Month: December 2019

10:40 PM ET Third baseman Anthony Rendon has agreed to a seven-year, $245 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Having fallen short in their bid to sign Gerrit Cole, the Angels wasted little time in turning their sights toward Rendon. Rendon, 29, was widely considered the top offensive free
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9:23 PM ET TORONTO — The LA Clippers lost Patrick Beverley for the game with a concussion suffered early in the third quarter against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. Beverley ran into a Marc Gasol screen and took an inadvertent elbow to the head. He left with 9:36 remaining in the third quarter, then
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10:10 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Meeting with Gerrit Cole and the pitcher’s wife for the first time last week at the Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach, Brian Cashman tossed out a literary reference that prompted laughter. “You’re my white whale,” the New York Yankees general manager said he told Cole. “He
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9:22 PM ET ORLANDO — Having already made amends with one former fan base, as Dwight Howard and the Los Angeles Lakers faithful are embracing each other again, Howard looked to patch up another old relationship Tuesday in Orlando. “I think it takes everybody a while to get over things, but time should heal wounds,
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9:27 PM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward left the court in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s loss to the Indiana Pacers after he was inadvertently hit in the nose. After the team’s 122-117 loss, Hayward told reporters in Indianapolis that he didn’t break his nose but did have a headache. Boston coach Brad
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8:03 PM ET With a high payroll and even higher expectations, the San Jose Sharks announced Wednesday night that they fired head coach Pete DeBoer after an underwhelming first third of their season. Bob Boughner, an assistant coach with the Sharks, takes over on an interim basis, the team said in a statement. The team
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7:46 PM ET TORONTO — With the entire arena standing on its feet and chanting “MVP,” Kawhi Leonard returned to Toronto and was celebrated as a champion as he received his championship ring on Wednesday night. Leonard left the Raptors after one season to join the LA Clippers in free agency. But the Toronto fans
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