Month: April 2021

2:31 PM ET NEW YORK — Amid the New York Yankees‘ worst two-week stretch to begin an MLB season in more than two decades, general manager Brian Cashman admitted the team is off to a “really disappointing” start but is exuding patience with both the roster and coaching staff. “It’s 15 games,” Cashman said Monday.
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2:57 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos‘ appeal of a two-game suspension has been denied, sources told ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan. Castellanos will serve both games for what MLB called “his aggressive
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3:23 PM ET ESPN News Services Antron Pippen, the oldest child of Scottie Pippen and a former player himself, has died, the longtime NBA great said Monday. Pippen shared the news in an Instagram post accompanied by several photos of the two from over the years. “The two of us shared a love for basketball
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3:49 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NBA free agency ahead of the 2021-22 season will begin on Monday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. ET, with contracts allowed to be officially signed on Friday, Aug. 6, at 12:01 p.m., the league said. Monday’s announcement comes in the wake of the league saying last month that the NBA
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3:19 PM ET Gonzaga freshman guard Jalen Suggs — the third-rated player in ESPN’s Top 100 prospects — is entering the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday. Suggs made the announcement Monday afternoon on The Jump from his Minneapolis home. Suggs, a 6-foot-4 point guard, led Gonzaga to a sensational season as the
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6:39 PM ET Nets star Kevin Durant will miss Brooklyn’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday as he continues to deal with a left thigh contusion. Nets big men Nic Claxton and Reggie Perry have been placed in the league’s health and safety protocols and will also miss Tuesday’s game in New Orleans.
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6:35 PM ET Houston Rockets small forward Sterling Brown suffered facial lacerations during an assault Sunday night, the team said. In a statement Monday, the Rockets said Brown “had no prior knowledge of or interaction with the assailants.” He is expected to make a full recovery, per the team. The Rockets are in Miami for
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