Month: March 2023

2:28 PM ET Discussions on lowering the minimum age to enter the NBA draft are no longer a part of the league’s labor talks with the National Basketball Players Association, clearing the way for the “one-and-done” era to continue into the foreseeable future, sources told ESPN on Friday. Talks on lowering the minimum age limit
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1:50 PM ET Michigan added a big piece to its 2024 recruiting class on Friday when ESPN 300 quarterback Jadyn Davis announced his commitment to the Wolverines. Davis is the No. 35 prospect overall and the No. 3 dual-threat quarterback in the class. He’s a 6-foot-1, 200-pound signal-caller from Charlotte, North Carolina, and chose the
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2:10 PM ET Texas Tech has hired Grant McCasland to a six-year deal as the Red Raiders’ new men’s basketball coach, the school announced Friday. McCasland has spent the past six seasons as head coach at North Texas, winning three Conference USA titles while going 211-89. The Mean Green had a 31-7 record this season,
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12:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minor leaguers ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with Major League Baseball ahead of the season’s start on Friday. The five-year deal was agreed to Wednesday. MLB owners are expected to vote on the agreement next week. The Major League Baseball Players Association, which in September began
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1:44 PM ET LaMarcus Aldridge is calling it a career — again. The 37-year-old big man announced Friday on Twitter that he is retiring for a second time. “In the words of TB12, you only get one big, emotional retirement… so, on that note…I’m thankful for all the memories, family and friends I made throughout
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7:00 AM ET Major League Baseball’s new rules didn’t impact scoring significantly in spring training, and oddsmakers began the season without adjusting their numbers on runs scored, while taking a wait-and-see approach to the pitch clock and elimination of the infield shift. MLB games have averaged 9.1 runs scored over the past five seasons. Last
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1:05 PM ET Kansas is hiring Sean Snyder, son of longtime Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, as special assistant to head coach Lance Leipold. Sean Snyder, an All-America punter at Kansas State, served on the Kansas State staff from 1994 to 2019, mostly under his Hall of Fame father, who led the program from 1989
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1:22 PM ET CLEVELAND — The New York Knicks feel terrible that All-Star forward Julius Randle is out for at least two weeks because of a left ankle injury, but as a group they remain steadfast in the belief that they can keep winning in the short term without their talented big man. “Feel for
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10:36 AM ET The Masters returns this year to the gorgeous Augusta National grounds in Georgia. We’ll see PGA Tour players competing against LIV golfers this time around, with past champions such as Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel and defending champion Scottie Scheffler looking to compete for another title. Here’s everything you
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9:32 AM ET Associated Press Zach Edey spent the days after Purdue‘s historic NCAA tournament loss lying low, his phone turned off, along with the rest of the outside world. The disappointing finish did little to diminish the season the Boilermakers big man had. After dominating at both ends of the floor during the regular
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8:27 AM ET World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka says she has withdrawn from next week’s Charleston Open after picking up an injury in Miami. The Australian Open champion was stunned 6-4, 6-4 by unseeded Sorana Cirstea in the Miami Open quarterfinals Wednesday after suffering the injury earlier in the tournament. She did not specify the
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