Month: February 2024

Associated Press Feb 17, 2024, 01:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — A new honor is awaiting Miami’s Bam Adebayo: He’ll be an All-Star starter for the first time. Adebayo was announced Saturday as the replacement for Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid in the Eastern Conference starting lineup for Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game. Embiid —
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 17, 2024, 01:33 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Purdue is the overall 1-seed in the NCAA tournament men’s basketball selection committee’s bracket preview, revealed Saturday afternoon, with reigning champion UConn given the overall 2-seed. It would be
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Jeff Passan, ESPNFeb 17, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Kansas City Royals acquired right-handed reliever John Schreiber from the Boston Red Sox on Saturday for right-handed pitching prospect David Sandlin. Schreiber, 29, was a
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Marc J. Spears Feb 17, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — G League Ignite forward Ron Holland told ESPN’s Andscape at the latest taping of his season diary Saturday morning that he will miss rest of season out of caution to protect his injured right thumb. The elite 2024 NBA draft prospect
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Feb 17, 2024, 11:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent outfielder Randal Grichuk and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a one-year, $2 million contract that includes a mutual option for 2025, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal will pay Grichuk $1.5 million this year and has a $6 million option with
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 17, 2024, 11:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The University of Texas System board of regents is set to approve a contract extension for Longhorns football coach Steve Sarkisian that will nearly
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Feb 17, 2024, 09:29 AM ET Hall of Fame college basketball coach Charles Grice “Lefty” Driesell, who won 786 games while leading four different Division I schools to 100 victories, died Saturday morning. He was 92. Maryland announced Driesell’s death. His grandson, Ty Anderson, an assistant coach at Wofford, told The Washington Post that Driesell
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 17, 2024, 12:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions O’Shaquie Foster retained his WBC junior lightweight title with a split-decision victory over Abraham Nova on Friday at New York’s Theater at Madison Square Garden. One judge scored it 114-113 for Nova but was overruled by scores of 115-112 and 116-111 for Foster. The
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 16, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Tiger Woods withdrew from the second round of the Genesis Invitational on Friday. Woods pulled out of the tournament after
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Field Level Media Feb 17, 2024, 12:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With cars wrecking and flipping behind him in overtime, Nick Sanchez claimed the first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of his young career on Friday in the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway. The race ended under
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