Month: March 2024

Mar 5, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey is out for Tuesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets as he undergoes an evaluation for a concussion, the team announced. Maxey hit his head against the knee of Dallas Mavericks forward Derrick Jones Jr. in the third quarter of Sunday’s win
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Associated Press Mar 5, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Marquette coach Shaka Smart is optimistic that Tyler Kolek’s oblique injury won’t knock the 2022-23 Big East player of the year out for the remainder of the season. Smart acknowledged Tuesday that “barring a miracle,” Kolek won’t play in the eighth-ranked Golden
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DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNMar 5, 2024, 01:22 PM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show, “Talkin’ Texans.” Open Extended
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 5, 2024, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free-agent guard Patty Mills has agreed to a deal with the Miami Heat for the rest of the season, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Mills, who played 19 games with the Atlanta Hawks this season before getting waived, is eligible for the Heat’s postseason
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Field Level Media Mar 5, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paul Skenes, the No. 1 pick of the 2023 MLB draft, will start the season in the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ farm system, general manager Ben Cherington told reporters Tuesday in Bradenton, Florida. Cherington said Skenes still has some things to work on, including adapting
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 5, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions More than 10,000 college football players have already opted in for EA Sports College Football 25, which will launch this summer, but fans will
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Associated Press Mar 5, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALIBU, Calif. — Lorenzo Romar is out as Pepperdine coach after six years when the Waves’ season ends. The ninth-seeded Waves (12-19) play No. 8 seed Pacific (6-25) in the first round of the West Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday in Las Vegas. The
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterMar 5, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted 13-2 Tuesday to join its local service employees union, marking the first time any group of college athletes has taken
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Eric Karabell, ESPN Senior WriterMar 4, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close ESPN contributor on TV, radio, podcasts, blogs, Magazine Charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame Author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments” Open Extended Reactions Fantasy baseball managers may not agree on much, but there has been little debate this offseason that Atlanta Braves
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Associated Press Mar 5, 2024, 10:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday after sports’ highest court accepted she was not entirely at fault for her positive doping test. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges
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Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Cycling’s world governing body will review time trial helmet designs after issuing a ban on a ‘head sock’ element. The UCI says it wants to ensure radical designs do not compromise safety. “It raises an issue concerning the current trend, focusing more on performance than to ensure the
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Associated Press Mar 5, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions St. Louis Cardinals ace Sonny Gray could miss an Opening Day start because of a mild right hamstring strain sustained in his latest spring training outing. The three-time All-Star right-hander left his start Monday against Washington after 20 pitches. The Cardinals initially said Gray
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Mar 5, 2024, 10:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Hopman Cup has been canceled because of its proximity to the Paris Olympics and the event will return in 2025, the International Tennis Federation said Tuesday. The mixed team event was due to take place again in Nice, France, after its successful return last
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David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterMar 5, 2024, 10:29 AM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. You can follow Newton on Twitter at @DNewtonespn. Open
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Jeff Passan, ESPNMar 5, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Initial imaging showed damage in the right elbow of Boston Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito that could cause him to miss the 2024 season, league sources
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Mar 5, 2024, 11:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Giants are not placing the franchise tag on running back Saquon Barkley, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. The paves the way for Barkley to become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career. A second straight tag for
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Associated Press Mar 5, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets officially announced the hiring of Jeff Peterson as executive vice president of basketball operations on Tuesday. Peterson, who had been serving as the Brooklyn Nets‘ assistant general manager, replaces longtime NBA executive Mitch Kupchak, who is moving into
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