Month: May 2021

6:51 PM ET ESPN News Services DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays put third baseman Cavan Biggio on the 10-day injured list with a cervical spine ligament sprain on Saturday. Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo expects Biggio to be ready to return when eligible to come of the IL. “It’s real nagging,” Montoyo said. “He
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7:31 PM BST Toulouse broke fellow French club La Rochelle’s resilience to claim a record-extending fifth Champions Cup title with a 22-17 victory after their opponents played more than half of the game with 14 men at Twickenham on Saturday. Juan Cruz Mallia, standing in at centre for the injured Zack Holmes, scored the decisive
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5:00 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers right-hander Kohei Arihara needs shoulder surgery and is expected to miss at least 12 weeks. Rangers general manager Chris Young said Saturday that Arihara has an aneurysm in his pitching shoulder. Dr. Gregory Pearl, a vascular surgeon, is set to repair the posterior circumflex humeral
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4:54 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole shook off rare control problems to pitch four-hit ball over seven innings and give the Yankees their most dominant stretch of starting pitching in 89 years, leading New York over the Chicago White Sox 7-0 Saturday for a five-game winning streak. Cole (6-2) allowed
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1:13 PM ET ESPN News Services American teenager Coco Gauff stormed to her second career singles title as she comfortably dispatched Wang Qiang 6-1, 6-3 at the Emilia-Romagna Open in her first clay-court final Saturday. The 17-year-old Gauff needed just 74 minutes to beat her Chinese opponent in Parma. She won more than three-quarters of
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2:55 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Pittsburgh right-hander Trevor Cahill was placed on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with left side discomfort. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said Cahill “hadn’t seen a ton of improvement” and was placed on the IL to “give him a chance to get it right.” The move with Cahill
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2:41 PM ET Former NFL offensive lineman and assistant coach Eugene Chung, who is Korean, says he was told he was “not the right minority” while interviewing for an NFL coaching job this offseason. “It was said to me, ‘Well, you’re really not a minority,'” Chung said during a webinar Thursday, according to The Boston
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2:38 PM ET Third seed Casper Ruud claimed his second career title on the ATP Tour after beating Denis Shapovalov 7-6(6), 6-4 in the final of the claycourt Geneva Open on Saturday. Norwegian Ruud did not concede a single break point to the Canadian second seed to prevail in the battle of the 22-year-olds and
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1:54 PM ET Atletico Madrid have La Liga for the first time in seven seasons. Getty Images Atletico Madrid have won La Liga for the first time since 2014 after a final-day 2-1 comeback win at Real Valladolid saw them clinch the title ahead of rivals Real Madrid. – ESPN+ announces multi-year La Liga rights deal
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12:50 PM ET After a second surgery in 28 months to repair his right quadriceps tendon, Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo could be cleared to return to full-contact basketball as soon as November, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jonathan Glashow told ESPN. Glashow performed the procedure on May 13, and he expressed surprise that Oladipo had even
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12:48 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Michael Durr has decided to transfer from South Florida to Indiana, Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson announced. The 7-foot center spent three seasons with the Bulls and started 19 games last season, averaging 8.8 points and 7.9 rebounds. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. “Michael will
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12:20 PM ET Associated Press Just in time for the playoffs, the NBA told its head coaches Saturday they may work without masks during games if they have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Assistant coaches and players will still be required to wear masks in the bench area. Head coaches may choose to go
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