Month: February 2023

5:52 PM ET The Golden State Warriors are clearing the way for the completion of a four-team trade that’ll allow guard Gary Payton II to join the team and still provide for the possibility that a formal inquiry into the Portland Trail Blazers ‘ alleged failure to provide pre-deal medical information could result in the
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5:58 PM ET New Mexico State has canceled the remainder of its men’s basketball season, the result of hazing allegations that had prompted the university to suspend the program last week. Dan Arvizu, the chancellor of the New Mexico State University system, made the announcement Sunday afternoon. “This action is clearly needed, especially after receiving
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5:18 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez have been reunited. Fox Sports announced Sunday during its Super Bowl pregame show that Jeter will be part of the network’s studio coverage for the coming season. Rodriguez hugged Jeter as he came on stage and presented him with a Fox Sports
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4:29 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Kansas City Chiefs welcomed two new fans to the world on Super Bowl Sunday, with a third apparently on the way. Chiefs offensive lineman Nick Allegretti‘s wife, Christina, gave birth in the early hours to twin girls back home in Chicago, a team official confirmed to The
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4:39 PM ET Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. — Boo Buie scored 26 points, Chase Audige had 15 and Northwestern beat No. 1 Purdue 64-58 on Sunday. Led by its experienced backcourt, Northwestern (18-7, 9-5 Big Ten) added a signature win to its bid for the school’s second NCAA tournament appearance. It marked the program’s first
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3:05 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg is out indefinitely after tearing the medial collateral ligament in both of his knees during a game against Edmonton, general manager Pierre Dorion announced Sunday. Forsberg was injured late in the third period Saturday when Senators defenseman Travis Hamonic pushed Oilers winger
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2:03 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics guard Jaylen Brown said he’s still unsure of his status for next weekend’s All-Star Game in Salt Lake City after suffering a facial fracture in a victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. “I’m taking it day to day right now,” Brown said before the Celtics’ 119-109
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3:41 PM ET The New York Jets have inquired with the Green Bay Packers about Aaron Rodgers‘ availability, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Sunday. The Jets have said they are in the market for a veteran quarterback this offseason. In addition, the Jets hired Nathaniel Hackett — Rodgers’ former offensive coordinator with the Packers
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2:30 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will miss “multiple” weeks with his right hamstring injury, Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said Sunday. Griffin said Williamson aggravated the injury in his ramp-up to return to play. “I think we’re looking at multiple weeks past
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2:00 PM ET Associated Press Anastasia Potapova cruised to a second WTA career title with a 6-3, 6-1 victory against sixth seed Petra Martic in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz final. No. 8 seed Potapova defeated Martic, who she beat last year in the second round of her first title run in Instanbul, in one
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1:41 PM ET The Golden State Warriors are discussing with the NBA a way to complete their four-team trade with Portland, Detroit and Atlanta, and still preserve their rights to pursue recourse on how the Trail Blazers shared guard Gary Payton II‘s medical information with them prior to the agreement, sources told ESPN on Sunday.
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1:44 PM ET Associated Press Italy’s Jannik Sinner won his seventh singles title and first of the season by beating American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Open Sud de France final on Sunday. The second-seeded Italian did not lose a set on his way to winning the tournament. Sinner saved three break points
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11:31 AM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN The Houston Texans are expected to hire San Francisco 49ers pass-game coordinator Bobby Slowik as their new offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Slowik follows new Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans to Houston from the 49ers, where he had been on the staff with Ryans for the past
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12:42 PM ET In what is becoming a Super Bowl tradition, Baltimore Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell said he is set to return for his 16th NFL season. “I’m coming back, baby,” Campbell said during his final segment as an NFL Network analyst Sunday. It was at last year’s Super Bowl that Campbell also confirmed
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11:36 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a 9-under 63 on Sunday to power up the leaderboard and clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke from Finland’s Sami Valimaki. Strydom carded a final round of 63 — the best score of the final day at Laguna National Golf Resort Club
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