Month: March 2021

1:26 PM ET NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets continue to construct a roster full of decorated superstars. The team’s signing of forward LaMarcus Aldridge over the weekend elicited strong reactions from fans across the league as they grapple with the Nets acquiring James Harden, Blake Griffin and Aldridge over the past 2½ months. “It’s
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1:25 PM ET RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate is edging closer to a move to Liverpool with the 2019-20 Premier League champions ready to pay his €41.5 million release clause, sources have told ESPN. Liverpool have struggled defensively this season as injuries to Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip have reduced their options
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11:20 AM ET New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso is joining in on the sports NFT craze, but with a minor league twist. Alonso, who is launching his own NFT on Tuesday on Blockparty, is auctioning off the one-of-one digital collectible and donating the proceeds to charity, teaming up with More Than Baseball, a
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7:53 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills announced Monday the new naming rights partner for their stadium, which will now be known as Highmark Stadium. The stadium was named “Bills Stadium” during the 2020 season, after the team severed its partnership with New Era, which had owned the stadium’s naming rights
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5:03 PM ET The U.S. Open has made no decisions about the number of spectators that will be allowed at Torrey Pines in June, but there will be far fewer volunteers, according to an email sent to registered marshals and volunteers that was obtained by ESPN. The U.S. Open is scheduled for June 17-20. “After
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4:59 PM ET Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from this week’s Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, saying in a statement that he instead will use the week before the Masters to work on his game at home ahead of his defense at Augusta National. Johnson had committed to the Texas Open on Friday, the same
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3:25 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Ash Barty seems to enjoy getting pushed to a deciding set. The top seed from Australia moved into the quarterfinals of the Miami Open on Monday, holding off 14th-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 in a matchup of past Miami champions — plus one where the
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