Month: February 2019

12:09 AM ET The Washington Wizards have agreed to send forward Markieff Morris to the New Orleans Pelicans for forward Wesley Johnson, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Morris is averaging 11.5 points and 5.1 rebounds for the Wizards, who earlier Wednesday traded forward Otto Porter Jr. to Chicago. Since the start of the season,
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10:53 PM ET CLEVELAND — He may have taken home Professional Athlete of the Year honors at the Cleveland Sports Awards on Wednesday night, but Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield acknowledged that losing out on NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year to New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley will serve as a motivating force. “I’ll
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10:46 PM GMT The other benefactor of the “Giteau Law” has called on Wallabies coach Michael Cheika to consider tweaking it as he assembles his Rugby World Cup squad this year. Drew Mitchell was thrust into the 2015 World Cup alongside Giteau after Cheika redrafted the eligibility laws to allow Australians playing overseas to represent
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11:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free agent Bryce Harper met with San Francisco Giants executives on Tuesday in Las Vegas, league sources with knowledge of the get-together told ESPN, adding another known suitor to the drawn-out courtship
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE — Mikko Rantanen roamed the grounds of Scott McNealy’s $100 million mansion in Palo Alto, California, on the Friday of NHL All-Star Weekend. He saw the indoor gymnasium adjacent to the den, complete with a rock climbing wall. He saw the three-hole golf course on the lawn near
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8:00 PM ET The early signing period ends Friday night, but most all of the signatures that will come in already have. Coaches still have a February period to fill their classes completely, but midterm grades at out and show the SEC again has busted the curve. ACC | Big 12| Big Ten | Pac-12
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5:56 PM ET MMA legend Wanderlei Silva, who has competed in the sport for 29 years, said in an interview with Brazilian website PVT on Tuesday that he has experienced many CTE-like symptoms. “I was in a lecture about concussions and of the 10 symptoms the guy mentioned, I had eight,” Silva, 42, said. “The
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5:42 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Minnesota Wild captain Mikko Koivu will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL and meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Wednesday. Koivu, 35, is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday. He sustained the injury after colliding with Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson in the first period
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5:17 PM ET Russian top seed Karen Khachanov suffered a shock 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 defeat by unheralded Italian Matteo Berrettini in the second round of the Sofia Open on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Khachanov was in devastating form at the start as he dropped only two points in his first four service games. After bagging the
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