Month: February 2023

7:04 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN PORTLAND, Ore. — Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson finds inspiration in a Kobe Bryant quote, “Greatness isn’t just on the court, it’s everything you do.” It has shaped Thompson as a creature of habit when it comes to his game preparation. He goes through the same warmup routine each
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Magistrate Jennifer Atkinson did prohibit him from using WhatsApp “for the purposes of facilitating or managing dating,” however. Gunathilaka is facing four charges of sexual intercourse without consent, after a woman he met off the dating app Tinder, accused him of choking her without consent, and stealthing, among other offences. He had subsequently been arrested
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9:15 PM ET Associated Press Alex Morgan and Mallory Swanson scored, and the United States defeated Brazil 2-1 on Wednesday night to win the SheBelieves Cup for the fourth straight year. Japan, which defeated Canada 3-0 in the earlier match at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, was runner-up in the four-team, round-robin tournament. All four
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11:04 PM ET Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Saudi Arabia is entering a female team for the first time at an International Tennis Federation tournament — this week’s Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying event for the Billie Jean King Cup Juniors in Sri Lanka. Saudi Arabia and Brunei are making their Billie Jean King Cup Juniors debuts
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11:59 PM ET Georgia All-SEC linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson was arrested Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of racing on highway/streets and reckless driving, according to Athens-Clarke County jail booking records. Sources confirmed multiple reports to ESPN that an incident involving Dumas-Johnson occurred on Jan. 10, the day after Georgia’s 65-7 victory over TCU in the College Football
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11:22 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — During the two years that have passed since he used an antisemitic slur while playing a video game, Meyers Leonard often wondered whether he would ever suit up for an NBA team again. The 7-footer’s gratitude was evident Wednesday after signing a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee
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9:25 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN LOS ANGELES — Gary Payton II didn’t really want to leave Golden State during the offseason. Following a six-year journey that saw him play in the G League and on numerous 10-day contracts and two-way assignments, he felt he’d finally found a home. So, when he found out he had
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4:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Conor Benn will return to the WBC welterweight rankings after it found his “documented and highly elevated consumption of eggs … a reasonable explanation” for the boxer’s adverse finding for the performance-enhancing drug clomiphene, the organization announced Wednesday. Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) was set to fight Chris Eubank Jr. in
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7:31 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The British Boxing Board of Control is looking into an incident in which Mauricio Lara allegedly spit on rival Josh Warrington on Saturday night following Lara’s featherweight title victory over Leigh Wood, Robert Smith, the general secretary of the board, told ESPN. Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) rallied to score a
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8:12 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW ORLEANS — LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers won’t face a misdemeanor charge following his arrest in New Orleans on a count of carrying an illegal weapon, court records indicate. Nabers, 19, of Youngsville, was arrested Monday night on Bourbon Street on one count of illegal carrying of a
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