Month: February 2020

8:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins suffered an injury in the second period of Monday night’s 4-3 overtime win against Ottawa when Senators forward Anthony Duclair ran into him on a breakaway. The injury occurred with 8:44 remaining in the period and the Senators leading 2-1. Merzlikins remained on
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8:15 PM ET Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook, who is nursing a sore left thumb, will miss Monday’s home game against the New York Knicks. Westbrook attended the memorial service for Kobe Bryant earlier in the day in Los Angeles, but he made it back to the arena in Houston about an hour before tip
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8:20 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana coach Tom Allen has suspended record-breaking tight end Peyton Hendershot indefinitely. Monday’s announcement comes less than two days after Hendershot was arrested. He allegedly entered the apartment of a former girlfriend without her permission. He also is accused of grabbing and shoving the woman, according to
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6:49 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev was arrested early Monday morning in Los Angeles for driving under the influence of alcohol. According to an arrest report obtained by ESPN, Kovalev was pulled over around 2 a.m. local time by the California Highway Patrol and placed under arrest after officers conducted
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7:28 PM ET Wisconsin Herd coach Chase Buford has been suspended two games without pay following his rant at officials after the Herd’s 126-117 loss to the Grand Rapids Drive on Sunday. The Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, had just blown a big fourth-quarter lead, and Buford was not happy
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7:00 PM ET Former heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder told ESPN on Monday that he will “definitely” exercise his right to an immediate third fight with Tyson Fury. Fury, the lineal champion, who also took Wilder’s WBC belt, knocked him down twice and stopped him when Wilder’s co-trainer, Mark Breland, threw in the towel as
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7:05 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Texas Rangers rookie left-hander Brock Burke will miss the 2020 season because of a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The Rangers said Monday that Burke, 23, is scheduled to have surgery Friday that will be performed by team physician Keith Meister. The recovery period is expected
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7:08 PM ET Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Jose Altuve insisted that he tuned out the hecklers. But he couldn’t avoid a pitch that grazed him. “He was hit in the foot. That ain’t nothing, you know what I mean?” Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said Monday after his team’s 11-1 win over the Detroit
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6:05 PM ET Former Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Smith, whose girlfriend was killed in a traffic accident last September, is making a comeback and is looking to sign with an NFL team, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He is feeling better and ready to resume his career. Smith’s girlfriend, Petara Cordero, was struck
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