Month: August 2018

1:08 PM ET In a significant step toward the elimination of the one-and-done rule, basketball’s biggest stakeholders have come together to make an unprecedented agreement that will allow the NBA to begin formally working with the nation’s top teenagers to help prepare them for pro careers. The NBA, NCAA and National Basketball Players Association announced
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN One of the astonishing aspects of sports wagering is the bookmakers’ uncanny ability to choose a number for points spreads and over/under bets. I’ve always imagined that they’re the product of a room of MIT grads working on NASA supercomputers. Or a sports almanac imported back from the future. One
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1:51 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs have signed Quincy Pondexter, adding a forward in the same week veteran star Manu Ginobili announced his retirement. The 6-foot-7 Pondexter spent last season with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 2.0 points, 1.2 rebounds and 8.5 minutes in 23 games. The seven-year NBA veteran
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1:51 PM ET Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Kellen Mond will start for the Aggies in Thursday’s season opener against Northwestern State. Texas A&M sophomore QB Kellen Mond will start for the Aggies in Thursday’s season opener against Northwestern State. Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire First-year Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher on Wednesday confirmed that Mond will start and
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3:10 PM BST The 2017-18 Premiership season finally gets underway this weekend, with the clash between newly-promoted Bristol Bears and Bath opening the campaign on Friday night. After winning their third Premiership title in four years last season, Saracens will be the team to beat once again while Exeter Chiefs, Wasps and Leicester Tigers are
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2:19 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer NEW YORK — After receiving heavy criticism from fans and other players, the US Open said it regretted the code violation given to Alize Cornet after changing her shirt on court during her first round match Tuesday. Cornet, who accidentally put her shirt on backwards during a heat-mandated break
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