Month: June 2021

12:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton and Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love have committed to joining Team USA’s 12-man roster for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Excel Basketball agent Mike Lindeman told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Middleton will be making his first Olympic appearance after playing for Team USA in the
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3:39 PM ET Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul has declined an invitation to play for Team USA in the Summer Olympics, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. USA Basketball had known that Paul was trending toward this decision for several days, sources said. The Suns are in the Western Conference finals against the LA Clippers,
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3:23 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown‘s probation was terminated one year early, and the criminal matter stemming from his altercation with a moving truck driver was finalized on Tuesday, Brown’s attorney Sean Burstyn told ESPN. Brown was charged with assaulting driver Anton Tumanov on Jan. 21, 2020, while
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2:00 PM ET Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska‘s provisional doping suspension has been lifted with immediate effect as there was no fault or negligence on her part, an independent tribunal under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme said on Tuesday. Yastremska, 21, was suspended in January after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found a banned substance in an out-of-competition
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2:31 PM ET DALLAS — The proposal for a 12-team College Football Playoff cleared another hurdle Tuesday, when the 11 presidents and chancellors who have the ultimate authority over the format authorized the 10 FBS commissioners to “begin a summer review phase” to determine the feasibility of an expanded field and work on the details
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1:15 PM ET One of the organizers of this week’s Tight End University said Tim Tebow did not get an invitation to participate because of a higher-than-expected response that meant there wasn’t enough room. San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle — who along with the Kansas City Chiefs‘ Travis Kelce and former player Greg
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1:40 PM ET Former Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum has been diagnosed with a form of Hodgkin lymphoma, the school announced Tuesday. Slocum, 76, was 123-47-2 in 14 seasons as the Aggies’ head coach from 1989 to 2002. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and is currently serving as a
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Jun 22, 2021 Seasoned pro Anirban Lahiri has qualified for his second successive Olympic appearance after finishing as the best-placed Indian golfer in the final Tokyo Games Rankings for men released on Tuesday. The Indian made the cut at the 60th spot, the last available quota in the Games rankings. India was eligible for one
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