Month: November 2020

11:39 PM ET Free agent Serge Ibaka plans to sign a two-year, $19 million deal with the LA Clippers, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ibaka’s career renaissance as a small-ball center for the Toronto Raptors continued into last season. The 31-year-old averaged a career-high 15.4 points per game and 8.2 rebounds, the second most
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11:34 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Tennis Australia said the dates for next year’s Australian Open in Melbourne should be known within two weeks. Chief executive Craig Tiley responded on Sunday to unsourced reports the season-opening grand slam event might be pushed back until February, March or even later. The tournament is scheduled
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10:15 PM ET New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees told ESPN on Saturday night that doctors have been encouraged by his progress, specifically improvement in lung function and the continued dissipation of the pneumothorax suffered in the first half of last week’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers. They’ve also discovered additional rib fractures, he
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8:04 PM ET Penn State tight end Pat Freiermuth will undergo season-ending surgery next week, coach James Franklin said, for an undisclosed injury he suffered against Ohio State last month. Despite sustaining the injury in the second game of the season, the junior tight end, ranked as Mel Kiper Jr.’s second-best tight end prospect for
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7:55 PM ET ESPN News Services EVANSTON, Ill. — Peyton Ramsey threw two touchdown passes and No. 19 Northwestern shut down Graham Mertz and No. 10 Wisconsin for a 17-7 victory on Saturday that put the undefeated Wildcats in control of the Big Ten West. Northwestern forced five turnovers — four in the first half
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7:38 PM GMT Teenage winger Louis Rees-Zammit scored a maiden try on his first start as a youthful Wales ended a six-game losing streak with an 18-0 victory over Georgia in the Autumn Nations Cup on Saturday. Rees-Zammit also set up a try for replacement scrum-half Rhys Webb and fly-half Callum Sheedy scored his first
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6:43 PM ET Barcelona have confirmed that Gerard Pique sprained his knee in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid as the club’s injury crisis in defence worsened. Pique, 33, will have further tests upon his return to Barcelona on Sunday to determine the severity of the problem. Club sources did not want to speculate on
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