Month: June 2019

3:37 PM ET Kevin WangESPN.com Former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury is continuing his professional basketball career — in a different fashion — by becoming the head coach of the Beijing Royal Fighters of the Chinese Basketball Association, where he retired from playing last year. The official announcement came Monday after weeks of speculation among Chinese
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1:16 PM BST Frans Steyn is the feature name among 26 South Africa players who have gathered in Pretoria for the next “national alignment and conditioning camp” as the Springboks and head coach Rassie Erasmus continue preparations for the coming international season. Erasmus named Steyn, who plays for French Top 14 club Montpellier, and who
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12:58 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers have re-signed restricted free agent Travis Sanheim to a two-year, $6.5 million deal. In his first full season in the NHL, the 23-year-old emerged as a top pairing defenseman — along with fellow restricted free agent Ivan Povorov. “We are very pleased with the progress Travis has made in
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10:40 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Unable to send disease fighters to help battle one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history, U.S. health officials are turning to basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo for help. Mutombo, regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history and a well-known philanthropist in
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