Month: June 2021

7:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Giannis Antetokounmpo should have been whistled for a 10-second violation on each of his two free throws with 5.3 seconds left in the Bucks‘ 116-113 loss to the Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 in Milwaukee on Wednesday, meaning the two made shots should not have counted, the NBA said in
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7:06 PM ET Jason Kidd has emerged as a strong front-runner to be hired as the next head coach of the Dallas Mavericks and the team is closing in on hiring a new general manager, sources told ESPN’s Tim MacMahon and Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the soon-to-be hired general manager
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6:43 PM ET Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has decided to come out of retirement and says he is fully committed to competing in an MMA or boxing event in the near future. Evans, 41, announced his retirement from MMA in 2018. He told ESPN he is currently targeting a boxing match against
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3:14 PM ET Mohamed Salah is unlikely to travel to the Tokyo Olympics to represent Egypt next month, sources have told ESPN, with the Liverpool forward expected to play a full part in the club’s preseason preparations for the upcoming Premier League campaign. The president of the Egyptian Football Association, Ahmed Megahed, has claimed this
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12:11 PM ET Brazil scored an equaliser after referee Nestor Pitana had touched the ball in the build up. MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) has asked Copa America organisers to suspend the referee from their 2-1 defeat by Brazil, saying he prejudiced the result by not halting play when the ball
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5:17 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars signed forward Rhett Gardner to a $1.5 million, two-year contract after the 25-year-old recorded the first two points of his career with Dallas this season. Gardner had a goal and an assist in 28 games and finished with 52 hits. His average of 1.86
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5:34 PM ET Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Thursday allowing the state’s college athletes — including players on the nationally renowned Kentucky and Louisville men’s basketball teams — to make money through the use of their name, image or likeness. The Democratic governor said he took the
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