Month: May 2020

8:00 PM ET As the nation reels from the coronavirus pandemic, Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard is mourning the loss of Melissa Rios, the mother of his 6-year-old son David, he told reporters Friday. Rios, 31, died of an epileptic seizure on March 27 at her home in Calabasas, California. “I’ve had some things
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8:36 PM ET Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa announced he is transferring to Maryland Terrapins on Friday. The former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback entered the transfer portal on May 8, and has found his new home with the Terps. Tagovailoa is the younger brother of former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who was selected in the first round
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7:05 PM ET Attorneys for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar and New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker said Friday that they have affidavits from witnesses that show their clients are innocent of charges from an alleged armed robbery that took place in Miramar, Florida, on Wednesday. Michael Grieco, who represents Dunbar, told ESPN he has
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7:05 PM ET Michael Grieco, the attorney for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar, said he has “five sworn affidavits from witnesses” that say his client was not involved in an alleged armed robbery that took place in Miramar, Florida, on Wednesday. The Miramar Police Department issued arrest warrants for both Dunbar and New York Giants
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4:22 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Pistons guard Bruce Brown had thumb surgery last month and is ready to play if the NBA season resumes. Brown said during a videoconference Friday that a ligament was placed back onto his thumb bone. “If the season was to start, I’d be back,” he said. “I think
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6:52 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament outside Los Angeles did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside, according to autopsies released Friday. The reports by the
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2:59 PM ET A week after NBA commissioner Adam Silver told players to prepare for what could be the “single greatest challenge of all of our lives,” the president of the players’ association, Chris Paul, has affirmed publicly — and adamantly — that players want a return to competition. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard, in
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