Month: April 2023

1:48 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva found the perfect way to celebrate her 16th birthday by continuing her breakout showing at the Madrid Open with a two-set win over Magda Linette on Saturday. Andreeva thrust her arms high after winning a long exchange that ended with her breaking Linette’s serve
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1:54 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN CAMDEN, N.J. — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said Saturday afternoon that “if I was a betting man” superstar center Joel Embiid will be doubtful to play in “at least” Monday’s Game 1 of the titanic Eastern Conference semifinal against the Boston Celtics. “There is no latest,” Rivers said Saturday,
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7:29 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University After tumbling out of the first round of the NFL draft, Will Levis finally found a home with the Tennessee Titans, who traded up Friday night to select the former Kentucky quarterback
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3:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Darvin Ham arrived early to Crypto.com Arena Friday afternoon. He’d had less than 48 hours to process the situation his team found itself in after a demoralizing Game 5 loss in Memphis on Wednesday night. His team had looked exhausted and disjointed in that game. The schedule
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1:26 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James vowed to be better for Friday’s Game 6 of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies. He kept his word, and his teammates kept up the pressure on the Grizzlies from the opening tip, destroying the No. 2-seeded Grizzlies 125-85 to win the series
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12:26 AM ET The Boston Bruins aren’t ruling out a goalie change for Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers. In fact, Boston coach Jim Montgomery thought about pulling starter Linus Ullmark during Game 6 on Friday night, a 7-5 loss for the Bruins in which Ullmark gave up
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10:00 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom unexpectedly exited his start against the New York Yankees after giving up his first hit with two outs in the fourth inning Friday night. DeGrom retired his first 10 batters and had a 5-0 lead when he walked Anthony Rizzo. Ahead of
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7:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Day 1 of the 2023 NFL draft, which was a busy one on the trade front, is behind us. There were six deals announced on the clock during Thursday night’s first round, including three involving top-10 picks (Nos. 3, 6, 9). We saw a little draft history being made too,
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4:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Justin Verlander completed a 69-pitch rehab outing Friday for Double-A Binghamton and could be in line to make his New York Mets debut next week against the Detroit Tigers. Verlander, who opened the season on the injured list with a teres major strain near his right armpit, went
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5:35 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Bijan Robinson is hoping he is not the outlier, but rather the beginning of a new trend. When the Atlanta Falcons selected Robinson with the No. 8 overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night, the former Texas star became the first running back drafted the top 10
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4:53 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — The Colorado Avalanche did not comment Friday on either the status of forward Valeri Nichushkin, who has been away from the team for a few days, or on a police report about an incident at the team hotel in Seattle last weekend. Colorado coach Jared Bednar again
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