Month: July 2021

8:05 PM ET Marc J. Spears The NBA will celebrate its 75th anniversary season during the 2021-22 campaign by commemorating it as “NBA 75” and naming a list of the league’s 75 greatest players, commissioner Adam Silver announced at the start of the 2021 NBA Draft on Thursday. “The 2021-22 season will be truly special
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6:15 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers are acquiring Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio, a 2022 second-round pick and cash for forward Taurean Prince, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Rubio, 30, returned to Minnesota last season after being included in the Chris Paul trade. He averaged 8.6 points and 6.4 assists for the Timberwolves following
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5:16 PM ET Associated Press Veteran forward Corey Perry has signed a $2 million, two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was announced Thursday. General manager Julien BriseBois said Wednesday that he expected to be done making moves, but “if something falls onto our lap that makes sense and improves our team and we
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6:27 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez is still in search of a foe after a long-negotiated deal with Caleb Plant fell through at the 11th hour. Boxing’s top star traditionally fights on two weekends: Cinco de Mayo and again on Mexican Independence Day weekend in September. Those are the dates Floyd Mayweather and Alvarez’s
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7:17 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Davante Adams wants to be the highest-paid receiver in the NFL. The Green Bay Packers aren’t opposed to making that happen, but there’s one not-so-minor problem. They can’t agree on the definition of “highest-paid receiver in the NFL.” Adams and his representatives say the Arizona Cardinals‘ DeAndre Hopkins
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5:30 PM ET Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has signed his reworked deal with the Green Bay Packers, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Among the concessions in the new contract: • The 2023 year in his original contract is voided, making 2022 the final year on his contract. • Forfeiture provisions were removed from the contract, preventing
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3:02 PM ET Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe is getting back in the ring. Bowe, 53, will face former NBA player Lamar Odom in a celebrity boxing event on Oct. 2 at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami, event promoter Damon Feldman told ESPN. Bowe, a member of the International Boxing Hall of
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5:53 PM ET Associated Press Jordan Smith made seven birdies on his back nine to shoot an 8-under 62 and take a two-shot lead after the first round of the World Invitational. Smith birdied his opening hole and followed it with eight pars before his run of birdies. Germany’s Matthias Schmid and Scotland’s David Drysdale
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