Month: September 2021

7:30 PM ET NEW YORK — When 17-year-old Serena Williams beat defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the 1999 US Open semifinals, she was asked how it felt to break through to her first major final. “It’s really amazing. I mean, you totally prepare for this,” she responded. “I was always one to say, ‘I want
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3:35 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers traded Marc Gasol, a 2024 second-round pick and cash ($250,000) to Memphis on Friday. The Grizzlies plan to work on a waiver and release to allow Gasol to remain in Spain with his family, sources told ESPN. The Lakers will save approximately $10 million in salary and luxury
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7:19 PM ET Restricted free-agent forward Jarred Vanderbilt has agreed to stay with the Minnesota Timberwolves on a new three-year, $13.8 million contract, his agent, Kevin Bradbury of Rep1 Sports, told ESPN on Friday. Vanderbilt, 22, played his first injury-free season since his junior year of high school for Minnesota last season. After playing only
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4:46 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Raptors have gotten approval from the Canadian government to play games at their home arena this season, a team spokesperson said Friday. Toronto played last season in Tampa, Florida, because of travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not clear whether the team will be allowed
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Sep 9, 2021 A group of former students, including All-American football player and team captain Henry Hill, filed a lawsuit Thursday morning alleging that the University of Michigan is illegally limiting their attempts to share accounts of the abuse perpetrated by then team doctor Robert Anderson. Hill, who played for the Wolverines from 1968 to
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4:08 PM ET Jason “Mayhem” Miller is in trouble with the law again. The former UFC fighter and MTV host was arrested early Friday morning on a charge of felony domestic violence, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to ESPN. According to online inmate records, Miller was arrested at 3 a.m. Friday
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6:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball suspended Washington Nationals starting pitcher Sean Nolin five games on Friday for intentionally hitting Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman. Nolin, who was also fined an undisclosed amount, is appealing the suspension and can continue to play until there is a final resolution. The
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4:38 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys starting right tackle La’el Collins has been suspended five games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, the league announced on Friday. Collins’ exact infraction is not clear, however, multiple sources said he did not fail any tests. Nowhere in the policy is five games listed as
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4:52 PM ET Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat maintained his lead at the BMW PGA Championship with another impressive round at Wentworth as the battle for last-ditch automatic qualification for the European Ryder Cup team intensified on Friday. Aphibarnrat followed his eight-under 64 on Thursday with a 68 to reach 12 under at the halfway point of
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