Month: April 2021

10:55 AM ET Arizona State freshman Marcus Bagley will declare for the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “I’m excited about the opportunity to inform the NBA of my intentions and preparing for the draft,” Bagley told ESPN. “There’s so much about my game that I believe the basketball world hasn’t seen.” Bagley
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1:17 PM ET ESPN News Services The Atlanta Braves have acquired versatile infielder Orlando Arcia from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for two pitchers, it was announced Tuesday. Milwaukee acquired right-handed pitchers Chad Sobotka and Patrick Weigel in the deal. Arcia, 26, has spent all six of his major league seasons with Milwaukee. He had
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10:49 PM ET Two of the UFC’s top female flyweight prospects, Maycee Barber and Miranda Maverick, have agreed to square off July 24, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The 125-pound fight will consist of three rounds and take place on UFC Fight Night at a location to be announced. 1 Related Barber (8-2) is
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4:28 PM ET UFC bantamweight Aspen Ladd will return to competition against Macy Chiasson on July 24, multiple sources told ESPN. Ladd (9-1) has not fought since she defeated Yana Kunitskaya in December 2019, due to a torn ACL last June. The 26-year-old has long been considered one of the best prospects in female mixed
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5:05 PM ET LSU coach Ed Orgeron said in written statement submitted to a Louisiana state Senate committee on Tuesday that he considered former running back Derrius Guice‘s alleged sexual harassment of Gloria Scott in 2017 “utterly unacceptable” but denied ever speaking to Scott directly about the matter. Orgeron’s statement contradicts some of what Scott
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2:18 PM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — In each of the previous four years, Justin Thomas played practice rounds at Augusta National Golf Club with two former Masters champions — Fred Couples and Tiger Woods. Thomas said Couples, the 1992 Masters winner, blew him off Tuesday morning. “He didn’t feel like getting up in the early
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10:32 PM ET Veteran defensive back Quinton Dunbar is signing a one-year deal with the Detroit Lions, his agency, Elite Loyalty Sports, said Monday. Dunbar joins the Lions after an injury-plagued season with the Seattle Seahawks, who added him last March only to see him play in six games — all starts — because of
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10:42 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors remain confident that center James Wiseman will find his rhythm during the final stretch of the regular season despite an up-and-down rookie campaign, but head coach Steve Kerr says the team can’t “force the issue.” The No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 draft is
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