Month: May 2021

8:52 PM ET Opening Day at the PGA Championship essentially wound up a draw. Good shots were rewarded, bad ones predictably punished and the Ocean Course — reliably backed up by stiff breezes off the Atlantic — came out of it looking like anything but a pushover. Canadian Corey Conners posted a 5-under 67, but
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12:57 AM ET Former Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez was found guilty Thursday of statutory sexual assault, sexual abuse of children and child pornography, among other charges. A jury in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, found Vazquez guilty on 15 counts, which also included corruption of minors. It found him not guilty on 10 counts of unlawful
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7:37 PM ET NEW YORK — New York City basketball fans are excited about playoff basketball returning to Madison Square Garden — and they’re buying the tickets to prove it. The New York Knicks announced Thursday they’ve sold out their reduced-capacity tickets for Games 1 and 2 of their series against the Atlanta Hawks. The
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7:46 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry are the finalists for this year’s NBA Most Valuable Player award. The top three vote-getters for each of the NBA’s major end-of-season awards — MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the
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1:24 AM ET During an impassioned speech that took place in the middle of the season after a loss, Russell Westbrook told the Washington Wizards that they were going to make the playoffs despite all the injuries, a COVID-19 outbreak and losing streaks the team had to endure this season. On Thursday night, Westbrook delivered
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7:57 PM ET ESPN News Services The 2021 Copa America will no longer feature games in co-host Colombia after CONMEBOL decided on Thursday to move games away from the country after a wave of civil unrest. “CONMEBOL guarantees the realisation of the 2021 Copa America and in the coming days will inform on where the
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