Month: January 2020

7:50 PM ET Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. — A Maryland police officer has been suspended for shooting a video that showed former NBA player Delonte West as he was being questioned while shirtless and handcuffed, a police department statement said. One of two videos circulating on social media shows a thin, shirtless man with
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7:16 PM ET Dwight Howard will be part of the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest on All-Star Weekend. The Los Angeles Lakers confirmed Howard’s participation in a tweet Tuesday. It’s official: Superman will take flight at the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest! pic.twitter.com/fBpNAH8wXq — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 21, 2020 Howard hasn’t competed in the contest
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6:18 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball’s highest honor on Tuesday. The longtime New York Yankees captain appeared on 396 of 397 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America,
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6:04 PM ET Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt will host “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 1, the show announced Tuesday on Twitter. Watt will host the show, with musical guest Luke Combs, the day before Super Bowl LIV. “SNL!!!! I can’t even pretend to hide my excitement about this haha! This is something truly
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6:19 PM ET Former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach Bret Bielema is joining the New York Giants staff, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. Bielema spent the past two seasons as a defensive assistant with the New England Patriots, where he worked with new Giants coach Joe Judge. Bielema served as New England’s defensive line coach
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5:37 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Jordan Spieth didn’t like watching many of his friends play the Presidents Cup last month at Royal Melbourne, a golf course he enjoys. What he really didn’t like so much was being at home and not participating. “For me, personally, it really sucked,” Spieth said. “I hated not being
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