Month: December 2021

6:35 AM ET SYDNEY, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Serbia team for the ATP Cup in Sydney, event organisers said on Wednesday, raising further doubts over whether the world number one will defend his Australian Open title next month. There has been intense speculation over Djokovic’s participation in both
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12:57 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor Bedard became the youngest player to score four goals in a world junior hockey championship game, leading Canada to an 11-2 win over Austria on Tuesday night. The 16-year-old joined Mario Lemieux (1983), Simon Gagne (1999), Brayden Schenn (2010), Taylor Raddysh (2016) and Maxime Comtois (2018)
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4:53 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The scheduled August 2024 parole for one of two men convicted in the murder of Michael Jordan’s father nearly three decades ago has been canceled, a North Carolina state panel said Tuesday. The state Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission had announced in 2020 that Larry M. Demery
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12:44 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio will get an MRI on his left knee on Wednesday to assess the severity of an injury he suffered in Tuesday night’s 108-104 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Rubio injured his knee with 2 minutes, 20
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8:23 PM ET LSU is hiring Kansas City Chiefs assistant Matt House as its new defensive coordinator. House, who coaches the Chiefs’ linebackers, will join LSU following the NFL season. He becomes the first coordinator hired by new LSU coach Brian Kelly. “Matt checks every box we’re looking for in a defensive coordinator,” Kelly said
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5:59 PM ET Jeff Dickerson, a fixture at ESPN and in the Chicago sports market for two decades, died Tuesday of complications from colon cancer. He was 44. In a cruel twist, Dickerson died at the same hospice care facility that his wife, Caitlin, died in two years ago. Caitlin Dickerson had undergone treatment for
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7:17 PM ET ESPN News Services John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NFL said. He was 85. The league said he died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause. Madden gained
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