Month: April 2023

5:18 PM ET Jonathan Givony UCLA freshman Amari Bailey will enter the 2023 NBA draft, according to a post on his Instagram page Thursday. Bailey, the No. 42 prospect in the ESPN 100, will not be returning to play in college, according to his mother, Johanna Leia. Editor’s Picks 1 Related “He is not testing
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3:02 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said Thursday that the team has “no intention” of trading Pro Bowl inside linebacker Devin White despite White requesting that the team trade him, and Licht said he fully expects White to remain on their roster in 2023. “We all have all
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4:22 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays tied Major League Baseball’s post-1900 record for 13 consecutive wins at a season’s start, rallying to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-3 Thursday behind a seven-run fifth inning that Harold Ramirez began and capped with doubles. Tampa Bay matched the 13-0 start
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4:26 PM ET Washington Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder have reached a preliminary non-exclusive agreement to sell the storied NFL franchise to a group led by Josh Harris, who also co-owns teams in the NBA and NHL, for a record $6.05 billion, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. The non-exclusive deal is fully
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2:55 PM ET After orchestrating one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the league in years and ending a 16-year playoff absence, Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has been voted the National Basketball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The award, named in honor of late NBCA executive director Michael
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4:22 PM ET UConn star Adama Sanogo plans to enter the NBA draft, he announced on social media Thursday. Sanogo, the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player earlier this month, is maintaining his college eligibility but is focused on staying in the draft at this point, sources told ESPN. “Thank you UConn,” Sanogo wrote. “Thank you
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1:28 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — New Ravens receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said he didn’t get any assurances from Lamar Jackson that he would be Baltimore’s quarterback this season. “The goal is to come here and have that possibility with him,” Beckham said at his introductory news conference Thursday. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta
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3:41 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — – Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer says Khris Middleton practiced fully Thursday as the three-time All-Star works his way back from a sore right knee and prepares for the playoffs. Middleton hasn’t played since the injury caused him to exit an April 5 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
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2:54 PM ET Former Butler basketball player Carlos “Scooby” Johnson Jr. was found not guilty of sexual battery by a jury in Indianapolis on Thursday, according to The Indianapolis Star. Johnson had faced felony rape and sexual battery charges when the accusations were first made against him in 2021. Two rape charges against him were
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2:00 PM ET Associated Press Chase Elliott won’t stop snowboarding or participating in any of the other off-track activities he enjoys, even after an accident in Colorado sidelined NASCAR’s most popular driver with a broken leg. Elliott will return this weekend at Martinsville Speedway after missing six Cup races with a broken left tibia that
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2:18 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs left Thursday’s game against the Boston Red Sox in the fourth inning with an apparent injury. Springs looked down at his pitching hand after throwing an 0-2 pitch to Boston’s Justin Turner. The left-hander threw an additional warmup pitch as Rays manager Kevin Cash and a
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1:30 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Derrick Mason welcomed Odell Beckham Jr. to an unofficial Baltimore Ravens veteran receiver fraternity with one of the best compliments he could give. “As flashy and as flamboyant as OBJ is, the man has dog in him. He truly does,” Mason said. “That’s something you can’t teach. It’s
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Northamptonshire 111 for 3 (Procter 39*) trail Middlesex 149 (Higgins 70, Sanderson 3-19, Tremain 3-34) by 38 runs Middlesex endured another nightmare start as Northamptonshire seamer Ben Sanderson took advantage of their fragile top-order on the first morning of this LV= Insurance County Championship clash at Wantage Road. Sanderson, returning to the side after recovering
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1:40 PM ET Washington Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder are near a deal to sell the storied NFL franchise, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. A group led by Josh Harris, co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils, continues to be optimistic that it will get the team. But Canadian
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1:29 PM ET Arizona junior Azuolas Tubelis will enter the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Thursday. Tubelis, the No. 68 prospect in the ESPN 100, is not expected to return to play college basketball next season. A 6-foot-11 Lithuanian power forward, Tubelis had a decorated three years in Tucson, receiving first-team All-Pac-12 honors
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