News Brooks becomes county cricket’s first Covid sub in match against Middlesex Jack Brooks, the Somerset seamer, has become county cricket’s first Covid-19 replacement after Lewis Gregory was ruled out of the final two days of their Championship fixture against Middlesex. Gregory, who himself contracted Covid while playing for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super
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1:14 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball MALIBU, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams wasted no time finding another weapon for new quarterback Matthew Stafford in the NFL draft. The Rams picked Louisville receiver
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10:06 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings are preparing for life after Kirk Cousins. With the 66th pick in the third round, Minnesota selected Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond, the seventh QB off the board in the 2021 NFL draft. Mond, 21, is the all-time career leader in total offense, passing yards, passing touchdowns,
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10:10 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have taken a shot at finding their future quarterback by drafting Stanford’s Davis Mills in the third round. With quarterback Deshaun Watson’s future with the Texans uncertain after an offseason where he first demanded a trade and currently faces 22 civil lawsuits alleging inappropriate conduct and sexual
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1:42 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Before this year’s NFL draft, Amari Rodgers called the Green Bay Packers his “dream scenario,” in part because of the opportunity to catch passes from reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. The former Clemson star still hopes that’s the case even though things have deteriorated between the quarterback and
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1:27 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In the moments after the San Francisco 49ers selected quarterback Trey Lance with the third pick of the NFL draft on Thursday night, one of the first things incumbent starter Jimmy Garoppolo did was reach out to the rookie who is expected to eventually replace him. “One thing
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12:01 AM ET ESPN News Services Shane Bieber is focusing on the Ws, not the Ks. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner struck out 11, setting two major league records in the process and pitching the Cleveland Indians past the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Friday night. Bieber (3-2) fanned at least eight in
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12:37 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies turned the eighth inning of their game Friday night into a benches-emptying, trash-talking, finger-pointing commotion that spiced up a routine game — and could ignite more sparks this weekend. It started when Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado thumped his glove and gestured at
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12:04 AM ET Jayson Tatum‘s 60-point performance on Friday night was nothing short of spectacular. Along with tying Larry Bird’s Celtics franchise record for points in a game, he helped Boston overcome a 32-point deficit in a 143-140 OT win over the San Antonio Spurs. He trails only Devin Booker as the second-youngest player with
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12:51 AM ET Shaqir O’Neal, Shaquille O’Neal’s youngest son, is committed to Texas Southern, he announced on Instagram on Friday. During an interview with Overtime, O’Neal, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, said he committed to the Tigers to “change the narrative” on historically black colleges. “You can expect a lot of buckets,” he said in the
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10:29 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2021 NFL draft began Thursday and continues through Saturday (ABC/ESPN/ESPN App). With quarterbacks going 1-2-3 — Trevor Lawrence to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Zach Wilson to the New York Jets and Trey Lance to the San Francisco 49ers — the rest of the draft promises to be just as exciting.
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10:12 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Kole Calhoun, who playfully fist-bumped a teenaged fan after being outreached for a foul ball last weekend, is expected to miss six to eight weeks because of an injured left hamstring injury. Calhoun underwent a procedure Friday to remove a tendon in his hamstring, the
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9:54 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are hoping they have found the heir to Tom Brady, selecting Florida quarterback Kyle Trask in the second round of the NFL draft Friday with the 64th overall pick. Trask, the sixth quarterback drafted this year and the first taken after Thursday’s first round, will have to venture
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