Month: December 2018

11:46 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners say they fired high-performance director Lorena Martin this season in part because she created a hostile work environment and ignored recommended treatments for injured players issued by team doctors. The Mariners’ claims were revealed in a filing in King County Superior Court in response to
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11:28 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon will undergo an MRI on his right knee on Sunday, a league source told ESPN. Gordon left Saturday night’s victory over New Orleans in the fourth quarter with a bruise. He had scored 21 points in 27 minutes for the Rockets before exiting the court
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9:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Right around signing day in 2015, Jake Browning sent out direct messages on Twitter to fellow members of the Washington Huskies‘ recruiting class: “Let’s change this program,” he wrote. Over the previous decade-plus, the Huskies had been soundly mediocre. From 2002 to 2014, they finished ranked in the final
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10:57 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Notre Dame‘s College Football Playoff appearance was virtually over by halftime Saturday, and that led to a social media firestorm suggesting that the Irish, who were handled 30-3 by Clemson in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, didn’t belong. Struggles in numerous big postseason games along with Notre Dame’s status
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10:45 PM ET The NBA will not fine Knicks big man Enes Kanter, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo or Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham in the wake of Thursday’s skirmish between Kanter and Antetokounmpo. After reviewing the incident, the NBA said Ham “acted as a peacemaker” when he shoved Kanter away from Antetokounmpo to separate
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11:07 PM ET ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Dexter Lawrence didn’t get on the field for the Clemson Tigers in Saturday’s 30-3 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, but he had a significant impact on his team and celebrated a trip to the national championship game afterward. Trevor Lawrence, with
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9:11 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — After falling to Clemson 30-3 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly stressed that “four big plays” were the difference and that the Irish’s issues Saturday were “technical and tactical,” rather than talent-based. “I do not feel like there
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