Month: April 2023

1:09 PM ET ESPN News Services Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet plans to take his time making a decision on his contract option. One day after the Raptors were eliminated from the play-in tournament in a home loss to the Chicago Bulls, VanVleet said Thursday he’s not rushing the call on whether to stay in
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12:08 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball umpire Larry Vanover remained hospitalized Thursday after being hit in the head with a relay throw during Wednesday’s game between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians. Vanover was struck on the left side of his head in the fifth inning by a throw from
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11:07 AM ET Former UFC middleweight champion and multidivision kickboxing champion Alex Pereira is moving up in weight after his knockout loss to Israel Adesanya last weekend. Pereira, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, formally announced the news Thursday on his YouTube channel. Pereira won the UFC’s 185-pound championship by knocking out Adesanya in the fifth round
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11:34 AM ET The Cleveland Browns have ended their stadium naming rights agreement with FirstEnergy Corp., leaving the team’s home field to be called Cleveland Browns Stadium for now. “We’ve had a great association with FirstEnergy for more than two decades, and we appreciate this partnership and what it has created for our team and
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11:14 AM ET Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy stepped down from his position Thursday morning to become Villanova‘s general manager of basketball. Dunleavy had been the head coach of the Bobcats for six seasons. “After a period of post-season reflection, I have decided to step down from my position as Head Men’s Basketball Coach,” Dunleavy
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10:56 AM ET California high school guard A.J. Johnson, a projected 2024 NBA draft lottery pick, told ESPN on Thursday that he has decommitted from the Texas Longhorns and signed a deal with the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League in Australia. Johnson, a 6-foot-6 senior at the Southern California Academy, is the highest-profile
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9:25 AM ET Associated Press The women’s professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing Thursday the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault. WTA chairman and
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9:25 AM ET ESPN News Services Several baseball teams have amended their alcohol sale policies in response to shorter game times this season, and at least one major leaguer isn’t wild about the change. Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm said during a recent podcast that he disagreed with extending alcohol sales beyond the traditional seventh-inning cutoff,
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9:42 AM ET Associated Press The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL and NFLPA, the Associated Press has learned. The helmet, manufactured by Vicis, reduces severity of helmet-to-ground impacts, which league data says account for approximately half of quarterback concussions, including the one suffered by
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9:00 AM ET The NBA playoffs have arrived and that also means some bettors will make their first wager of the season. So what’s the best approach? Handicapping the regular season is an acquired taste and not for the weak-minded. It requires discipline, dedication and tolerance to stomach load management and other variables. Many recreational
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