Month: April 2022

5:06 PM ET Within hours of his planned season debut, Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons reported a return of back soreness on Sunday and has been ruled out for Monday’s Game 4 against the Boston Celtics, sources told ESPN. After approximately 10 days of pain-free ramp up following recovery from a herniated disc, Simmons’ admission
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6:49 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele held off Sam Burns and Billy Horschel by two strokes Sunday in a record-setting, wire-to-wire victory in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Cantlay and Schauffele closed with an even-par-72 in the alternate-shot final round to finish at 29-under 259 at TPC
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7:24 PM ET Chicago Bears wide receiver Byron Pringle was arrested on Saturday by Florida Highway Patrol, according to an incident report obtained by ESPN. Pringle, 28, was charged with reckless driving and driving with a suspended license after police pulled him over for doing donuts on a public road in a 2016 Dodge Challenge
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3:29 PM ET Associated Press Duke freshman A.J. Griffin is heading to the NBA, becoming the fifth Blue Devils player in the past week to declare early for the draft. The school announced Griffin’s decision Sunday, the last day for players to declare themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Duke said the 6-foot-6, 222-pound wing
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7:45 PM ET Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji, named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four after leading the Jayhawks to their fourth men’s basketball national championship, has declared for the 2022 NBA draft, he announced via social media on Sunday. “‘How did it feel?’ I’ve probably been asked that question a thousand times since
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3:17 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN CAMDEN, N.J. — An MRI on Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid‘s sprained right thumb Sunday confirmed he has a ligament tear, but sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Embiid will have surgery to fix the tear after Philadelphia’s season comes to an end. “[The MRI] just confirmed what we thought,”
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6:16 PM ET ATLANTA — Miami Heat point guard Kyle Lowry, who exited Game 3 with a left hamstring strain, will not play in Game 4 of their first round series against the Hawks, the team announced. “You have to be smart about it,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. “The training staff determined that he
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7:25 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — In the days leading up to the team’s first road playoff games in Chicago, the Milwaukee Bucks used every opportunity they could to shower Grayson Allen with boos. They booed Allen when he walked onto the team bus. They booed him when he arrived in the lobby of
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