Month: December 2020

11:40 AM ET ESPN News Services NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have re-signed restricted free-agent goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood to a three-year, $8.4 million contract. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal for the Devils’ No. 1 goaltender. Blackwood will earn $1.48 million this coming season. His salary will jump to $2.8 million the
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10:36 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Louisiana-Monroe is set to hire former Auburn coach Terry Bowden as its
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10:54 AM ET Florida linebacker James Houston IV on Tuesday took a shot at Oklahoma ahead of their meeting in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Dec. 30. Houston, a redshirt junior, was asked about playing in Big 12 territory at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and said he wasn’t worried about having home-field advantage.
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10:54 AM ET New England Patriots quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch is being named the new head coach at the University of Arizona, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Field Yates. Arizona is expected to announce the hiring at some point Wednesday, according to Schefter and Yates. Fisch, 44, will replace recently fired head coach Kevin
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3:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James sat out the final eight minutes of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 116-109 opening night loss to the LA Clippers after rolling his left ankle, but afterward insisted he will be clear to play on Christmas Day. “I turned it pretty good, but I don’t think it’s going
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8:29 AM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Rajon Rondo will miss Wednesday’s season opener against the Chicago Bulls because of the NBA’s coronavirus-related protocols. Rondo is listed as out because of “health and safety protocols” on the NBA’s official injury report. The Hawks have not announced a reason for Rondo’s absence, but The Athletic reported Tuesday
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7:32 AM ET New Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey shared concern that his career in the NBA might have been over after sharing a post on social media that expressed support for a protest group in Hong Kong. “In the last 12 months, I had moments where I thought I might never
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10:40 AM ET The Houston Rockets and NBA are reviewing video of James Harden partying maskless at a strip club to determine if he violated the league’s COVID-19 protocols, putting the perennial All-Star’s availability for Houston’s season opener Wednesday night in question, sources told ESPN. The video, which was published by Black Sports Online and
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7:11 AM ET ANTHONY EDWARDS SAT in his living room in Atlanta, waiting for his life to change. It was Nov. 18 — NBA draft night — and with colorful, beautiful murals of his late grandmother and mother on each side of him, Edwards became the No. 1 pick and prepared to join the Minnesota
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