Month: November 2021

12:50 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Kings winger Brendan Lemieux was hit with a match penalty and ejected from Saturday’s 4-2 win after Ottawa Senators winger Brady Tkachuk said Lemieux bit his hand. The players were grappling on the ice in the third period before Tkachuk got up with blood
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Nov 26, 2021 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — LeBron James was fined $15,000 for an obscene gesture Friday by the NBA, which also warned the Lakers superstar about using profane language. James made the gesture after making a shot late in Los Angeles’ 124-116 overtime victory in Indiana on Wednesday night. 2 Related He
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10:53 PM ET ESPN News Services MONTREAL — Scott Mellanby has resigned as the assistant general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. The club made the announcement in a release Saturday night without providing additional details. The team thanked Mellanby, while also indicating it would not comment further. Mellanby joined the Canadiens as director of player
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11:03 PM ET Associated Press Steve Simon, the head of the WTA, says he remains “deeply concerned” about the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and her ability to “communicate freely, openly and directly” after allegations that a powerful politician forced her to have sex. Peng, a three-time Olympian and former top-ranked doubles player,
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7:18 PM ET Associated Press Not even Novak Djokovic playing back-to-back could help Serbia avoid losing to Germany in the Davis Cup finals group phase on Saturday. After Djokovic helped Serbia pull even at 1-1 by beating Jan-Lennard Struff, the world’s top-ranked male player immediately joined Nikola Cacic in doubles. But German pair Tim Puetz
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Nov 26, 2021 ESPN News Services Louisiana Tech‘s Skip Holtz will coach his final game with the Bulldogs on Saturday against Rice, the school announced. “Skip and I talked and agreed it was time for a change for both parties,” Eric Wood, vice president and director of athletics, said in a statement Friday. “Louisiana Tech
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9:05 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti has said that Gareth Bale “respects Real Madrid fans” and doesn’t share the views of agent Jonathan Barnett, who called their treatment of the player “disgusting” this week. Barnett — speaking to reporters after landing in Madrid on Wednesday — was asked about abuse aimed at
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6:02 PM ET Conor McGregor for the first time has given fans some insight into the timetable for his return to the Octagon. The former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion tweeted Saturday that he will be cleared to return to MMA sparring by April. And after that, McGregor wrote, “a return will be imminent.” The
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