Month: October 2023

Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 04:42 PM ET FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player, Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid, said Thursday that he was happy James Harden was back with the team and hadn’t been a distraction, but that the focus for the 76ers is on installing their basic offensive and
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 05:30 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – LeBron James will not play in his team’s exhibition opener against the
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 05:27 PM ET BOSTON — Dartmouth College lawyers argued Thursday that the Ivy League school’s basketball players should not be considered employees because they are unpaid members of a money-losing program whose need-based scholarships don’t depend on their participation or talent. In a National Labor Relations Board hearing to determine
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 04:40 PM ET NEW YORK — Billy Eppler quit as general manager of the New York Mets on Thursday, just three days after David Stearns was hired above him as the team’s first president of baseball operations. Eppler’s decision continues an overhaul that followed a fourth-place NL East finish for
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 5, 2023, 12:44 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 RFU CEO Bill Sweeney says he’s the right man to take the organisation forward and insists English rugby is
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 02:33 PM ET GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — A large fire in a temporary hospitality structure at the Marco Simone club outside Rome that hosted the Ryder Cup last weekend was quickly brought under control, organizers of golf’s biggest team event said Thursday, adding that nobody was injured “A fire was
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 02:43 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato John Calipari said he’s excited for Zvonimir Ivisic to join Kentucky now that the Croatian star has cleared his eligibility hurdles and been accepted into the school, the Wildcats coach wrote
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 01:45 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Peter Uihlein, Sebastian Söderberg and Adri Arnaus shot 8-under 64s to share the first-round lead at the Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday as three of Europe’s Ryder Cup-winning team returned to action with solid starts at the European tour event. The tournament is
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Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 12:51 PM ET UCF football coach Gus Malzahn has agreed to a contract extension through the 2027 season, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Malzahn agreed to terms early this summer and the school raised his salary to $4 million per year on July 1, sources told ESPN. The deal rises
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 02:41 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hailie Deegan will make the move to NASCAR’s second-tier Xfinity Series next season in a multi-year deal with AM Racing announced Thursday. The 22-year-old Californian is the only woman competing full-time at NASCAR’s national level and has spent the last three seasons in the
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. PITTSBURGH — Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada expressed frustration Thursday with the CBS broadcast commentary from Sunday’s loss to the Texans, saying his words from a pregame
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Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 01:36 PM ET North Carolina wide receiver Tez Walker will be eligible to play in 2023 after new information emerged that the NCAA said school officials “failed to provide” previously. Walker is a transfer from Kent State, and his initial eligibility for the 2023 season was denied because he had
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Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 02:18 PM ET Close Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Coach Brian Daboll said he spoke with embattled offensive lineman Evan Neal about his “poor comments” taking
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Netherlands allrounder Bas de Leede is clear about his team’s targets at the World Cup. For starters, they aren’t thinking of themselves as Associates. They want to play as equals with the big boys. For de Leede, there’s no bigger motivation than that. “We want to make the semi-finals,” he announced ahead of their first
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