Month: March 2023

7:45 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid missed Wednesday’s 119-96 win over the Miami Heat because of left foot soreness. Embiid was ruled out about 30 minutes before the game. It’s the 13th game he has missed this season; Philadelphia entered Wednesday 8-4 this season in games in which
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8:51 PM ET Mikael Granlund became the latest player to exit the Nashville Predators, with the Pittsburgh Penguins announcing Wednesday they acquired the veteran forward for a 2023 second-round pick. Granlund, who has nine goals and 36 points in 58 games, gives the Penguins another top-nine forward in their chase to secure a playoff spot.
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9:43 PM ET ESPN News Services The early returns on Major League Baseball’s decision to restrict shifts are promising. Runs and batting average were both up through the first wave of games compared to spring training a year ago. Players were hitting .272 through Feb. 28, with an average of 11.9 runs scored. That’s up
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9:33 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was in Charlotte over All-Star Weekend in 2019 that Kevin Durant solidified his decision to partner with Kyrie Irving when both became free agents the following summer. Four years later, a new partnership was unveiled in the same arena, this one with hope for a better outcome. Playing
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8:06 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print SANTIAGO, Chile — Jaume Munar of Spain upset top-seeded Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals at the clay-court Chile Open on Wednesday. Musetti, an Italian who is ranked No. 18, slipped to 1-3 on his stops in South America this
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8:21 PM ET Associated Press The Kansas City Royals signed veteran Jackie Bradley Jr. to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training, where he will have an opportunity to earn playing time in a wide-open outfield. The Royals recently traded incumbent center fielder Michael A. Taylor to Minnesota for pitching prospects, and
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7:53 PM ET All 10 FBS commissioners are unanimous in their support for three proposed rules changes that are being discussed this week and aim to shorten the length of college football games, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips told ESPN on Wednesday. College football leaders are meeting this week in Indianapolis where they are considering changes
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6:40 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — For seven years, Kellen Moore was the most constant voice in Dak Prescott‘s ear either as a Dallas Cowboys teammate, quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator. In 2023, Mike McCarthy will take that role over, as the head coach will be calling plays for the first time in his tenure with
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7:39 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LaMelo Ball‘s season is officially over. The Charlotte Hornets announced that the third-year point guard underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a fracture in his right ankle and will miss the remainder of the season. Ball was injured in Charlotte’s victory Monday night over the Detroit Pistons. The
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5:55 PM ET Associated Press Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale will likely make his Grapefruit League debut next week. The seven-time All-Star threw 43 pitches over two innings of batting practice on Wednesday. Boston manager Alex Cora told reporters that Sale should be cleared to work two to three innings in a game sometime
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6:35 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts are doing little to deny the widely speculated notion that they are considering trading up in the NFL draft. Asked Wednesday at the scouting combine about the idea of trading up from the No. 4 overall pick, Colts general manager Chris Ballard didn’t exactly predict such
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6:01 PM ET Associated Press The Cleveland Guardians are hoping some rest will help highly touted outfield prospect George Valera, who left Tuesday’s exhibition with an apparent right-hand injury. Valera, ranked as the No. 2 prospect in Cleveland’s organization, was forced to leave during his at-bat in the second inning after fouling off a pitch.
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5:21 PM ET Ronald Bell, an Arizona man who attempted to extort money from Georgia Tech and conspired with his girlfriend and a security guard to accuse Yellow Jackets basketball coach Josh Pastner of sexually assaulting her, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit extortion on Wednesday, according to U.S. Attorney Ryan K.
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5:55 PM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Iowa State guard Caleb Grill, who started all but three games and was the Cyclones’ third-leading scorer, has been dismissed from the team, coach T.J. Otzelberger announced Wednesday. “We hold our players to high standards and there are expectations that our student-athletes are held accountable for,” Otzelberger
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3:09 PM ET In what commissioner Jay Monahan described as decisions that will “transform and set the future direction” of the PGA Tour, the tour’s policy board voted Tuesday night to dramatically change the format for future designated events, which will have smaller fields and no cuts. In a memo to PGA Tour members Wednesday,
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5:16 PM ET At the NFL combine on Wednesday, Eric DeCosta was asked whether he has to consider trading quarterback Lamar Jackson at some point and he responded that few teams have made more trades since he became the Baltimore Ravens general manager four years ago. “That being said, I covet great players. I covet
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