Month: January 2023

11:20 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell was unsure about his status moving forward after his groin tightened up on the final play of Cleveland’s 105-103 loss to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. “It felt the same as before,” said Mitchell, who had missed
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11:32 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Having already made a major move 2½ weeks prior to the NBA’s trade deadline by acquiring Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards on Monday, Los Angeles Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka still stressed urgency in upgrading the roster. “[We] felt like it was
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7:25 PM ET Associated Press The NBA All-Star Game is Feb. 19. And nobody will know the All-Star rosters until that night. Not even the players themselves. The team captains — probably LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and either Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo or Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant — will make their picks in a
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12:58 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis will return to the lineup Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs, barring any setback during his pregame warmup, league sources told ESPN. Editor’s Picks 2 Related He will be back in the lineup 5½ weeks after suffering a fractured bone spur
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9:14 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Two days after advancing to her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal, unseeded Magda Linette has gone one better and is into the Australian Open semifinals. The 30-year-old Linette beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday, adding the former No. 1 to the list of top players
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5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Defenseman Kris Letang, activated off injured reserve earlier in the day, scored twice, including the power-play winner in overtime, and the Pittsburgh Penguins outlasted the Florida Panthers, 7-6, in a roller coaster game befit of two teams trying to secure space above the playoff line in the
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8:39 PM ET Associated Press JANESVILLE, Wis. — Former Wisconsin wide receiver Marcus Randle El was convicted of two counts of first-degree homicide and other charges Tuesday in the February 2020 shooting deaths of two women. Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Randle El guilty in the slayings of 27-year-old Brittany McAdory and 30-year-old
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