Month: March 2021

3:56 PM ET The Canadian government is expected to reduce its federal quarantine from 14 days to seven days for NHL players traded from American teams, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The NHL league office has yet to receive official notification from the government, though it is expected ahead of the April
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3:34 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Max Fried will make his first Opening Day start for the Atlanta Braves, getting the nod in the wake of two stellar seasons. Manager Brian Snitker told Fried on Thursday that he would go in the opener at Philadelphia against the Phillies. Fried went 7-0 with a 2.25
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4:00 PM ET Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, while vacationing in Florida, knew what he wanted to do earlier this month when hearing the news that quarterback Dak Prescott had finally signed a long-term deal. “It’s a lot easier to do cartwheels on the sand, I’ll say that,” said McCarthy, during a press conference Thursday.
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3:16 PM ET The Houston Rockets are trading guard Victor Oladipo to the Miami Heat at the trade deadline, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Oladipo, 28, is in the final season of a four-year, $85 million contract and can become a free agent this summer. He suffered a ruptured quad injury in
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3:06 PM ET Sergino Dest and Brenden Aaronson scored while Sebastian Lletget added a late brace in the United States‘ 4-1 win over Jamaica in a friendly. The match at Wiener Neustadt Stadium in Austria marked the return of Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic to USMNT duty and Valencia midfielder Yunus Musah‘s first appearance since committing to
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2:14 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes, through his 15 and the Mahomies Foundation, is partnering with the HBCU Legacy Bowl, which will begin play next year in New Orleans. Mahomes announced through the foundation a multiyear commitment to the bowl, a postseason all-star game for draft-eligible prospects from historically Black colleges and
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8:35 AM ET “You were the chosen one!” Every time I look at the stats for Philadelphia Flyers goalie Carter Hart this season, I think of Obi-Wan Kenobi screaming that line at Anakin Skywalker in “Revenge of the Sith,” and not just because Gen Xers like myself incessantly relate everything back to Star Wars. (It
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11:18 AM ET Assoicated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka has undergone surgery for an injury to his left foot. Wawrinka said Thursday that he would be out “for a few weeks,” with the French Open starting May 23. He won at Roland Garros in 2015. “After having some problems in
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7:00 AM ET What do you do with Jose Altuve when you are ranking the top 100 MLB players for 2021? MVP in 2017, All-Star in 2018, a career-high 31 home runs in 2019 … and then came the sign-stealing scandal, the pandemic and a terrible 2020 season in which he hit .219 (only to
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