Month: November 2022

6:46 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Houston Astros‘ World Series no-hitter was the most-watched Game 4 in three years. Houston’s 5-0 win over Philadelphia on Wednesday night, a victory that tied the Series at two games apiece, was seen by 11,809,000 viewers on Fox. That was up 9% from the 10,789,000 viewers for
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6:44 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Geno Smith has been one of the NFL’s biggest surprises of 2022, going from a longtime backup to one of the league’s most productive quarterbacks through eight weeks while leading the Seattle Seahawks to a 5-3 start. On Thursday, Smith pushed back at the notion that his
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5:55 PM ET West Virginia coach Bob Huggins is not convinced that Gonzaga, a powerhouse in recent years, will sustain its success if it makes the move to the Big 12, one of America’s premier leagues in men’s college basketball. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Wednesday that Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark and Gonzaga athletic director
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6:31 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Texas freshman Arterio Morris remains eligible to play while prosecutors decide whether to pursue a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an alleged summer altercation the player had with an ex-girlfriend, coach Chris Beard said Thursday. Morris was not suspended after his June 2 arrest, and Beard said
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4:38 PM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. The best fantasy basketball managers make a habit of looking at the NBA schedule, examining box scores and scouring the news for
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5:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA issued $25,000 fines to the LA Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday for violations of the league’s policies regarding injury reporting. In the Clippers’ case, the league found that the team did not disclose an accurate game availability status for guard Brandon Boston Jr.
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4:16 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson will be without his No. 1 wide receiver for the rest of the season, putting a major question mark over an already struggling Baltimore Ravens passing attack. Rashod Bateman, a first-round draft pick from a year ago, will undergo Lysfranc surgery on his left foot and
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5:06 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent Miles Bridges pleaded no contest to a felony domestic violence charge Thursday morning in Los Angeles Superior Court and will face three years of probation and no jail time as part of a deal with prosecutors. The no-contest plea means Bridges, who was present
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5:05 PM ET Tyler Herro‘s game-winning 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift the Miami Heat over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night should have been ruled a travel, according to the NBA’s Last Two Minute report. Herro ended his dribble with a pump fake at the top of the arc and established his left
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5:14 PM ET The top basketball recruits who were left scrambling after Ye shut down Donda Academy last week are beginning to find new homes. Rob Dillingham, a Kentucky Wildcats commit and the No. 8 recruit in the 2023 ESPN 100, will join Overtime Elite, the league announced Thursday on Twitter. Dillingham will not accept
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3:44 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals had qualified candidates to become their next manager already in the organization, including one hired by the Chicago White Sox just this week. Yet their six-person committee that waded through the options came to the conclusion that an outside voice was necessary.
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4:03 PM ET Kansas State quarterback Adrian Martinez has been a full participant in practice this week, but a decision on who starts for the 13th-ranked Wildcats on Saturday against No. 24 Texas likely won’t come until game time. Offensive coordinator Collin Klein said Martinez, who didn’t play last week against Oklahoma State, is on
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4:11 PM ET ESPN News Services New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas has been placed on injured reserve and will likely miss the rest of the season because of a toe injury. Coach Dennis Allen said Thursday that Thomas will undergo surgery after an MRI revealed that the toe had not healed the way
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4:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte had surgery to repair a core muscle injury that hampered him during the season’s second half. The Mets said Thursday that the operation took place Tuesday and the typical recovery time is eight weeks. That timetable would allow the 34-year-old to
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3:33 PM ET Associated Press The European tour will offer $150,000 against players’ earnings and pay $1,500 to other players if they miss the cut as part of a new schedule announced Thursday that boosts prize money and returns to Australia and parts of Asia. The tour said prize money would be $144.2 million, not
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1:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Boston Bruins star defenseman Charlie McAvoy is hopeful to return to their lineup soon as he works back from a complex shoulder injury that required offseason surgery. McAvoy returned to practice last week and was on the ice for a lengthy skating session at Madison Square Garden on Thursday,
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