Month: February 2020

8:00 AM ET Rachel MarcusESPN Editor Close ESPN Editor Joined ESPN in 2013 Maryland native, Syracuse graduate The monocle almost didn’t make it to Justin Meekins’ picture day. Meekins, a senior outfielder at Salisbury University in Maryland who bears a strong resemblance to former MLB outfielder Jayson Werth, needed that monocle from Amazon Prime. It
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8:00 AM ET Reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo helped the Milwaukee Bucks clinch the earliest NBA playoff berth in 15 seasons on Sunday. Meanwhile, LeBron James has the Los Angeles Lakers at the top of the Western Conference, but is that enough to stop Antetokounmpo from repeating as MVP? Will Zion Williamson make an All-NBA team
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7:00 AM ET The 2020 NHL trade deadline was one of the season’s biggest mysteries. There weren’t many obvious sellers, and the standings were so tightly packed that even the Buffalo Sabres — who have a 2.8% chance of making the playoffs, per Money Puck — considered themselves in the hunt. There weren’t the same
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3:35 PM ET ESPN New Services Former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, who is in the New York Mets minor league system, will play for the Philippines in next month’s World Baseball Classic qualifiers. Tebow’s parents were missionaries in the Philippines when Tebow was born in 1987. The family moved to Florida
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3:51 PM ET New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton might miss the start of the season because of a strained calf. Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced Wednesday that Stanton has a Grade 1 strain in his right calf and will be out “a couple weeks.” 1 Related The Yankees open their season March 26 against
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3:36 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — With just two days of preseason testing left to run, Ferrari is convinced that it is lagging behind its rivals. It’s not yet clear by how much, but the message from Maranello is clear: Mercedes is still the team to beat. A quick glance at the lap times from
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3:44 PM ET Washington Redskins coach Ron Rivera remains excited about quarterback Dwayne Haskins and continues to mention the plan they have to develop him. That won’t stop Rivera from looking around, however, as the Redskins plan to host quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Burrow in pre-draft visits. Just in case. Rivera told reporters at
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3:47 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Mike McCarthy believes Dak Prescott can do for him with the Dallas Cowboys what Aaron Rodgers did for him with the Green Bay Packers: win a Super Bowl. “I think No. 1, you just look at what he’s done during his time in the league. I think he’s been impressive,”
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2:28 PM ET In his first public comments since suffering a cardiac episode during a game earlier this month, St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester said he still needs to evaluate his hockey future, but that he now feels “pretty normal, and that is a good thing.” St. Louis general manager Doug Armstrong said that
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2:34 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Peter Laviolette is returning to the bench after being selected as the coach of the United States men’s national team competing at the world hockey championships in May. The move was announced by USA Hockey on Wednesday, and comes seven weeks after Laviolette was fired by
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