Month: May 2022

8:18 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Arizona Diamondbacks placed catcher Jose Herrera on the injured list Thursday without a designation, indicating a potential COVID-19 issue with the team. The move with Herrera comes one day after left-hander Kyle Nelson and outfielder Cooper Hummel were placed on the IL without any injury designation. The
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10:50 PM ET Associated Press SCARBOROUGH, Ontario — Rapper J. Cole will play another season of pro basketball, this time in Canada. The Canadian Elite Basketball League tweeted Thursday night that the 37-year-old rapper will join the Scarborough Shooting Stars in the coming season as a guard. The season begins Wednesday. Cole, whose full name
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10:10 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Manager Bob Melvin plans to return to the dugout Friday night when the San Diego Padres open a three-game series at San Francisco, the team said Thursday. Melvin has been away since having prostate surgery on May 11. The Padres said no cancer was found. Melvin will travel
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Beth Mooney will play her state cricket for Western Australia next season after switching from Queensland. It follows her move west two seasons ago in the WBBL when she joined Perth Scorchers and is a significant coup for WA as they look to lift themselves from last season’s winless campaign. Offspinner Lilly Mills, who is
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8:40 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The hurting St. Louis Cardinals are bringing up their second- and third-ranked prospects for major league debuts. Nolan Gorman will start at second base in Friday’s series opener at Pittsburgh and Nolan Gorman will be on the mound for Saturday’s game against the Pirates. Both are
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5:28 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The most prolific performer to enter the NCAA transfer portal this offseason has found a destination. Former Pittsburgh wide receiver Jordan Addison will transfer to USC to play this fall, he announced on social media Thursday. pic.twitter.com/5oN0ZVGsCC — Jordan Addison (@Espn_Jordan) May 19, 2022 Addison visited USC officially over the
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6:14 PM ET ESPN News Services First baseman Joey Votto will rejoin the Cincinnati Reds for this weekend’s series against the Toronto Blue Jays after missing 16 games following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. Votto, who has been out since May 3, said he dealt with symptoms for more than a week after getting the virus.
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6:40 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians star third baseman José Ramírez will undergo X-rays and other tests on his right shin after being injured during an at-bat in Thursday’s 4-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Ramírez collapsed in pain after fouling a ball off his shin in the eighth inning. After going
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6:50 PM ET Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. — A former Virginia Tech football player accused of fatally beating a man he met on an online dating site and had initially believed to be a woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to a second-degree murder charge, authorities said. The arraignment of former linebacker Isimemen David Etute was
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6:21 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Thurman Thomas and his wife, Patricia, have been at the forefront in the wake of the racially motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in East Buffalo that killed 10 and injured three, fundraising and working to support and be there for the community. As the Hall-of-Fame running
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