Month: August 2021

12:31 AM ET Detroit Tigers television analyst Jack Morris said he “did not intend for any offensive thing” on Tuesday night after using an accent when describing what the Tigers should do when pitching to the Los Angeles Angels‘ Shohei Ohtani, who was coming up to bat. With the game tied at 2 in the
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12:19 AM ET With Anthony Rizzo due to come off the COVID-19 injured list sometime soon, New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit said he still expects to play when the three-time All-Star returns. “I was top-10 MVP last year and I’ve been a great player for this organization for the last three years,” Voit
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12:38 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Louis King slammed home a two-handed dunk with a little more than two minutes left in the third quarter of the NBA Summer League championship game, let out a monstrous roar and promptly flexed with authority. Fittingly, it was King who dominated for Sacramento and finished with
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8:38 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — One long layoff was no problem for Ash Barty. She’s got this year’s Wimbledon championship to prove it. She’s hoping to respond as well to another delay. The top-ranked Barty’s second-round match in the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday was postponed after two rain delays totaling
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9:11 PM ET Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a sprained left knee. Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo, speaking to reporters before Toronto played the Washington Nationals, was unsure of any type of timeline for Springer to rehabilitate and return, though Montoyo said he hoped he
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8:28 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — An attorney for Trevor Bauer asked a woman Tuesday why she left out “dozens of key facts” in her petition for a five-year restraining order against the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher. “I don’t know,” answered the woman, who testified that Bauer choked her until she was unconscious
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4:55 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Chase Claypool and the Pittsburgh Steelers avoided a worst-case scenario after the second-year wide receiver went down hard in the final minutes of Tuesday’s practice. Claypool suffered a “minor ankle sprain” after landing awkwardly on the ankle and “should be fine,” a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. After going for
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5:07 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Co-owner John Mara believes this is an important year for the New York Giants. It just doesn’t mean that general manager Dave Gettleman is necessarily on the hot seat. Instead, the entire organization should be on notice. “We’re all on the hot seat, with our fans in particular,”
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7:23 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Nationals right-hander Joe Ross will miss the rest of the season but won’t need surgery for his partially torn ulnar collateral ligament at this time, manager Dave Martinez said Tuesday. Instead, Ross will rest his injury and “go through some extensive rehab” with the hope he can return
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6:41 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Normally jovial Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell opened Tuesday’s news conference with empathy to deliver breaking news: the team was releasing veteran long snapper Don Muhlbach on Wednesday. The move signifies the end of an era in Motown, as Muhlbach ranks second in franchise history
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