Month: June 2022

9:03 PM ET Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Utah Jazz have received permission to interview several assistant coaches in
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7:34 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken will be without goalie Chris Driedger for most of next season after he underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee, the team said Tuesday. Driedger was injured while playing for Canada against Finland in the title game of the world championships.
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7:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Alexander Zverev, the No. 3-ranked men’s tennis player in the world, underwent surgery on torn ligaments in his right ankle Tuesday after he was forced to retire from his French Open semifinal match last week. Zverev was trailing Rafael Nadal in Paris when he rolled the ankle. The 25-year-old
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — The Club at Carlton Woods is the new site for the Chevron Championship, the first LPGA Tour major of the year that is moving after 51 years at Mission Hills in the California desert. Carlton Woods is a Jack Nicklaus signature design and will host the Chevron Championship
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7:03 PM ET Two of the best bantamweights in the world will face off this summer. A bout between former champion Dominick Cruz and Marlon Vera is being targeted for a UFC Fight Night headliner, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday to Barstool Sports. The bout is scheduled for Aug. 13, and White said the
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6:34 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay minor league pitcher David Hess threw one inning for the rookie-level FCL Rays on Tuesday, his first game since undergoing treatment for a cancerous tumor in his chest. Hess announced in October, after experiencing chest tightness and shortness of breath, that a cancerous germ
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7:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros reliever Hector Neris was issued a four-game suspension Tuesday for intentionally throwing behind Seattle Mariners third baseman Eugenio Suarez‘s head Monday after both teams had been warned following a benches-clearing skirmish. Astros manager Dusty Baker was suspended one game by Major League Baseball for Neris’ actions, and
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4:18 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Amid hopes of a new contract, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson not only reported to mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, but he also took the field with his teammates and practiced. “I’m not really worried about that,” Johnson said about his contract status. “There’s a lot of stuff going on
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3:15 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton still believes he’s one of the 32 best quarterbacks in the NFL and that the current perception people have of him comes from putting himself in a “f—ed-up” situation with the Carolina Panthers last season. “I signed on Thursday. I played on Sunday,” the 2015 NFL MVP
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6:34 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays optioned struggling starting pitcher Ryan Yarbrough to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday and plan to replace him with Shane Baz in their rotation. “Extremely tough decision,” Rays manager Kevin Cash told reporters Tuesday, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “We’ve kind of wrapped our heads around this for a
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6:39 PM ET Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University The New York Times reported Tuesday that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson booked massage appointments with at
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5:57 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg will make his long-awaited return from the injured list on Thursday and pitch against the Miami Marlins, manager Dave Martinez said Wednesday. Speaking before the series opener, Martinez announced the news a day after the right-handed Strasburg authored one last side
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6:01 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Quarterback Derek Carr on Tuesday endorsed the Las Vegas Raiders giving quarterback Colin Kaepernick a workout at the team facility two weeks ago and said, “I think he’d be great” in the locker room, should Las Vegas sign Kaepernick. Kaepernick, who took a knee to protest police brutality and
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