Month: March 2021

7:02 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy missed the cut by 10 shots on Friday at the Players Championship, and that wasn’t even the most surprising aspect to his day. After shooting 79-75 at TPC Sawgrass, McIlroy lamented issues with his swing that he traced to chasing speed — and Bryson DeChambeau‘s
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3:49 PM ET The reeling Houston Rockets suffered another blow on Friday, losing guard Eric Gordon for four to six weeks with a strained groin, sources told ESPN. Gordon suffered the injury in a loss to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, the franchise’s 14th consecutive this season. He’s averaging 17.8 points a game for
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5:00 PM ET Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan didn’t rule out goalie Henrik Lundqvist returning to the team this season after undergoing open-heart surgery in January. “It would be pretty incredible if he was able to come back. I guess we’ll see where he is at the end here,” said MacLellan on Friday. “Probably
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5:57 PM ET If the NCAA Football Rules Committee gets its wish, college football teams will be required to run two-point plays after scoring a touchdown in the second overtime — and would run nothing but alternating two-point plays if the game goes three overtimes or longer. Under the proposed rules changes that would take
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6:13 PM ET Tyson Fury’s heavyweight unification fight against Anthony Joshua is not a done deal, according to an interview Fury on Friday. “I’m not training anymore,” Fury told Alex Steedman and Barry Jones on a Top Rank broadcast on ESPN+. “I’m not training no more. I’ve never stopped training since December 2017, and even
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2:00 PM ET Associated Press Stefanos Tsitsipas‘ bid to win a third straight Open 13 fizzled out when he lost to doubles specialist Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Friday. Herbert has a career Grand Slam in doubles but in singles is ranked 93rd, compared to fifth for the Australian Open
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2:03 PM ET The UFC is working on a lightweight bout between Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush on May 15, sources confirmed to ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but the bout will take place on the UFC 262 pay-per-view event once finalized. MMAJunkie first reported the pairing and date. Ferguson (25-5) is coming off
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Mar 12, 2021 Nebraska said it plans to play Oklahoma as scheduled this season and won’t seek to replace the game with an eighth one at home, after reports surfaced that the school was trying to get out of the matchup. “Due to the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to Husker Athletics and
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4:39 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday acquired defenseman Mikko Lehtonen from the Toronto Maple Leafs for goaltender Veini Vehvilainen. Lehtonen, 27, skated in his first NHL game on Jan. 18 against Winnipeg and earned his first career assist on Jan. 30 at Edmonton. He will join Columbus’
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4:50 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks first base coach Dave McKay suffered a broken rib and lacerated spleen in a fall in the dugout earlier this week. Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said 70-year-old McKay was wearing a new pair of shoes Tuesday, tripped on the bottom step of the dugout and
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10:32 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Quarterback Tom Brady has signed a contract extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team announced Friday. While the Bucs did not reveal any details, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that it is a four-year contract extension that voids to a one-year extension. The deal ties Brady to Tampa
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2:21 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs are expected to restructure quarterback Patrick Mahomes‘ contract to provide some cap relief, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The team is expected to convert Mahomes’ $21.7 million roster bonus to a signing bonus in the coming days, which would save the Chiefs $17 million against the cap, sources
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