Month: May 2022

2:16 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Boston College has targeted former Miami athletic director Blake James to be the school’s next AD, sources told ESPN. An announcement of the hire is expected in the coming days. James spent nearly 10 years as the athletic director at Miami before being dismissed in November as part of an
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1:03 PM ET UFC’s first trip to France has added a major middleweight bout, as former champion Robert Whittaker will take on Marvin Vettori at UFC Paris on Sept. 3, the promotion announced Tuesday. This bout was originally scheduled for UFC 275 on June 11 in Singapore but was postponed due to a Whittaker injury.
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1:51 PM ET Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Akiem Hicks reached agreement Tuesday on a one-year deal worth up to $10 million with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Hicks’ addition likely means the end of defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh‘s time in Tampa. Suh also is an unrestricted free agent. Hicks
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12:41 PM ET In a rematch of the 2021 national championship game, Baylor and Gonzaga have scheduled a nonconference basketball game for early December next season. The teams will play Dec. 2 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “I’m really excited for this early-season matchup against one of the sport’s premier teams,”
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12:40 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers are hiring Luke Walton as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Walton joins coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s staff after spending the past five-plus seasons as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. Walton — who played parts of his final two seasons as a player
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11:22 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Arapahoe County (Colorado) district attorney’s office has filed a motion to dismiss all charges against Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, who was arrested earlier this month on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. A hearing in the case had previously been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, but the hearing
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11:40 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Philadelphia 76ers announced Tuesday morning that Joel Embiid spent his Memorial Day undergoing surgery to repair the sprained right thumb he injured during Philadelphia’s first-round playoff series, and that he also had a procedure done to repair an injury to his left index finger. Neither issue is supposed to
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10:47 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The Louisville football recruiting class for 2023, already ranked among the best in the country, got a seismic jolt Tuesday, as wide receiver DeAndre Moore Jr. told ESPN that he is committing to the Cardinals. Moore is ranked as the No. 17 overall player and No. 2 wide receiver in
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10:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Michelle Wie West will lead a new women’s partnership initiative with golf equipment company LA Golf, aiming for equitable and fair support on and off the golf course for LPGA players. Pledging to treat women golfers in the same respect as their male counterparts, LA Golf will provide its LPGA
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9:56 AM ET NC State guard Terquavion Smith, a projected first-round pick, is withdrawing from the NBA draft and returning to school for his sophomore season, he told ESPN. “I’ve decided to play next season for NC State, the first team to offer me a scholarship,” Smith said via text. “I owe so much to
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