is hiring longtime Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson as its next coach — its fourth in five years. Robinson, who spent seven seasons over two stints with the Cyclones, will be introduced at a news conference Wednesday on Cleveland State’s campus. Robinson replaces Dennis Gates, who
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7:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kansas‘ comeback victory over North Carolina to win the NCAA basketball championship was the most-viewed men’s title game on cable television. The Jayhawks’ 72-69 win averaged 18.1 million viewers on TBS, TNT and truTV. It is a 4% increase over the numbers for last year’s title game
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6:55 PM ET Associated Press Jesús Aguilar and the Miami Marlins reached agreement Tuesday on a one-year contract that guarantees him $7.5 million. The 31-year-old first baseman will get a $7.3 million salary this season. The deal includes a mutual option for 2023 with a $200,000 buyout. Aguilar hit 22 home runs with 93 RBI
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6:45 PM ET Elon head coach Mike Schrage resigned from his position on Tuesday afternoon, the school announced. He’s expected to join Jon Scheyer’s staff at Duke, sources told ESPN. Schrage was the head coach at Elon for three seasons, leading the Phoenix to a 33-52 record during his time at the helm. His best
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6:30 PM ET Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe was named the 2022 John R. Wooden Award winner on Tuesday, an award given annually to the nation’s best player. Tshiebwe is the first Kentucky player to win the award since Anthony Davis in 2012. The two Wildcats big men are the only Kentucky players to win the
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6:50 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — After another setback while ramping up the rehab of his left knee, there is increasing pessimism that Chicago Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball will return to the lineup this season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. No final decision has been made, but a meeting in the coming days
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6:15 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson point guard Al-Amir Dawes has entered the men’s basketball transfer portal, becoming the second Tigers point guard to do so since the season ended. Team spokesman Ben Winterrowd confirmed Dawes’ decision in a text message Tuesday. Dawes is a 6-foot-2 junior from Newark, New Jersey. He
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3:42 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — For a hitter not known for fast starts, Paul Goldschmidt put up a lofty number in spring training. A batting average of .500, in fact. “Anything can happen when you’re talking about 20 to 30 at-bats,” the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman said Tuesday. “Just like the
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5:28 PM ET A day after openly criticizing LeBron James for some acts that he considers to be “embarrassing” and “beneath him” considering James’ stature in both the sport of basketball and society at large, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar issued an apology to the current Lakers star. “All I have to say is
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1:01 PM ET Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. David Purdum Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2014
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4:17 PM ET ESPN News Services The Cincinnati Reds released outfielder Shogo Akiyama on Tuesday, two days after he was told he wouldn’t make the team’s Opening Day roster. The Reds still owe him $8 million, his salary for 2022 as part of a three-year contract he signed with the team in 2020. A productive
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4:07 PM ET Notre Dame has added a 2023 home game against Tennessee State, which will mark its first ever against a historically Black college and university. The Fighting Irish will host Tennessee State, currently coached by Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame selection Eddie George, on Sept. 2, 2023. Notre Dame
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4:45 PM ET Bob Bowlsby, who has led the Big 12 since 2012, and most recently steered it through the tumultuous announcement of the departures of Texas and Oklahoma, will “step away from the Commissioner’s chair” later this year, the league announced on Tuesday. Bowlsby will remain at the conference helm until a new commissioner
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2:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The man whose manslaughter conviction in the death of former Saints player Will Smith was overturned is scheduled to be tried again in August. On Monday, Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Camille Buras set the Aug. 22 date for Cardell Hayes’ retrial after a conference with Hayes’
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