Month: December 2023

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Dec 20, 2023, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández slammed his side’s “unacceptable” performance despite ending a three-game winless streak by beating LaLiga’s bottom-side Almería 3-2 at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. Captain Sergi Roberto scored a brace, including an 83rd minute winner, to seal the points
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ESPN News Services Dec 20, 2023, 08:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had a message for his team’s fans ahead of their table-topping Premier League match with Arsenal on Saturday: “We need Anfield on their toes.” Klopp’s side, one point behind leaders Arsenal in the table, was coming off a runaway
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Associated Press Dec 20, 2023, 01:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — The McCombs family has purchased a share of the San Antonio Spurs, returning after 30 years to the organization its patriarch helped establish and once owned. Billy Joe “Red” McCombs owned at least a share of the Spurs for 11 years
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Associated Press Dec 20, 2023, 08:10 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A former NBA G League player allegedly admitted to fatally strangling a woman whose remains were found earlier this month near Las Vegas, according to court records obtained Wednesday. Chance Comanche, 27, was taken into custody last week in Sacramento, California, where he described
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Associated Press Dec 20, 2023, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge on Wednesday said she won’t immediately hand down a ruling on whether Ja Morant’s legal team successfully argued that he is immune from being sued by a teenager he punched during a pickup game in 2022. According to
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Dec 20, 2023, 05:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Nets say Ben Simmons will be out at least two more weeks as he continues to deal with a back injury that’s sidelined him since early November. The team said the left lower back nerve impingement that Simmons is dealing with continues to improve, allowing
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterDec 20, 2023, 04:29 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Oregon State and Washington State are nearing an agreement to join the West Coast Conference as affiliate members next year in multiple sports, most notably men’s and women’s basketball, sources
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterDec 20, 2023, 06:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-star defensive end Armondo Blount‘s recruitment took another dramatic turn Wednesday, when he decided to sign with Miami after all. Blount (No. 28 in the 2024 ESPN 300) had originally committed to Mario Cristobal and the Hurricanes on Sept. 14, only to
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterDec 20, 2023, 07:11 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions North Carolina coach Mack Brown called NC State coach Dave Doeren “classless” on Wednesday following a postgame video celebration last month in which Doeren used derogatory language to describe
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