Month: February 2019

10:13 PM ET Former UCLA linebacker/defensive end Jaelan Phillips is transferring to Miami, he announced Thursday night on Twitter. Phillips, who was rated by ESPN as the nation’s No. 3 overall prospect in the 2017 recruiting class, medically retired in December after two injury-plagued seasons with the Bruins. He played in just 11 games, starting
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12:51 AM ET Tampa Bay right winger Nikita Kucherov‘s goal in the second period against Buffalo on Thursday night gave him his 100th point of the season, making him the quickest to that milestone in more than 20 years. Kucherov, who leads the NHL in scoring, reached the century mark in the Lightning‘s 62nd game
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9:45 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Houston Rockets will sign a pair of G League players to 10-day contracts, including former Houston first-round pick Terrence Jones, league sources told ESPN. Guard Chris Chiozza, a rookie out of Florida, is the other player the Rockets will sign to bring their roster up to a league-mandated
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9:19 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Fifth-seeded Joao Sousa was eliminated from the Rio Open on Thursday, adding to the list of favorites knocked out of the clay-court tournament in the early stages. Norwegian Casper Ruud topped Portugal’s Sousa 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the round of 16. Top seeds Dominic Thiem of
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8:50 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans interim general manager Danny Ferry met with disgruntled star Anthony Davis this week and informed him the team would continue playing him but planned to cut his minutes. The Pelicans will also reduce the minutes of point guard Jrue Holiday, Ferry said Thursday. The team plans to give more
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Feb 22, 2019 Georges St-Pierre announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Thursday. St-Pierre, who defended the UFC’s welterweight belt nine straight times from 2008 to 2013, will go down as one of the greatest fighters in history. But the one thing that would have kept him from making this decision? A fight with
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8:21 PM ET MEXICO CITY — The first-tee announcer at Club de Golf Chapultepec had Tiger Woods laughing as he teed up his ball, introducing the 80-time PGA Tour winner in most unusual fashion. But Woods’ introduction to a Mexico golf competition was not so funny. Woods promptly knocked his tee shot out of bounds,
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8:36 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Jordan Spieth‘s father decided at the last minute to come down to the Mexico Championship without realizing how much he would be needed. Spieth’s caddie had to leave Wednesday morning when his father died. Shawn Spieth stepped in as his son’s caddie, his first time on the
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