Month: May 2024

Associated Press May 15, 2024, 11:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Colorado defenseman Cale Makar scored two goals, the second after Casey Mittelstadt‘s go-ahead tally in the third period, and the Avalanche beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 5-3 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, snapping Colorado’s three-game losing streak and extending the Western
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 16, 2024, 12:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — After Cleveland saw its season end in a 113-98 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Wednesday night, Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said he wants to continue being the team’s head coach. “Yeah,” Bickerstaff said when
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Associated Press May 16, 2024, 12:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions OKLAHOMA CITY — Luka Doncic scored 31 points in a triple-double, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-92 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. Doncic, the league’s leading scorer in the regular season,
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ESPN News Services May 15, 2024, 08:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Even though the Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will not occur until almost the midpoint of the season, NFL fans will be treated to a pair of playoff rematches on the opening weekend. Patrick Mahomes and
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Associated Press May 15, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Umpire Jim Wolf was pulled for precautionary reasons during the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners after taking a foul ball off his facemask. Wolf was checked by the rest of his umpire crew and
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Associated Press May 15, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants signed veteran catcher Curt Casali to a one-year contract on Wednesday amid a growing number of injuries on their roster. Starting catcher Patrick Bailey went back on the seven-day concussion injured list Tuesday after being activated three
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 15, 2024, 09:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Celtics, behind 25 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists from Jayson Tatum, defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Wednesday night, winning the series 4 games to 1 and advancing to the Eastern
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 15, 2024, 08:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Tyson Fury danced and sang along to some of his favorite hits during a light workout Wednesday evening, three days out from his undisputed heavyweight championship clash with Oleksandr Usyk. England’s Fury, 35, wrapped his hands to the tune of
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Associated Press May 15, 2024, 08:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Max Scherzer was transferred to the 60-day injured list Wednesday, when the Texas Rangers made a move they initially avoided at the start of the season when there was some hope the three-time Cy Young Award winner might return from offseason
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Associated Press May 15, 2024, 08:39 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Former Louisville place kicker John Wallace, whose school-record 66 career field goals included two in a 2013 Sugar Bowl upset of Florida, has died. He was 31. The school announced Wallace’s death on Wednesday in a release that did not specify a cause. Wallace
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNMay 15, 2024, 07:31 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Associated Press May 15, 2024, 07:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — Adley Rutschman has still never been swept in the regular season as a big leaguer. With that streak on the verge of ending, the Baltimore catcher took matters into his own hands Wednesday, hitting a two-run homer in the bottom of the
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterMay 15, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers defensive lineman and reigning Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Cameron Heyward has not participated in voluntary offseason workouts and
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