Month: April 2020

3:06 AM ET The Lakers have been in contact with the Los Angeles mayor’s office to discuss the possibility of opening their practice facility for players before the current shelter-at-home order for Los Angeles residents expires on May 15, sources close to the matter told ESPN. The NBA announced Monday it would allow players to
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1:41 AM ET Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — Stefanos Tsitsipas sent his tennis mate Nick Kyrgios a special 25th birthday greeting. Unfortunately for Kyrgios, it contained too much information. Tsitsipas, who is Greek, sent an Instagram message to Kyrgios, who is an Australian of Greek heritage. In it, Tsitsipas held up a cardboard sign that
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12:53 AM ET New England Patriots rookie kicker Justin Rohrwasser told WBZ-TV in Boston on Monday night that he is removing a tattoo on his arm associated with the “The Three Percenters” — a right-wing militia group — because it doesn’t represent who he is. The 23-year-old Rohrwasser said he was 18 when he got
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12:51 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — In a phone-a-friend moment during the coronavirus pandemic, Adam Scott reached out to a fellow golfer who’d been waiting for his call. Under the headline “No cameras, no trophies, but Adam Scott just won the lockdown’s act of kindness award,” the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported Tuesday about
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11:04 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Jameis Winston and the New Orleans Saints had not finalized their pending deal as of Monday night, but assistant general manager Jeff Ireland made the case for why it’s a good fit for both sides. “It’s a compliment to Jameis Winston to understand where he’s at in this world
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10:23 PM ET Bellator women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, her sister Mahina Macfarlane Souza and an unnamed woman filed a civil lawsuit last Wednesday accusing a former coach at a Hawaii private school of sexual abuse, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed in Hawaii circuit court, alleges that former assistant basketball coach Dwayne Yuen
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10:38 PM ET Shortly after learning Louisville signee Dexter Rentz died in a shooting in Orlando, Shaquille O’Neal reached out to the family to help. O’Neal, who lives in Orlando, spoke with Rentz’s parents and will pay for all funeral expenses, including a horse and carriage and custom-made casket. “Whatever his mom wants,” O’Neal said
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