Month: November 2019

12:52 AM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Minutes after an NBA game ended Friday night, the Utah Jazz‘s home arena was evacuated because of a suspicious package. Salt Lake City police said the package turned out to be a toolbox, and the Jazz said employees were cleared by authorities to reenter the building
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12:07 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — For years, whenever the San Antonio Spurs would face the Philadelphia 76ers, Gregg Popovich would defend Brett Brown. After spending more than a decade on Popovich’s coaching staff as an assistant coach, Brown took over the Sixers in 2013 in the midst of “The Process.” That meant taking
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11:21 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball officials investigating whether the Houston Astros cheated over the past three seasons by electronically stealing signs have asked players associated with the organization what they know about a range
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11:13 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will not play in the Brooklyn Nets‘ first matchup against his former team, the Boston Celtics, the team announced Friday night. Irving will miss the Nets’ next three games, which include road matchups against the Knicks, the Cleveland Cavaliers and, finally, the Celtics on Wednesday. Irving has
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10:49 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Tobias Harris scored 26 points, Joel Embiid had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat San Antonio 115-104 on Friday night to hand the Spurs their eighth straight defeat. The skid is the Spurs’ longest under longtime coach Gregg Popovich. Ben Simmons had a triple-double
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10:31 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A few minutes after heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder weighed in Friday for his rematch with Luis “King Kong” Ortiz and finished an interview with the United Kingdom’s Sky Sports, he wandered toward the stands to mingle with the fans inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Wilder laughed and
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