Month: March 2023

Mar 22, 2023 ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Trailing by a point with 7.2 seconds left, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch looked at Karl-Anthony Towns in the huddle and told him he’d get the ball with a chance to put Minnesota ahead. It set up Towns for a memorable return from a right calf injury. Towns
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9:27 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Sixth-seeded Coco Gauff opened her 2023 Miami Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Rebecca Marino on Thursday and advanced to the third round, where she will face 27th-seeded Anastasia Potapova. After her victory, Gauff, coming off a quarterfinals appearance at Indian Wells, said in a
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8:22 PM ET ESPN News Services LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Thursday that he was not offended by comments Nick Saban made regarding Saban’s handling of a football player’s arrest, in contrast to how the top-ranked Crimson Tide have dealt with the controversy surrounding All-American freshman Brandon Miller. Saban on
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7:52 PM ET Brothers Eric and Marc Staal, who both play for the Florida Panthers, did not participate in the pregame skate Thursday night because they declined to wear the team’s LGBTQIA+ Pride Night warmup sweaters, citing their religious beliefs. The brothers were in the lineup for the 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs,
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2:36 PM ET Major League Baseball franchise values are on the rise, according to Forbes, despite turmoil caused by the recent bankruptcy filing of Diamond Sports and the continued disintegration of the regional sports network model that could shake up baseball broadcasting for this season and beyond. The New York Yankees topped the list published
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5:31 PM ET Tony Annese, the football coach for reigning Division II champion Ferris State, has been given a one-game playoff suspension by the NCAA after two of his players lit cigars in a smoke-free locker room after winning the national title in December. Annese, 62, must serve the suspension whenever the Bulldogs next reach
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5:11 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Darlington Raceway has signed Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall to a name, image and likeness deal for a second straight year. The track that’s “Too Tough To Tame” first partnered with McCall for the Southern 500 last year, with the quarterback using his social media accounts to
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3:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros star second baseman Jose Altuve had surgery to repair a fractured right thumb and will not resume baseball activities for at least two months, general manager Dana Brown said Wednesday. Altuve, playing for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, was injured Saturday when he was drilled by
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