Month: April 2023

12:05 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Valparaiso is expected to hire Gonzaga assistant coach Roger Powell Jr. as its men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN. An announcement is expected in the near future. Powell has spent the past four years as an assistant coach at Gonzaga, helping build the program’s reputation as one of the best
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12:11 PM ET Former Tulane guard Jalen Cook, one of the top men’s college basketball transfers this spring, has committed to play at LSU next season, a source told ESPN. Cook, a Baton Rouge native, returns to LSU, where he started his college career and elected to transfer out following his freshman season, in which
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10:57 AM ET NEW YORK — The Mets‘ rotation should be getting reinforcements soon. Justin Verlander said he expects to return from a muscle strain before the end of April. The righty upped his throwing intensity to 75% on Friday while throwing on the field before New York faced off against the Miami Marlins. “The
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10:57 AM ET New Hampshire has hired former Bucknell coach Nathan Davis as its next head coach, the school announced Friday. Davis will replace Bill Herrion, who was let go last month after 18 seasons at the helm. A Washington, D.C., native, Davis was once considered one of the hottest mid-major coaches in the country.
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7:01 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Past Masters champion Patrick Reed has heard all the jokes about how LIV Golf League members wouldn’t be able to compete for a green jacket this week because they’re no longer playing serious golf and only 54 holes in tournaments. “Last time I checked, I’m the one with the
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8:27 AM ET Associated Press Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs per year over the fences, a new study found. Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according
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4:45 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Denny Hamlin‘s penalties for hitting Ross Chastain from behind at Phoenix last month will stand, according to a decision Thursday by a NASCAR appeals panel. Hamlin was fined $50,000 and docked 25 points after he acknowledged on his weekly podcast he intentionally wrecked Chastain on the last
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