Month: November 2021

8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders The NBA season is — almost — a month old. What standouts are here to stay? The Eastern Conference standings is full of early-season surprises, including impressive starts from the Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers. Meanwhile, the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks are dealing with injuries as they work
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11:36 AM ET England rugby boss Eddie Jones has sent a letter to British tennis star Emma Raducanu to explain the comments he made about her form and commercial work, saying they were not meant to be interpreted as criticism. Jones caused a backlash earlier in the week after he told England’s young fly-half Marcus
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11:32 AM GMT England have made three changes ahead of Australia on Saturday with Owen Farrell returning to the side, Marcus Smith starting at fly-half and Manu Tuilagi shifting to the wing. Farrell captains the side from inside centre, while Tuilagi replaces Adam Radwan on the wing and Smith comes in for George Furbank at
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9:48 AM ET Associated Press The nascent Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Thursday released a draft of proposed anti-doping and medication control rules designed to bring uniformity to a sport that has operated for years under patchwork regulations in 38 racing states. Since July, HISA has been working with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to
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7:52 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Chicago’s Liam Hendriks earned his second straight Mariano Rivera Award as the American League Reliever of the Year on Wednesday, and Milwaukee’s Josh Hader won his third Trevor Hoffman Award as the National League Reliever of the Year. Hendriks had an 8-3 record and 38 saves in
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Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar questioned the exclusion of spinners Rahul Chahar and Varun Chakaravarthy for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced a 16-man squad, led by Rohit Sharma, for the three-match T20I series, starting November 17. While the likes of Virat Kohli, Jasprit
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12:23 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Throughout the New Orleans Pelicans‘ much maligned start to the 2021-22 season, coach Willie Green has tried to stay positive about the direction in which his team is headed. But after a 108-100 loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night in which his team picked up five
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8:30 PM ET Police charged Georgia linebacker Adam Anderson with felony rape on Wednesday after a 21-year-old woman accused him of raping her in a house in Athens, Georgia, on Oct. 29. Anderson voluntarily turned himself in to police on Wednesday and was being held without bond at the Athens-Clarke County Jail. Anderson has denied
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2:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook said he’s the victim in his first public comments since being accused of abusing a former girlfriend in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. “I’m the victim in this situation. The truth and the details about the situation will come out at a further time,”
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7:43 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Houston Astros center fielder Jake Meyers had surgery Wednesday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, an injury that could delay his 2022 season. The 25-year-old was hurt on Oct. 12 in Game 4 of the AL Division Series at the Chicago White Sox when
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7:54 PM ET Bob Murray has resigned as executive vice president and general manager of the Anaheim Ducks, the team announced on Wednesday. The move is effective immediately, and Murray will enroll in an alcohol abuse program. The decision was made one day after the Ducks placed Murray on administrative leave pending an internal investigation
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4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services CARLSBAD, Calif. — Baseball’s most influential agent said the sport was the victim of a “competitive cancer” caused by teams unloading veterans to accumulate draft picks, and that the Atlanta Braves‘ World Series title was a direct result of tanking. In an outdoor news conference in front of a
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3:38 PM ET Next month’s highly anticipated welterweight fight between Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards is off, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Wednesday. Per Campbell, Masvidal (35-15) was forced to withdraw from the UFC 269 bout on Dec. 11 because of an undisclosed injury. There was no update on whether Edwards
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