12:38 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago White Sox activated switch-hitting catcher Yasmani Grandal from the injured list Friday and put him in the starting lineup after he missed more than seven weeks with a left knee injury. Grandal suffered a torn tendon in his left knee on a checked swing July 5 against
Month: August 2021
6:54 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch will drive next season for 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, in a long-expected expansion move for the first-year organization. Hamlin, the three-time Daytona 500 winner, partnered with Jordan this year to start a team centered around Bubba Wallace.
2:45 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Phil Mickelson has never been shy about sharing his opinion, particularly when it comes to the USGA, golf’s governing body, and he decided to tweak his old foil yet again on Friday, going on Twitter and ripping the organization based on the speculation it plans to limit the
7:49 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — A week before the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, Maxx Crosby‘s world opened up. That’s when the Las Vegas Raiders defensive end began a month-long stay in rehab for alcoholism and is now nearing an 18-month milestone of being sober, on
5:17 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Boston Red Sox infielder Kike Hernandez has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be sidelined indefinitely. Manager Alex Cora said Hernandez is experiencing symptoms. He’ll be placed on the COVID-19 list along with second baseman Christian Arroyo, who had close contact with Hernandez. “They’ll be out for an
3:33 PM ET And so, he’s back. Maybe just as interesting as the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Manchester United is how it happened. Back in May, plenty of us speculated about how it could make sense. Juventus weren’t exactly offering him around, but with projected losses in excess of €300 million over
3:34 PM ET The UFC is targeting a bantamweight matchup between Frankie Edgar and Marlon “Chito” Vera for UFC 268 on Nov. 6, multiple sources have told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides have verbally agreed to the matchup. The pay-per-view event is expected to take place at New York’s Madison Square
4:28 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Novak Djokovic said winning the calendar-year Grand Slam would be the highlight of his career in a news conference on Friday at the US Open. “I think it’s an easy question — yes, it would be,” he said when asked if winning all four majors in 2021 would be his
6:37 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Friday’s PFL featherweight semifinal between Brendan Loughnane and Movlid Khaybulaev isn’t a $1 million fight, but it has a championship feeling to it. Loughnane is anxious to sweep his infamous appearance on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2019, in which he won but didn’t close out the fight seeking a
6:02 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints have canceled Saturday’s preseason finale against the Arizona Cardinals because of the looming impact of Hurricane Ida. The Saints initially moved up the start time from 7 p.m. to noon CT, but the team decided to cancel the game late Friday afternoon as weather forecasts
6:13 PM ET Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has agreed to a two-year contract extension that includes the option for him to step aside or continue coaching after the 2023-24 season. Under the agreement announced Friday, Huggins, who turns 68 next month, will earn $4.15 million in each
Aug 27, 2021 Junior Tafa has been surrounded by UFC athletes throughout his combat sports career and he has at last been given a shot to put his own name up in lights via Dana White’s Contender Series. Tafa will be the second Australian to fight in the upcoming season when he enters the Octagon
Sam Billings en route to a half-century © Getty Images Kent 162 for 7 (Billings 56, Bell-Drummond 53, Bresnan 4-26) beat Birmingham Bears 141 (Lintott 41*, Milnes 4-24) by 21 runs Half-centuries to Sam Billings and Daniel Bell-Drummond helped Kent to a 21-run victory against Birmingham Bears, meaning that Finals Day will be an all-southern
5:44 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Bryson DeChambeau Experience has, for quite some time, felt a bit like a spinning roulette wheel. It’s hard to predict what outcome might emerge, because virtually anything seems possible. His round on Friday at the BMW Championship was more proof of that, as DeChambeau flirted with becoming
5:34 PM ET Kiley McDaniel Close ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The
5:44 PM ET A four-person Big 12 subcommittee tasked with exploring expansion held a videoconference on Friday, and Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt told ESPN nobody in the Big 12 has directly contacted any other schools about membership yet. “Not to my knowledge,” he said. “There’s nothing imminent.” Hocutt is one of the four
4:57 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks are dealing with another hold-in situation, this time with Pro Bowl safety Quandre Diggs. Multiple sources have told ESPN that Diggs, entering the last year of his deal, has been seeking an extension from the Seahawks this offseason. He’s healthy but has not practiced
3:47 PM ET Elizabeth Merrill Close ESPN Senior Writer Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia
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