Month: March 2023

8:54 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Union head Tony Clark claims Major League Baseball’s rules changes would have gone more smoothly during spring training if player thoughts had been incorporated. Clark added that the changes could have a different effect on the games once the regular season begins and the “lights come on.” MLB
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7:49 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa — Kansas‘ worst fears about the Jayhawks’ second-round NCAA tournament matchup with Arkansas came true. As a result, the Jayhawks are no longer around to defend last year’s title. Kansas, the top seed in the West, fell to the Razorbacks 72-71. Arkansas, the region’s eighth seed, will move on
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7:37 PM ET Associated Press MARANA, Ariz. — Marc Leishman opened with an eagle and held it together in the middle of his round for a 5-under 66 on Saturday, giving him a two-shot lead over Sergio Garcia going into the third and final round of LIV Golf Tucson. Leishman said he had fallen into
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7:02 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Martinez left the World Baseball Classic on Saturday after he wasn’t guaranteed to start for Team USA for the rest of the event. United States manager Mark DeRosa said Martinez will return to Padres spring training to prepare for the start of the
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7:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook took the blame for the LA Clippers‘ four-game winning streak coming to a halt against the Orlando Magic and was already looking forward to redeeming himself in Portland on Sunday. After the Clippers surrendered 39 points in the fourth quarter and were stunned 113-108 by the Magic
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5:47 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards will miss his first game of the season Saturday against the Toronto Raptors as he continues to deal with a right ankle sprain. Edwards suffered the injury in Friday night’s loss to the Chicago Bulls; he landed awkwardly and collapsed after leaving his feet to deliver
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5:24 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Having yet to address their defensive line with five unsigned free agents, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers agreed to terms with former Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Greg Gaines on a one-year deal Saturday, a source told ESPN. It’s a move that infuses youth along a Bucs’ aging defensive front
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5:17 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — After the Denver Nuggets struggled down the stretch of a 116-110 loss to the New York Knicks on Saturday afternoon, giving the Western Conference leaders a fifth loss in their last six games, Nikola Jokic declared Denver needs to be concerned about how it’s currently playing. “It
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5:05 PM ET COLUMBUS – The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights admit it won’t be easy to play Sunday on the heels of producing perhaps the biggest upset in college basketball history. But even after Friday’s “life-changing” victory over Purdue – just the second time ever a No. 16 seeded defeated a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament
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3:35 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. — Xavier coach Sean Miller still squirms when he thinks about the last time — the only time, actually — he has coached against his alma mater. Miller, a Western Pennsylvania native and former point guard at Pitt, last faced off against the Panthers in 2009 in what would turn
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Back-to-back wins haven’t stopped William Byron from believing he and his Hendrick Motorsports team have a lot to prove in Sunday’s NASCAR stop in Atlanta. In fact, Byron said Saturday, there is even more on the line. Drivers of the Hendrick Chevrolets want to show the strong
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7:33 AM ET Novak Djokovic will miss next week’s Miami Open after being denied an exemption that would have allowed him to enter the U.S. despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, tournament director James Blake said Friday. “We tried to get Novak Djokovic to be allowed to get an exemption, but that wasn’t able to
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2:51 PM ET Associated Press ST. FRANCIS BAY, South Africa — Kristian Krogh Johannessen and Matthew Baldwin shared the lead at the SDC Championship in South Africa on Saturday when the third round was suspended because of fading light. The pair had moved to 11 under par through 13 holes when players were called off
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2:16 PM BST Ireland’s bid to complete a Six Nations Grand Slam with victory over England has been given the presidential seal of approval, after United States President Joe Biden threw his support behind Andy Farrell’s side. Biden, who often speaks with pride of his Irish roots, hosted Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at a
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