Month: March 2019

10:38 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MINNEAPOLIS — Jimmy Butler said he knew the boos were coming. In his first game back at the Target Center since being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, Butler was introduced first in the starting lineup. Fans young and old cupped their hands over their mouths and loudly jeered the four-time
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10:50 PM ET Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis is being investigated in New York for an alleged rape that a woman told police took place last year, according to a New York Post report. The woman told police on Thursday about the alleged attack, according to the Post report, which cited law enforcement sources. The
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7:44 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid will sit out the team’s three-game road trip that began Saturday night at Minnesota, coach Brett Brown told reporters Saturday. The Sixers had already said Embiid would miss Saturday’s game, but Brown said Saturday that Embiid will also miss Monday’s game at Dallas and Wednesday’s game at
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7:30 PM ET Associated Press BILOXI, Miss. — Kevin Sutherland made a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 3-under 69 and a 3-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Rapiscan Systems Classic. Tied for the first-round lead with Marco Dawson after a 65, Sutherland had a 10-under 134 total at Fallen
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7:42 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Maximum Security bolted from the gate and never got caught, going wire-to-wire to win the Florida Derby on Saturday and earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby. Unbeaten in four career starts, Maximum Security won easily and held off 70-1 long shot Bodexpress — a maiden
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7:04 PM ET Bryce Harper‘s first hit as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies was a home run. Harper hit a 1-1 pitch from Atlanta reliever Jesse Biddle into the right-field seats for a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday, extending the Philllies’ lead to 7-4. The ball traveled 465
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7:07 PM ET WACO, Texas — Not even a year after he announced his retirement from the Dallas Cowboys, tight end Jason Witten is back into the routine of being a player once again. “I’m loving it,” Witten said before he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas, on Saturday.
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7:31 PM ET The Seattle Mariners have put their closer, right-hander Hunter Strickland, on the 10-day injured list because of a right lat strain. Strickland gave up a winning three-run home run to Boston pinch hitter Mitch Moreland in the top of the ninth inning Friday night. After the game, he said he was feeling
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