Month: January 2021

10:03 AM ET HOUSTON — Quarterback Deshaun Watson has requested a trade from the Houston Texans, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Watson made the request to the team weeks ago, sources told ESPN. The Texans’ new head-coaching hire, David Culley, has not and will not alter Watson’s thinking, sources told ESPN. Watson
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9:51 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Tyson Fury has dislodged Josh Taylor as ESPN’s British pound-for-pound king. It was a tight decision. Taylor only had 161 seconds of action in
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9:16 AM ET Formula E on Thursday cancelled its Paris race due to restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and said E-Prix races planned for Seoul and the Chinese resort of Sanya remained uncertain. The seventh season of the all-electric series, now an FIA-sanctioned world championship, starts in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 26 and 27
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5:42 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN In an effort to combat the piling up of games on the NBA schedule due to postponements as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA on Wednesday announced it will be adjusting its existing schedule to avoid having to fill in too many games during the second half
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9:42 PM ET The Toronto Blue Jays acquired starter Steven Matz from the New York Mets for three prospects, the teams announced Wednesday night. The Mets are getting right-handed pitchers Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Diáz and Josh Winckowski in the trade. Matz, a 29-year-old left-hander, agreed to a $5.2 million, one-year deal with the Mets in
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9:54 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have hired Baltimore Ravens assistant David Culley to be their next head coach, sources told ESPN, confirming a report by the Houston Chronicle. Culley, 65, who has spent the past two seasons in Baltimore, just completed his 27th season as an NFL coach. Along with serving as
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