Month: March 2021

12:51 PM GMT Centre Virimi Vakatawa is back in the starting line-up as France gear up for their Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham on Saturday. Vakatawa, who missed Les Bleus’s opening wins against Italy and Ireland with a knee injury, features alongside Gael Fickou while Matthieu Jalibert starts again at fly-half despite the
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11:00 AM GMT England have made three changes for Saturday’s Six Nations match against France at Twickenham, with Max Malins starting at fullback. Malins has six caps for England, but this is his first Test start as he replaces Elliot Daly in the starting XV at No. 15. Daly drops to the bench while Luke
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9:00 AM ET In 2020, during one of the strangest, most unpredictable seasons of college football, another twist occurred in the midst of the chaos of playing during the pandemic. Big 12 defenses were good. Yes, the Big 12 — the conference that produced Patrick Mahomes and earned a reputation as having high-flying offenses and
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10:17 PM ET The Detroit Red Wings‘ most recent Stanley Cup championship was 13 years ago, even if their multiyear residency in the NHL’s basement makes that memory feel protractedly distant. There were 23 players who appeared for Detroit in the 2008 playoffs. Twenty of them are retired, with three having been subsequently enshrined in
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12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Adrian Kempe scored two goals and Troy Grosenick made 33 saves in his first NHL appearance in nearly 6 1/2 years, leading the Los Angeles Kings past the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Wednesday night. The 31-year-old Grosenick’s entire previous NHL experience consisted of two games for
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7:44 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs and veteran power forward/center LaMarcus Aldridge have mutually agreed that he will not return to the team, coach Gregg Popovich announced Wednesday night. The Spurs are engaged on several fronts with potential trades for Aldridge and believe they can find a deal — perhaps even in the next
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1:17 PM ET ASHBURN, VA. — When Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera had a chance to talk with quarterback Alex Smith, who questioned the team’s desire in August to have him around, Rivera used one phrase in particular: You were right. He didn’t say Smith was right about everything, but Rivera admitted that he
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