Month: April 2022

3:44 PM ET Tennessee freshman Kennedy Chandler will enter the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he told Malika Andrews on ESPN’s NBA Today on Tuesday. “I am staying in the NBA draft and signing with agent Ryan Davis of Rep 1 Sports,” Chandler told ESPN. Chandler, the
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12:52 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has played in some of the most pressure-packed atmospheres the game can offer, but as his team prepares for next week’s play-in tournament and tries to solidify its playoff seeding with just four regular-season games left, Irving admits he has never felt this kind
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11:27 AM ET The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday the Football Union of Russia (FUR) had withdrawn its appeal against football’s world governing body FIFA as well as the Polish, Swedish and Czech Republic Football Associations. FIFA and European governing body UEFA decided together that all Russian teams, whether national or
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2:26 PM ET PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Lakers will head into a potential elimination game without their leader, LeBron James. James was ruled out of Tuesday’s game against the Phoenix Suns with left ankle soreness, the team announced. It will be James’ third missed game out of the Lakers’ last four. The Lakers, who
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12:50 PM ET Three key members of the Saint Peter’s Cinderella run in the NCAA tournament are leaving the men’s basketball program. Junior guards Doug Edert, Daryl Banks III and Matthew Lee all entered the transfer portal Tuesday morning. The decisions come one week after coach Shaheen Holloway left Saint Peter’s to become the head
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11:59 AM ET Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf announced on Tuesday he will retire from the NHL following this season. Getzlaf, 36, played his entire 17-year career with the Ducks and has captained the team for the past 11 seasons. He is currently injured but plans to play a few more games to close out
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1:50 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla — Newly acquired Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows is expected to be ready for Opening Day Friday against the Chicago White Sox after recently being slowed by an oblique injury. Meadows, 26, was set to take part in a simulated game Wednesday. Meadows, who had a career-high 106
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1:18 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Zion Williamson‘s stepfather, Lee Anderson, said he expects Williamson to return to play this season, but understands that it’s a decision that has to be made with the New Orleans Pelicans‘ medical staff with a look not only toward the present but the future as well. Anderson made the comments
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12:38 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers, looking to deepen their pitching staff with low-risk, high-reward signings, have agreed to a minor league contract with four-time All-Star Dellin Betances, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Betances, 34, can earn a pro-rated portion of a $2.75 million base salary if he reaches the major leagues,
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11:57 AM BST Ireland and Leinster flanker Dan Leavy announced his retirement from rugby at the age of 27 on Tuesday because of a long-term knee injury. Leavy was a pivotal member of the Ireland side that claimed the 2018 Six Nations Grand Slam. He missed the following year’s tournament through injury before suffering knee
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11:19 AM ET Milwaukee Brewers catcher Pedro Severino has been suspended 80 games without pay for taking a performance-enhancing drug, which he says he took to treat infertility issues. Major League Baseball said he took Clomiphene. The drug is approved by the FDA to treat infertility in women, but not in men. Severino, 28, issued
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10:00 AM ET Free-agent tight end Rob Gronkowski once said he’d never play without Tom Brady as his quarterback. Now that Brady has unretired to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Gronkowski says he’s not sure he’ll play this season. “Right now, I’m not ready to get back out on that field,” Gronkowski told TMZ Sports.
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9:32 AM ET The PFL has announced its opening women’s lightweight and men’s welterweight matchups for the 2022 regular season, and the matchups include some of the company’s biggest names. Two-time women’s lightweight champion Kayla Harrison (12-0) will face Russia’s Marina Mokhnatkina (6-2) in the PFL 3 main event. In the co-main event, 2021 welterweight
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