Month: April 2019

5:38 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon, who is currently serving an indefinite NFL suspension, officially signed his restricted free-agent tender on Tuesday, a league source told ESPN’s Field Yates. This means that if Gordon is reinstated, he would be under contract to the Patriots for 2019 and scheduled
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5:43 PM ET NEW YORK — The key government witness in the FBI’s college basketball corruption trial began his testimony Tuesday by turning the conversation to football, and discussing multiple payments he had made to players at major programs, including at least once at a coach’s direction. Former financial advisor Marty Blazer said that from
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5:54 PM ET Jason Kidd interviewed for the Los Angeles Lakers‘ head-coaching vacancy Monday, multiple sources told ESPN. Kidd becomes the third candidate to meet with the Lakers, following Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Monty Williams and former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue, who both interviewed last week. Miami Heat assistant coach Juwan Howard is
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4:43 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — Vegas Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant called San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer “a clown” for accusing Gallant of trash-talking Sharks players from the bench during their contentious playoff series, which ends with Game 7 at SAP Center on Tuesday night. On Monday, DeBoer was asked
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7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Long before radar and camera systems that log every imaginable measurement became necessities at minor league affiliates across baseball, they were like Christmas-morning toys to those who understood where the game was
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3:47 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Phoenix Suns have received permission to meet with Philadelphia 76ers assistant Monty Williams to discuss the franchise’s coaching opening, league sources told ESPN. A Sixers official told ESPN the request came on Tuesday and the organization granted it. The Suns plan to compete with the Los Angeles Lakers in
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets star running back Le’Veon Bell wasn’t among the players present for the start of the team’s voluntary three-day minicamp. Linebacker Darron Lee, whose role with the team is uncertain, also wasn’t on the practice field Tuesday. Coach Adam Gase downplayed it, stressing the
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