Month: December 2021

12:33 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Baxter Holmes Close ESPN Senior Writer Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and
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2:13 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel has cleared the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will coach the team against the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Vogel entered the league’s COVID-19 protocols on Dec. 19. Assistant coach David Fizdale took over head-coaching duties during Vogel’s absence. The Lakers begin a
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2:23 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print LA Clippers coach Tyronn Lue has entered the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols, it was announced Friday. Brian Shaw will serve as acting coach during Friday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. Lue joins Doc Rivers (Philadelphia), Michael Malone (Denver), Monty Williams (Phoenix), Billy
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10:42 AM ET ESPN News Services Sam Jones, a clutch scorer who won 10 titles with the Boston Celtics during their dynasty in the late 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 88. Jones died Thursday night in Florida, where he had been hospitalized in failing health, Celtics spokesperson Jeff Twiss said. The
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11:20 AM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade Denzel Valentine to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Rajon Rondo, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. The Lakers are expected to waive Valentine’s partially guaranteed deal and create an open roster spot. Rondo is eager for the chance to play a bigger
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2:32 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants starting center Billy Price has taken time away from the team and is likely to miss Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears after sharing on social media that his wife, Taylor, suffered a miscarriage 15 weeks into her pregnancy. Price has been away from the
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1:01 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without outside linebackers Shaq Barrett and Jason Pierre-Paul on Sunday at the New York Jets, interim head coach Harold Goodwin said Friday. The Buccaneers also activated wide receiver Mike Evans from the reserve/COVID-19 list and placed punter Bradley Pinion on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Pierre-Paul has been
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