Month: April 2020

1:26 AM ET Associated Press After 15 years in professional basketball, Andrew Bogut is close to making a decision on when to end his career. The new coronavirus and subsequent postponement of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo isn’t making it any easier. The 35-year-old Bogut, a 2005 No. 1 draft pick by Milwaukee and who
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8:21 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Bobby Winkles, the former baseball coach who won three national championships at Arizona State and went on to manage in the majors, has died. He was 90. Arizona State said Winkles died Friday with family and friends by his side. Winkles became the Sun Devils’ first varsity
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7:36 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers superfan Jackie Riles, known as the franchise’s iconic “Pillow Lady,” died at the age of 82, the team announced Saturday. Her death was due to natural causes, the team said. Since the Bucs’ inception in 1976, Riles knitted more than 4,000 custom pillows for players, coaches,
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6:49 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is in the process of acquiring a Nigerian passport in order to be eligible to play for the Nigerian national team, a source told ESPN on Saturday. The Athletic first reported Dinwiddie’s pursuit. Despite finishing 10th in All-Star voting for Eastern Conference guards and recording a career
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6:52 PM ET Alabama hasn’t gotten off to the fast start in recruiting we’re used to seeing, but the Crimson Tide added a big piece to the 2021 class on Saturday. ESPN Junior 300 wide receiver Agiye Hall announced his commitment to Alabama and chose the Tide over LSU, Georgia and other big name offers.
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6:20 PM ET With college athletics on pause because of the coronavirus pandemic, Nebraska held a virtual spring football game online Saturday with more than 20,000 viewers tuned in across various platforms, the school’s athletic department said. The simulation, played on EA Sports’ NCAA Football, was held on the day the annual Red-White Game was
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5:55 PM ET The Jacksonville Jaguars have had trade discussions with other teams about running back Leonard Fournette, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The Jaguars have until May 4 to exercise their fifth-year option on Fournette, who is scheduled to make $4.16 million in base salary in 2020. Fournette ran for a
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