Month: April 2023

5:30 PM ET Ime Udoka has agreed to a deal to become the next Houston Rockets coach, sources told ESPN on Monday. The Rockets probed the circumstances around Udoka’s departure from the Boston Celtics with the team and league office, sources said. Udoka — who led the Celtics to the 2022 NBA Finals in his
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3:59 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans general manager Ran Carthon said the team has not fielded calls regarding trades for Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry. “It is what it is,” Carthon said Monday.
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4:55 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Defending champion Ons Jabeur pulled out of the Madrid Open on Monday because of an injured left calf, hampering her preparation for the French Open next month. The No. 4-ranked Jabeur, a 28-year-old from Tunisia, stopped playing against No. 1 Iga Swiatek on Saturday while trailing 3-0 in
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4:14 PM ET Demetrious Johnson hasn’t made a decision just yet, but the former longtime UFC champion said his upcoming fight could be the last of his storied career. The all-time great MMA fighter will defend his ONE Championship 135-pound title against Adriano Moraes in a trilogy bout May 5 in Colorado. It’ll be ONE’s
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4:25 PM ET Rich Cimini Close Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate Rob Demovsky Close Rob Demovsky ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association For
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1:33 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. On Sunday, a Little League baseball hit and signed by a 12-year-old in a game 19 years ago in
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3:17 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants signed defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson in an effort to boost their run defense, the team announced Monday. It’s a one-year deal worth up to $8 million, a source told ESPN. Robinson, 28, spent the previous three seasons with the Los Angeles Rams. He visited
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3:30 PM ET Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox fractured the very tip of his left index finger in Game 4, but there’s still hope he will try and play Game 5 against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Fox would need to play with a protective covering on the finger.
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2:10 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr. will meet in a middleweight rematch on June 17 in Manchester, England, sources told ESPN. Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) scored the upset win over Eubank when they fought in January, a fourth-round TKO that included two knockdowns. One month later, Eubank tweeted that he
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2:11 PM ET The Chicago White Sox reinstated right-handed reliever Joe Kelly from the 15-day injured list Monday. Prior to the series opener at Toronto, the team also placed right-hander Lucas Giolito on the bereavement list. Kelly, 34, is 0-1 with a 10.13 ERA in three appearances. He went on the IL on April 10
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1:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says he feels “sorry for the fans in Oakland” about the Athletics‘ plans to relocate to Las Vegas but denies claims by Oakland’s mayor that the franchise used negotiations with the city as leverage. Manfred discussed the plans Monday during a
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1:04 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts spoke of having “mixed emotions” as his five-year extension worth $255 million was recognized by the organization Monday, saying he was thankful for the financial windfall but “just so hungry” to achieve more on the football field. “Money is nice,” Hurts said. “Championships are better.” That
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12:21 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk was fined the maximum $5,000 on Monday for his cross-check of the Boston Bruins‘ Garnet Hathaway during Sunday’s game. Tkachuk delivered the shot to Hathaway at the end of the first period and was given a two-minute minor penalty
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12:30 PM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft After a week of aces populating the two-start pitchers list, fantasy baseball’s Week 4 sees a greater number of untested, back-of-the-rotation types gobbling up the multiple-start assignments. Of the 37 pitchers scheduled to work twice, 23 are rostered in more than half of ESPN leagues, and of those 23,
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