Month: May 2019

5:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Eric Lewis and Kane Fitzgerald are heading to the NBA Finals for the first time, as they were among the 12 referees picked to work the Toronto–Golden State title series. Lewis and Fitzgerald are the two rookies on this year’s Finals officiating roster. Mike Callahan was picked to
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5:13 PM ET The Oakland Athletics have released veteran relief pitcher Fernando Rodney, three days after he was designated for assignment. The A’s made the move Tuesday. Rodney, 42, had seen his ERA balloon to a career-worst 9.42 this season, posting an 0-2 record with 15 hits allowed in 20 innings. He had returned to
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5:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Stopping the Golden State Warriors isn’t easy. What does make it easier, though, is having tried to do it before. “As easy as it looks and seems,” Toronto Raptors guard Danny Green said Tuesday afternoon, “it’s a lot tougher when you actually get out there.” The Raptors went
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3:54 PM ET Associated Press The Southeastern Conference hired international accounting firm Deloitte to conduct a review of its football officiating, reacting in part to what commissioner Greg Sankey called the intense, often opinionated view of referees by the public and media. Sankey said conversations began in September about ways to examine officiating and ways
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3:33 PM ET SANDESTIN, Fla. — Alabama coach Nick Saban doesn’t want his quarterback, Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa, to get comfortable this offseason. Speaking at SEC spring meetings on Tuesday, Saban said that while a sprained ankle suffered during the SEC championship was partly to blame for Tagovailoa’s hiccups down the stretch last season,
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4:18 PM ET Kaapo Kakko, the No. 2-ranked prospect for the 2019 NHL draft, will not be participating in the NHL scouting combine this week in Buffalo, New York, the NHL confirmed Tuesday. The league did not offer a reason for his absence, but Kakko just completed a gold medal run with Team Finland at
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