Month: June 2022

6:05 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Mets utility man Jeff McNeil is considered day-to-day after leaving the game Monday against the Miami Marlins with tightness in his right hamstring, according to manager Buck Showalter. Showalter, speaking to reporters Tuesday, characterized the results of McNeil’s MRI as “good news” but did not specify what
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5:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ryan Fitzpatrick is taking his magic touch to the broadcast booth. Amazon Prime Video announced Tuesday that Fitzpatrick, the recently retired journeyman quarterback nicknamed FitzMagic, is joining the streaming service as an analyst for its first season as the exclusive home of “Thursday Night Football.” Fitzpatrick will
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5:20 PM ET Kendrick Nunn, who missed all of last season because of a bone bruise in his right knee, is opting into the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers worth $5.25 million, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Nunn, who turns 27 this summer, signed with Los Angeles for the midlevel
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6:26 PM ET Ongoing contract discussions between the UFC and Nate Diaz, one of the promotion’s biggest stars, spilled into the public Tuesday when both Diaz and president Dana White commented on the situation. On Monday, Diaz (20-13) asked the UFC to either release him from his contract or book him a fight by August.
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6:25 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt is out of the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers because of what manager Oliver Marmol described as back tightness. “He’ll experience it from time to time,” Marmol said. “Usually he takes a day, it loosens up, he’ll get
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5:54 PM ET Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. The Steelers did not disclose financial terms of the contract. Ogunjobi now will have played for the Cleveland Browns, Bengals and Steelers, leaving the Baltimore Ravens as the lone AFC North team not to have
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6:19 PM ET NBA free agency doesn’t begin until June 30 at 6 p.m. ET, but the news is already rolling in from around the Association. Much of the early buzz is coming out of New York, where Kyrie Irving‘s contract status has pundits and fans speculating about the future of the Brooklyn Nets‘ star
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4:00 PM ET During his introductory news conference with the Cleveland Browns on March 25, Deshaun Watson was asked whether he’d attempt to settle the civil lawsuits filed against him that accused him of inappropriate sexual misconduct during massage sessions. “That’s not my intent,” Watson said then. “My intent is to continue to clear my
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4:57 PM ET Houston Rockets guard John Wall exercised his $47.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Rockets will continue to seek trade scenarios in the coming weeks, but are expected to work with Wall on a contract buyout if a swap can’t be found, sources said. Wall,
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4:18 PM ET Associated Press The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is doubling the size of its purse to $9 million, another boost to the women’s game that brings prize money for the five majors to nearly triple the amount from a decade ago. The increase in prize money for the LPGA Tour’s second-oldest major is
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4:41 PM ET American League RBIs leader Jose Ramirez is back in the Cleveland Guardians‘ lineup Tuesday after missing his first two games this season with a sore right thumb. He is batting third and playing third base in Tuesday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins, who lead the Guardians by just one game in
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4:27 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota forward Parker Fox, a potential starter who tore the ACL in his left knee last offseason, has suffered a serious injury to his right knee Monday during summer practice. Gophers coach Ben Johnson said the team was in the process of evaluating the extent of the injury
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3:17 PM ET The Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall fight for the undisputed middleweight championship will take place on Sept. 10 at the O2 Arena in London, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. The details are still being finalized, the source said, and an official announcement is expected in early July. But the finalization process is not
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