Month: March 2021

7:53 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills announced Monday the new naming rights partner for their stadium, which will now be known as Highmark Stadium. The stadium was named “Bills Stadium” during the 2020 season, after the team severed its partnership with New Era, which had owned the stadium’s naming rights
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6:32 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan came out of their offseason bunker Monday and shed light on their plans for the newly acquired third pick in next month’s NFL draft, what is to become of Jimmy Garoppolo and how they arrived at their
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10:40 AM ET Marc J. Spears The NBA’s new Basketball Africa League plans to make its long-awaited debut on May 16 in Kigali, Rwanda. The new league will include 12 teams from across Africa playing its inaugural season in 26 games at Kigali Arena in Rwanda rather than the initial plan of playing in different
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11:33 AM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs have signed center Gorgui Dieng, adding a nine-year veteran to the front line following the departure of LaMarcus Aldridge. The 6-10 Dieng was waived by Memphis last week after averaging 7.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists over 22 games this season. Aldridge
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1:26 PM ET NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets continue to construct a roster full of decorated superstars. The team’s signing of forward LaMarcus Aldridge over the weekend elicited strong reactions from fans across the league as they grapple with the Nets acquiring James Harden, Blake Griffin and Aldridge over the past 2½ months. “It’s
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5:33 PM ET Free-agent guard Jeff Teague is signing with the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Teague, 32, was waived by the Orlando Magic after the team got him as part of a deal with the Boston Celtics at Thursday’s trade deadline. He joined the Celtics this past offseason on a one-year deal.
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4:51 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA announced Monday that the draft will be held on July 29, the draft lottery on June 22 and the draft combine June 21-27, as the league adjusts to its temporary schedule because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The NBA typically holds the lottery and combine in mid-May, the
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4:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Sixth-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada was upset by 26th seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Monday at the Miami Open. Shapovalov was clearly frustrated with some calls that the Hawk-Eye Live technology — the system that replaces live lines judges with cameras — saw one way
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