Month: May 2024

Open Extended Reactions Top international basketball prospect Kasparas Jakucionis, a potential first-round pick in the 2025 NBA draft, has committed to Illinois, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. The 6-foot-6 point guard from Lithuania is considered one of the most promising international prospects committing to the college route in the Class of 2024. Jakucionis was
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Jamal Collier, ESPNMay 28, 2024, 02:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner was still filled with conflicting emotions in the aftermath of the Eastern Conference finals. On one hand, Turner — the longest tenured player on the team, having been drafted by Indiana in 2015 — called this season
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Andreas Hale, ESPNMay 27, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The World Boxing Council announced Monday that Terence Crawford has been downgraded to “champion in recess” in the welterweight division just a few months ahead of Crawford’s debut at super welterweight against WBA 154-pound champion Israel Madrimov on August 3. “The WBC Board of
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 27, 2024, 10:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Thanks to some late heroics from Jaylen Brown, the Boston Celtics have advanced to the NBA Finals for a second time in three years. Brown, who finished with 29 points, had a block on Andrew Nembhard and then hit Derrick White for
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ESPN News Services May 27, 2024, 07:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jose Abreu is back in the majors after the Houston Astros recalled the struggling first baseman prior to Monday night’s game at the Seattle Mariners. The veteran authored an RBI single in his return, cutting the Mariners’ lead to 3-1 in the fifth
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ESPN News Services May 27, 2024, 10:01 PM ET San Francisco Giants first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. returned to the lineup Monday against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies only to get injured again. He sat out Sunday’s game at the New York Mets with a sore left hamstring that he injured Friday against the Mets and
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Jeff Passan, ESPNMay 27, 2024, 10:24 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions MLB umpire Ángel Hernández is retiring effective immediately, ending a controversial three-decade-long career that in recent years turned Hernández into a constant source of consternation with
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