Month: March 2023

9:45 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — There’s no timetable for Ja Morant to return to the Memphis Grizzlies, and the All-Star guard knows he’s made “difficult decisions and poor choices” that he has to be accountable for, coach Taylor Jenkins said Sunday night. Morant was not with the team in Los Angeles for
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Mar 5, 2023 ESPN News Services SANTIAGO, Chile — Home crowd favorite Nicolas Jarry beat Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2 to clinch the Chile Open final on Sunday, his first title at the ATP level since 2019. The 27-year-old Chilean served a doping suspension in 2020 and his ranking tumbled. His
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7:22 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — One way or another, a Hendrick Motorsports driver figured to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas. Kyle Larson nearly won the Pennzoil 400 in regulation, but a late caution put teammate William Byron in position to capture the checkered flag in overtime. Byron took
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8:00 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Arizona — David Toms got up-and-down for his third bogey of the week on the par-4 18th hole at Tucson National on Sunday to beat Robert Karlsson by one stroke in the Cologuard Classic on the PGA Tour Champions. The 56-year-old Toms was surprised to learn that his tee
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8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen exited Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Twins in the sixth inning with discomfort in his left hand after being hit by a pitch. The Pirates said McCutchen was being examined by the team’s medical staff. He was injured when he was struck on the
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7:35 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics were both missing key starters for Sunday night’s Atlantic Division showdown, as Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (sore left foot) and Celtics center Robert Williams III (left hamstring tightness) sat out. Brunson, according to Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, woke up with soreness
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7:19 PM ET Associated Press The Tampa Bay Rays mourned the death Sunday of Dave Wills, 58, who was the team’s radio announcer for the past 18 years. There was no radio broadcast of the team’s game against Baltimore. “Dave was an outstanding broadcaster, a great friend and an even better person,” Rays owner Stuart
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6:43 PM ET Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. — Terrell Burden scored 19 points and made a free throw with less than a second left to rally Kennesaw State to a 67-66 victory over Liberty on Sunday, earning the Owls their first Atlantic Sun Conference championship and their first trip to the NCAA tournament. It is
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6:42 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti blamed Real Madrid‘s “lack of efficiency” for the “strange” goal drought which continued with a 0-0 draw at Real Betis to leave them nine points behind LaLiga leaders Barcelona. Madrid have followed last week’s stunning 5-2 win at Liverpool in the Champions League round-of-16 with a
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6:10 PM ET ESPN News Services DALLAS — Kevin Durant‘s tiebreaking jumper was like so many before — right on target in the closing seconds. Luka Doncic‘s potential tying floater moments later in front of the rim was unlike most of his — spinning around and out. What happened next was familiar — a little
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Mar 4, 2023 Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — PGA Tour rookie Nico Echavarria of Colombia ran off four straight birdies early in his round Saturday and finished with a 7-under 65 for a 2-shot lead in the Puerto Rico Open as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory. Carson Young, who led
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5:56 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Marta Kostyuk won her first career WTA title at age 20 by beating Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 in the ATX Open final on Sunday, then dedicated the victory to her home country of Ukraine. The eighth-seeded Kostyuk and the unseeded Gracheva, a 22-year-old Russian, did not meet
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3:09 PM ET Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger will not face discipline under MLB’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy, the league announced Sunday. He has voluntarily agreed to submit to evaluations by the treatment boards that cover domestic violence and drugs of abuse and also agreed to comply with any
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4:18 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Stephen Curry returned to the Golden State Warriors lineup Sunday as they faced the Los Angeles Lakers in a nationally televised game. The All-Star guard missed 11 games after a left leg injury on Feb. 4 against the Dallas Mavericks. Golden State was 7-4 during Curry’s
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4:33 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Drew Pember had 29 points, Tajion Jones scored 16 in the final 7:35 and No. 1 seed UNC Asheville stormed back to beat seventh-seeded Campbell 77-73 on Sunday, winning the Big South conference tournament championship and advancing to the NCAA tournament for the fifth time. Ricky Clemons
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