Month: April 2019

6:49 PM ET The Oakland Athletics, in what appeared to be a clever if not wry dig at soon-to-be free agent and Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant, took out a full-page advertisement in Friday’s San Francisco Chronicle that reads “KD commits to Oakland.” The ad came with Durant set to hit free agency this
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5:38 PM ET NEW YORK – Welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford and challenger Amir Khan have been all business in the build up to their fight and that continued on Friday at the weigh-in at Madison Square Garden. Both appeared to easily make weight early Friday afternoon inside the Garden’s expo center before appearing at
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3:52 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey responded on Friday to Tom Coughlin’s criticism of his absence from voluntary workouts, saying that the team knows why he’s not there and that he’ll show up in shape when attendance is mandatory. Ramsey did not elaborate on what those reasons are. Neither did
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3:56 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban is expected to have hip replacement surgery Monday, a source confirmed to ESPN. USA Today was first to report the scheduled procedure. Saban, 67, addressed what he called a “bothersome” hip following the Crimson Tide’s spring game last Saturday, saying it would be evaluated by doctors and could
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2:26 PM ET Hall of Fame coach R.C. Slocum, the winningest head coach in Texas A&M history, will serve as the school’s interim athletic director following the departure of Scott Woodward on Thursday. Slocum, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012, led Texas A&M to a record of 123-47-2 from
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1:48 PM ET Washington Capitals have recalled postseason hero Devante Smith-Pelly from the AHL, the team announced Friday. He will be in the lineup Saturday for Game 5 of the Caps’ first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, coach Todd Reirden told reporters Friday. The series is tied 2-2. The Capitals will be without winger
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1:26 PM ET Associated Press A proposal to require a graduate transfer to count against a team’s scholarship total for two years in football and basketball has been rejected by the NCAA. The Division I Council on Friday voted down a proposal that could have tapped the brakes on the de facto free agency created
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1:06 PM ET The NBA has rescinded technical fouls called against the Warriors‘ Kevin Durant and the Clippers‘ JaMychal Green during Thursday’s Game 3, the league announced Friday. Both players appeared surprised by the third-quarter call, since they were just exchanging a few words when the double-technical was given. Durant said after the game that
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