Month: January 2019

10:11 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Kwamie Lassiter, the former Arizona safety who had four interceptions in the Cardinals‘ season-ending victory that clinched a playoff berth in 1998, died Sunday. He was 49. The Cardinals announced Lassiter’s death without providing details. Arizona Sports, the website of the team’s flagship radio station, said Lassiter had
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9:56 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Sydney is set to host the finals of the inaugural ATP Cup men’s team competition next January in an overhaul of the Australian swing for men’s tennis ahead of the season-opening Grand Slam tournament. Kei Nishikori has finally snapped a title drought that stretched 52 tournaments, nine finals
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2:39 AM ET ESPN News Services ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia safety J.R. Reed and kicker Rodrigo Blankenship say they are returning for their senior seasons, giving the Bulldogs good news two days after the offense lost four juniors to the NFL draft. Reed and Blankenship announced their decisions Sunday on Twitter. Reed, second on the
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9:43 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia safety J.R. Reed says he is returning for his senior season, giving the Bulldogs good news two days after the offense lost four juniors to the NFL draft. Reed announced on his Twitter account Sunday he made the decision after consulting with his family and Georgia
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9:13 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said receiver Allen Hurns, “seems to be doing well, seems to be in good spirits,” after undergoing surgery on a dislocated left ankle suffered in the first quarter of Saturday’s wild-card win over the Seattle Seahawks. A source said Hurns suffered an “open dislocation,”
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8:45 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves have fired team president and head coach Tom Thibodeau, the team announced Sunday night. Assistant coach Ryan Saunders will take over as interim coach for the rest of the season, while Scott Layden will remain Minnesota’s general manager. The move comes just hours after the Wolves’ emphatic
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9:01 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — The ACC’s football conference championship game contract with the city of Charlotte, which runs through 2030, includes an out-clause that accounts for the possibility of a change to the postseason format should conference title games ever be eliminated, commissioner John Swofford told ESPN on Sunday. While none of
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