Month: November 2022

9:55 PM ET Dwight Howard’s next basketball home will be overseas. The eight-time All-Star big man announced Monday night that he has signed to play with the Taoyuan Leopards, a professional team in Taiwan. “I am so so excited, and I can’t wait to touch down in Taiwan and start playing,” Howard said as part
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9:06 PM ET First baseman Anthony Rizzo officially opted out of his contract with the New York Yankees on Monday night, according to ESPN’s Jesse Rogers and multiple reports. It was an expected move in a deal that would have paid him $16 million next season. Now, Rizzo enters free agency looking to secure a
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9:44 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul was ruled out for the second half of Monday night’s game against the 76ers with right heel soreness. There never appeared to be an obvious play on which Paul — who had two points, two assists and two rebounds in 14 minutes in
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3:56 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Mike McCarthy did his best to downplay his return to Lambeau Field as the Dallas Cowboys‘ head coach. “I really want to win the game. Is that enough?” McCarthy said, laughing. “It would be great.” McCarthy was the Green Bay Packers‘ head coach from 2006 until his dismissal with
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8:13 PM ET In the next phase of a historic American League MVP race, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels led the list of finalists for MLB’s Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards, according to balloting results revealed Monday night. Calling the seasons put up by Judge and Ohtani historic
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7:18 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers have lost yet another starter to a season-ending injury. Defensive tackle Austin Johnson will miss the remainder of the
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7:56 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky senior forward Oscar Tshiebwe, last season’s consensus national player of the year, was sidelined for the fourth-ranked Wildcats’ opener against Howard on Monday. The school announced before the game that the 6-foot-9 Tshiebwe (right knee) and guard Sahvir Wheeler (right leg) were out along with sophomore
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5:05 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers already know they lost one starter for the rest of the season and are worried about the possibility of losing another. That was just part of the fallout from Sunday’s 15-9 loss at the Detroit Lions in which nine players were injured or needed medical treatment.
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6:35 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — An estimated crowd of more than 1 million fans celebrated the Houston Astros‘ World Series win with a downtown parade Monday. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner had encouraged fans coming to the victory parade to “arrive early, wear Astros’ colors, be loud and celebrate safely.” The parade, which started
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5:41 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Right-hander Sonny Gray will be back in the Minnesota Twins‘ rotation next season after his $12.7 million option was exercised Monday — his 33rd birthday. Gray had a 3.08 ERA in 24 starts after arriving in a trade with Cincinnati that sent 2021 first-round draft pick Chase
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5:39 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn right tackle Austin Troxell is out for the season with a knee injury. Interim coach Carnell Williams said Troxell was scheduled to have surgery on Monday for an injury suffered in Saturday’s overtime loss to Mississippi State. The sixth-year senior played in 40 games in his
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5:01 PM ET Arkansas freshman star Nick Smith Jr., arguably the best NBA prospect in men’s college basketball this season, won’t play in the Razorbacks’ season opener against North Dakota State on Monday night because of precautionary measures for his right knee. There is no timetable for his return, the school said. Smith, a 6-foot-5
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5:02 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is being evaluated for an elbow injury to his ulnar collateral ligament and related nerves, a source told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. His status is uncertain for the team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. “We’re just going through it, still evaluating
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