Month: April 2023

1:24 PM ET Miami guard Isaiah Wong, the ACC Player of the Year, announced Monday that he plans to enter the NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility. Wong is ranked as the No. 12 point guard in the draft but No. 71 overall, leaving him in the late-second-round to undrafted range. But he’s
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Apr 17, 2023 Tristan H. Cockcroft Fantasy baseball‘s Week 3 gets off to a compelling start on the pitching front, as in addition to Shohei Ohtani kicking things off by starting the Patriots’ Day game in Boston on Monday at 11 a.m. ET, top-15-from-2022 starter Max Fried rejoins the Atlanta Braves after recovering from a
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11:43 AM ET The Minnesota Twins and right-hander Pablo Lopez are finalizing a four-year, $73.5 million contract extension, according to multiple reports. Lopez, 27, was acquired by the Twins in the January trade that sent Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins. Lopez is 1-1 with a 1.73 ERA in four starts in a Twins uniform.
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11:07 AM ET The Philadelphia Eagles and quarterback Jalen Hurts have reached agreement on a five-year, $255 million extension, including $179.304 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Hurts’ deal is the biggest total contract in NFL history, besting Deshaun Watson‘s $230 million contract signed last year with the Cleveland Browns. Watson’s
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10:00 AM ET ESPN staff The six-month journey of the 2022-23 NHL regular season is complete. Sixteen of the league’s 32 teams have been eliminated, and 16 have made the postseason bracket. It’s time for ESPN’s hockey experts to serve up their picks on every first-round series, along with their calls on which team will
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9:52 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — All-Pro defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, in negotiations for a contract extension, did not report Monday for the start of the New York Jets‘ offseason program, according to a source. Williams, 25, entering the final year of his contract, vowed at the end of last season that he wouldn’t
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10:17 AM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print STORRS, Conn. — UConn guard Nahiem Alleyne has become the third player to leave the program this month after helping the Huskies win the NCAA tournament. The 6-foot-4 senior announced Sunday night on social media that he is transferring to St. John’s, posting
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9:24 AM ET It’s already April and much has gone on in the world of mixed martial arts in 2023. The sport saw, likely, the truest version of a pound-for-pound championship fight in February, between UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Makhachev prevailed, but the fight was so good, we might
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8:00 AM ET The 2022-23 NBA playoffs are here, and after the heavyweight teams showed why they’re the higher seeds Saturday, the lower seeds struck back Sunday. In the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics opened their postseason slates with dominant home wins against the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks, respectively, and could
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3:04 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN DENVER — Jamal Murray had to sit and watch on the sidelines for the Denver Nuggets‘ last two postseason appearances. So when he finally got back on the court for a Denver playoff game Sunday night, emotions were running a little high. “I haven’t felt that much excitement in a
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3:23 AM ET PHOENIX — After Russell Westbrook blocked Devin Booker‘s drive to the basket with 10 seconds remaining, the LA Clippers point guard unleashed a scream and a scowl. On a night when Westbrook labored with his shot and went 3-for-19 from the field, he made up for all the misfires by doing a
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