Month: February 2020

1:32 PM ET Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen will return Thursday against the Dallas Stars after missing Toronto’s last four games with a neck injury. Andersen has not played since suffering the injury on Feb. 3 against the Florida Panthers. He initially was checked for a concussion before ultimately being diagnosed with the neck injury.
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12:28 PM GMT Israel Folau is set to make his Catalans Dragons debut against Castleford in the Super League on Saturday. Coach Steve McNamara named his 21-man squad on Thursday for the game at the Gilbert Brutus Stadium with Folau included at No. 4. Folau wasn’t named in either squad for the two games the
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12:15 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two former Ohio State football players pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that they held a woman against her will and raped her this month. Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint — who were kicked off the team Wednesday after the charges came to light —
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11:59 AM ET The Dallas Stars placed right wing Alexander Radulov on injured reserve Thursday with an upper-body injury. The roster move is retroactive to Tuesday, meaning Radulov will not be eligible to return until Feb. 18 and will miss Dallas’ next three games. Radulov appeared to suffer the injury when he collided with a
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11:54 AM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without stars Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos and second-line center Anthony Cirelli for Thursday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers. Kucherov, the NHL’s seventh-leading scorer with 70 points, has a lower-body injury while Stamkos will miss his third straight game with a lower-body injury. Kucherov suffered his
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11:32 AM ET Second-seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has been knocked out of the Rotterdam Open after he was upset in straight set by unseeded Aljaz Bedene on Thursday. World No. 52 Bedene survived a break point early in the opening set before breaking world No. 6 Tsitsipas’ serve to take the lead. The Slovenien held his
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11:24 AM ET Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker will replace the injured Damian Lillard in this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game and 3-point contest. The NBA named Booker as Lillard’s replacement Thursday, one day after the Portland Trail Blazers star suffered a right groin strain. Booker, 23, will make his first career All-Star appearance in his
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11:15 AM ET The Football Writers Association of America has created an annual award in memory of former ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff, who died on Christmas Eve — his 34th birthday — from previously undetected Stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in his lungs. The Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award, which was announced Thursday, will recognize one
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11:06 AM GMT Harlequins have confirmed the signing of South Africa international Wilco Louw for the 2020-21 season. Louw, 25, will join from Super Rugby side Stormers at the end of the campaign. The prop is set to replace outgoing England international Kyle Sinckler who has signed for Bristol Bears. – ESPN Fantasy Rugby is
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