Month: April 2022

12:31 PM ET ESPN News Services The Detroit Red Wings celebrated the return of Steve Yzerman three years ago, expecting one of their all-time greats to turn around the franchise as general manager. It hasn’t happened yet. Detroit was 32-40-10 and won 39% of its games, barely faring better than last year’s rate after bottoming
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2:31 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Joshua Williams became the first HBCU player selected in this year’s NFL draft when he was chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round with the 135th overall pick. Williams is a cornerback from Fayetteville State, a Division II school in North Carolina. The Los Angeles
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2:48 PM ET The Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams reacquired cornerback Troy Hill from the Cleveland Browns on Saturday for a 2023 fifth-round draft pick. Hill left Los Angeles to sign with Cleveland last offseason and played in 12 games (starting four) for the Browns at nickelback. Before that, Hill spent five seasons with
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2:15 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks addressed one of their biggest needs with one of the NFL draft‘s most interesting names, taking former Cincinnati cornerback Coby Bryant on Saturday with their fourth-round pick. And yes, the newest member of Seattle’s secondary is named after the NBA legend. So is there
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1:29 PM ET BOSTON — Celtics star Jaylen Brown plans to play in Sunday’s Game 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks as he battles a right hamstring injury. Brown aggravated the injury Monday in his team’s close-out Game 4 victory over the Brooklyn Nets and needed the time off and treatment between series to be able
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2:21 PM ET MIAMI — Heat swingman Jimmy Butler is confident he’ll be ready for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night as he continues to deal with right knee soreness. “It’s all right,” Butler said after Saturday’s practice. “We got another day in between. Get out there,
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1:58 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Danish teenager Holger Rune will play Botic van de Zandschulp in the final of the BMW Open after they came through the semifinals on Saturday. Rune defeated home favorite Oscar Otte 6-4 6-4 in both players’ first ATP Tour semifinal, and Van de Zandschulp rallied to defeat Miomir
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