Month: January 2023

12:48 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard scored a season-high 60 points, hitting nine 3-pointers, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 134-124 on Wednesday night. Lillard’s 60 points are tied for the second most in the NBA this season. Donovan Mitchell had 71 in an overtime game for
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1:20 AM ET Local wildcards are through to the Australian Open men’s doubles final for the second straight year with Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler extending their stunning run at Melbourne Park. Hijikata and Kubler have a chance to emulate Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis‘ unlikely title triumph last year after downing eighth seeds Horacio
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7:27 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez lauded “lethal” Ousmane Dembele after the France forward’s goal downed Real Sociedad in Wednesday’s Copa del Rey quarterfinal at Camp Nou. Dembele sealed a scintillating performance with his third goal in six games as Barca beat 10-man La Real 1-0 to book their place
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12:04 AM ET The United States let an early lead slip in a 2-1 loss to Serbia at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday night in its first match since being eliminated from the 2022 World Cup by the Netherlands. Dual nationals Brandon Vazquez and Alejandro Zendejas got the start as interim coach Anthony
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11:37 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — Cubans signed with Major League Baseball organizations or other foreign clubs will for the first time join local stars on the national team that will play in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, officials announced Wednesday evening. The Cuban Baseball Federation long defended the idea of amateurism and punished
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10:13 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche brought back a familiar face Wednesday when they reacquired veteran two-way forward Matt Nieto from the San Jose Sharks. Nieto, along with prospect defenseman Ryan Merkley, are going to the defending Stanley Cup champions in exchange for defenseman Jacob MacDonald and prospect forward Martin Kaut. Adding Nieto gives the
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9:16 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Jon Rahm struggled to a 1-over 73 at Torrey Pines South, which has become one of his favorite courses, while Sam Ryder, Aaron Rai and Brent Grant all shot 8-under 64 on the more forgiving North Course on Wednesday to tie for the first-round lead at the
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8:43 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU accidentally overpaid Tigers football coach Brian Kelly by $1 million during the first year of a 10-year, $100 million contract, but discovered the error and has moved to correct it, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office said Wednesday. Kelly was overpaid $1,001,368 in supplemental payments in
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4:20 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers‘ top two running backs did not practice Wednesday as they dealt with various injury issues. Running backs Christian McCaffrey (bruised calf) and Elijah Mitchell (groin) sat out Wednesday’s session. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Deebo Samuel (ankle) would sit out Wednesday’s session, but the star
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