Month: May 2022

7:14 AM ET Colin Kaepernick‘s arm strength and conditioning stood out in his workout with the Las Vegas Raiders, but no signing was imminent as of late Thursday night, sources told ESPN. The Raiders considered Kaepernick’s workout a ‘positive,’ a source said. Las Vegas could be looking for another passer to serve as the backup
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There were jokes, laughs, sombre moments and a poem titled ‘You ripper Roy’ as Andrew Symonds was farewelled in style on Friday. Family, friends, cricketing team-mates and fans gathered at Townsville’s Riverway Stadium for the public memorial service, following a private funeral on Friday morning. Poet Rupert McCall remembered the times he’d receive telephone calls
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12:53 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers will be making their first Western Conference finals appearance since 2006 after defeating the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Connor McDavid‘s overtime winner in Game 5 in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Thursday. Edmonton will next face the winner of the Colorado Avalanche–St. Louis Blues series; the Avalanche
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9:34 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers are hiring ESPN’s NBA draft analyst Mike Schmitz as an assistant general manager, assigning him leadership of the franchise’s domestic and international scouting departments, sources told ESPN. New Blazers GM Joe Cronin targeted Schmitz to take a lead role in player evaluation and hired him away from ESPN,
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11:40 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry celebrated the Golden State Warriors‘ return to the NBA Finals by adding a new trophy to his collection as he was named the first Western Conference finals Most Valuable Player on Thursday. After the Warriors eliminated the Dallas Mavericks with their 120-110 win in Game 5, Curry
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2:10 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Luka Doncic‘s initial reaction to the end of the longest playoff run of his young NBA career was to express disappointment in himself. “I don’t like losing, especially like this,” Doncic said after the Dallas Mavericks were eliminated Thursday night with a 120-110 Game 5 loss to the Golden
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