Month: September 2022

7:13 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving says he turned down a four-year extension prior to the 2021-22 season because of his decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccination. “I gave up four years, 100-and-something million deciding to be unvaccinated and that was the decision,” Irving said during Nets media day
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9:06 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Texas Tech was fined $50,000 and reprimanded Monday by the Big 12 Conference because fans stormed the field following an overtime victory against rival Texas, a celebration during which a video showed one of them shoving a Longhorns player. A post on Texas Tech’s official athletic department
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10:41 PM ET Texas A&M leading wide receiver Ainias Smith will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury, coach Jimbo Fisher said Monday. Smith, a senior, sustained the injury while blocking during the third quarter of Saturday’s win over Arkansas,. Fisher would only describe Smith’s injury as lower body, but Smith’s father,
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9:07 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers right-hander Dane Dunning underwent arthroscopic hip surgery Monday and the team said his availability to pitch in spring training will be determined by the progress of his rehab. The Rangers will recall right-hander Tyson Miller from Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday, when he is expected
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6:16 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah has been honored with a sportsmanship award for defending teammate Alejandro Kirk after the catcher was criticized online for his weight. Manoah received a roughly $73,000 ($100,000 Canadian) sponsorship prize and immediately donated it to KidSport, a Canadian nonprofit that gives children the
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7:34 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards said he is “willing to do whatever it takes to make it right” with the LGBTQ community and Minnesota Timberwolves fans following the anti-gay remarks he recently made on social media. Addressing reporters at Timberwolves media day on Monday, his first public appearance since the NBA
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8:18 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With reams of championship banners hanging above him, a couple of surefire Hall of Fame teammates present in the gym with him and a team roster that will cost the Los Angeles Lakers a hair under $175 million, Anthony Davis‘ statement about the upcoming season sounded almost unthinkable.
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