Month: May 2022

4:44 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins placed shortstop Carlos Correa on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday with a bruised right middle finger that wasn’t healing fast enough for him to face his former team. The move, retroactive to last Friday, was made before the Twins began a three-game series against
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3:38 PM ET The UFC has rebooked a lightweight bout between fan favorites Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Joe Lauzon for June 18, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The fight was supposed to take place last weekend, at UFC 274 in Phoenix. Both lightweights made weight on Friday, but the bout was postponed on the day
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2:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minor league players and Major League Baseball have reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging teams violated minimum wage laws. The settlement has not yet been filed with the court and details were not released Tuesday. The suit, filed in 2014, had been scheduled for a trial
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3:41 PM ET Former Michigan State star Adreian Payne was shot and killed in Orlando, Florida, early Monday while trying to help a woman engaged in a domestic dispute, according to court documents released Tuesday. Lawrence Dority, 29, pleaded not guilty after being arrested on a first-degree murder warrant in the shooting. Court documents filed
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3:37 PM ET AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Amid a significant outcry from coaches and a new NCAA push toward regulating name, image and likeness deals, Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey has a message for his colleagues upset with an often chaotic process. “[Coaches] have got to stop complaining,” Brey said Tuesday at the ACC’s
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2:02 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Veteran French players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon have been handed wild cards to play in the main draw at the French Open, organizers said Tuesday. A former Australian Open runner-up, Tsonga announced earlier this season that he will retire after the clay-court Grand Slam event. Play begins
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2:35 PM ET Associated Press Joe Buck is back in golf at another major, this time the PGA Championship with ESPN. He’ll be sharing his space with the likes of Fred Couples and Charles Barkley, and Peyton and Eli Manning will be sure to drop in. Buck is leading what amounts to a ManningCast next
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2:45 PM ET HOUSTON — The Texans have signed veteran defensive end Jerry Hughes, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. It marks a homecoming for Hughes, who is from Sugar Land, Texas and played at Stephen F. Austin High School. Hughes is the latest in the group of veteran defensive ends general manager Nick
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12:48 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Mike Tyson won’t be charged in connection with an incident on an airplane last month, the San Mateo County (California) District Attorney announced Tuesday. “We have reviewed the police reports of the San Francisco Police Department and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and have viewed the various videos collected
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1:05 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers have promoted Joe Cronin to general manager, the team announced Tuesday. The contract is for four years, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Cronin takes over at a crucial time for the Blazers, an offseason when the organization has a top-10 pick, a $21 million trade exception and the
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10:36 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, the club announced on Tuesday. The 21-year-old will move to the Etihad Stadium this summer and is set to become one of the highest-paid players at the club but sources told ESPN he will not top
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8:44 AM ET ESPN News Services The reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams will host the Denver Broncos on Christmas Day, the NFL announced Tuesday. The Week 16 game will air on CBS and Nickelodeon at 4:30 p.m. ET. It will be the second game of a Christmas tripleheader that was announced by the
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11:38 AM ET CHICAGO — White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson had his one-game suspension for making an obscene gesture toward fans in a game in Cleveland recently reduced to just a fine, according to a source familiar with the situation. After a fan made a comment to Anderson in the first game of a doubleheader
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11:03 AM ET ATLANTA — Baltimore Ravens running back Mike Davis had over $100,000 worth of jewelry stolen from his suburban Atlanta home on Wednesday, according to Cobb County police records obtained by ESPN. Davis, an Atlanta native who played last season with the Atlanta Falcons, had tweeted about his home being burglarized Saturday, saying
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