Month: February 2023

3:07 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday. The Mavericks are sending Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, an unprotected 2029 first-round pick and second-round picks in 2027 and 2029 to the Nets in exchange for Irving and Markieff Morris, sources said. The Nets
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5:11 PM ET ESPN News Services The Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms with Ejiro Evero to make him the team’s defensive coordinator on new head coach Frank Reich’s staff. Evero, 42, was the Denver Broncos‘ defensive coordinator last season. The team and new coach Sean Payton agreed to let him out of his contract
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3:54 PM ET The New York Islanders and center Bo Horvat have agreed to an eight-year contract extension, six days after they acquired him in a trade from the Vancouver Canucks. His contract carries an $8.5 million average annual value against the salary cap, as first reported by Sportsnet. Horvat was in the final season
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4:07 PM ET ESPN News Services PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers finally gets his name on the Wall of Champions behind the first tee at Pebble Beach, joining a long list that includes Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Rodgers and Ben Silverman of Canada held on for a
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1:44 PM ET Associated Press Unseeded American Alycia Parks secured a stunning 7-6 (7), 7-5 upset win over WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia in the Open Métropole de Lyon final to clinch her first career title on Sunday. “I think France has a special part in my heart right now,” Parks said. “I’ll be back
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2:14 PM ET Associated Press HUA HIN, Thailand — Lin Zhu of China won her maiden career title after beating Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Thailand Open on Sunday. In a match lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes, both players exchanged nail-biting baseline rallies before Zhu finally found a
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10:58 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry left the Warriors’ 119-113 victory over the Dallas Mavericks at the end of the third quarter after suffering an apparent left knee injury. Curry immediately received an X-ray, which came back negative, the team announced. He will get an MRI next.
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7:13 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN LAS VEGAS — The Pro Bowl is an annual celebration of the NFL’s finest players, most of them well-established veterans with many years of pro experience. And then there is Sauce Gardner. The New York Jets rookie cornerback stormed onto the scene this season, announcing his entry into the league
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5:15 AM ET Eddie Maisonet The UFC kicked off its February schedule with a heavyweight main event, and Serghei Spivac delivered in a big way. Spivac (16-3) defeated Derrick Lewis (26-11) in the finale of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. “The Polar Bear” submitted Lewis via armbar in the first round, thus
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Feb 4, 2023 Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pitcher Max Fried lost to the Atlanta Braves in salary arbitration on Saturday, and will make $13.5 million in the upcoming season instead of his $15 million request. Mark Burstein, Fredric Horowitz and Jeanne Vonhof issued their decision a day after hearing arguments. Despite the defeat,
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Feb 4, 2023 NEW YORK — Alycia Baumgardner was throwing slower punches toward the end, looking like she’d thrown every punch she had. And in some ways, perhaps she had. The three-belt junior lightweight titlist already had knocked down Elhem Mekhaled two times and come close to a third, and now, all Baumgardner needed to
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