Month: December 2022

10:36 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 Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. was ejected in the second quarter of Monday night’s game against the Colts in Indianapolis. James was flagged for unnecessary
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7:04 PM ET ESPN staff Top 2023 NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama continues to catch the eye of the basketball world with his superstar potential. The 18-year-old, 7-foot-4 sensation has consistently produced for his team, Paris-based Metropolitans 92, and that trend continued in his latest outing against Strasbourg. Wembanyama put up a 26-point,18-rebound double-double in
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9:38 PM ET ESPN News Services Portland Trail Blazers forward Justise Winslow will miss at least two weeks with a grade 2 ankle sprain, the team announced Monday. Winslow injured his left ankle during a 101-98 loss at Oklahoma City on Wednesday and left the game in the third quarter. He will be re-evaluated in
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7:51 PM ET Sacramento Kings All-Star center Domantas Sabonis has been diagnosed with an avulsion fracture of the ulnar collateral ligament of the right thumb, the team announced Monday. The Kings said he will be listed as questionable for Tuesday’s home game against the Denver Nuggets, indicating he may try to play through the injury.
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5:44 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres‘ game at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday was postponed by the NHL on Monday because Buffalo International Airport remains closed due to a severe winter storm that has paralyzed the region. A makeup date has yet to be determined. A travel ban is
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6:12 PM ET PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — New Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell will continue to be a presence around the Badgers during Tuesday night’s Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, but not as the man in charge, he said Monday. Fickell plans to be on the sideline, wearing a headset and coaching
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5:14 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears will not shut down quarterback Justin Fields for the team’s final two games against Detroit and Minnesota, according to coach Matt Eberflus. “Absolutely not,” Eberflus said Monday when asked whether the two injuries Fields sustained against Buffalo would put his availability in question. Fields said
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2:58 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers brought in an old but familiar face with starting cornerback Jaycee Horn scheduled to undergo surgery for a broken wrist Tuesday. Josh Norman, a key piece of the team’s 2015 drive to the Super Bowl when interim coach Steve Wilks was in charge of the secondary,
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5:17 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has entered the NFL’s concussion protocol a day after the team’s loss Sunday to the Green Bay Packers, coach Mike McDaniel said. McDaniel said Tagovailoa displayed and admitted to having concussion symptoms when he spoke with team doctors Monday and was immediately placed
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8:09 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — In the 12 days separating the Indianapolis Colts’ trade of quarterback Carson Wentz to the Washington Commanders and the day Indianapolis finally acquired his successor, the mood at Colts headquarters was dominated by anxiety and uncertainty. The Colts, in the middle of a pivotal offseason, faced an uncomfortable
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4:51 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former Texas quarterback Hudson Card committed to Purdue on Monday, sources told ESPN. The commitment gives first-year coach Ryan Walters a key early building block as he takes over from Jeff Brohm. Card, a redshirt sophomore and former top-40 recruit, gives Purdue a quarterback with three years of eligibility remaining
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4:44 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year. The decision announced Saturday in a news release by the Baseball Federation of Cuba (FCB) could be a big step in once again turning Cuba’s
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2:21 PM ET Denver Broncos linebacker Randy Gregory and Los Angeles Rams guard Oday Aboushi have each been suspended one game after the two traded blows following the Rams’ 51-14 win Sunday. As the teams crowded the middle of the field on their way to their locker rooms after the game, Gregory and Aboushi exchanged
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12:37 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets, whose slim playoff hopes received a boost over the weekend, will have quarterback Mike White back in the lineup for Sunday’s pivotal road game against the Seattle Seahawks. White, who fractured at least two ribs in a Dec. 11 hit by Buffalo Bills linebacker
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1:53 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Charlie Frye has agreed to become the next offensive coordinator at Florida Atlantic, sources told ESPN. Frye is a former NFL quarterback, former NFL quarterbacks coach and has extensive college experience. Frye spent the 2022 season with Penn State as offensive analyst and analytics coordinator. Frye is expected to be
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12:49 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos fired first-year head coach Nathaniel Hackett on Monday. The move comes after a 4-11 start and Sunday’s 51-14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Hackett’s dismissal puts an abrupt end to the shortest tenure of any noninterim head coach in franchise history. The Broncos’ new ownership
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12:29 PM ET Associated Press Purdue remained atop the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a third straight week, while preseason No. 1 North Carolina returned to the rankings and New Mexico cracked the poll for the first time in eight years. The Boilermakers earned 40 of 60 first-place votes in Monday’s
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