8:11 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Kroenke Sports & Entertainment vice chairman Josh Kroenke said Friday the Denver Nuggets are entering a “championship or bust” chapter that will be guided by general manager Calvin Booth following the recent departure of executive Tim Connelly to the Minnesota Timberwolves. “We’re entering a new phase of
Month: June 2022
7:15 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the season with an all-time-high $310.6 million payroll for purposes of the luxury tax and are on track to pay a record tax of nearly $47 million, according to figures compiled by Major League Baseball and obtained by The Associated Press on
7:44 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona men’s basketball coach Tommy Lloyd will get a $1 million raise next season in a proposed five-year contract extension through 2027 following a successful first season in the desert. The extension must be approved by the Arizona board of regents next Thursday. The new contract would
6:36 PM ET Jim Kaat has apologized to Nestor Cortes, with the New York Yankees left-hander tweeting Friday that he doesn’t believe the comment made a day earlier by the longtime Minnesota Twins announcer was done with ill intentions. Kaat had referred to Cortes as “Nestor the Molestor” during a broadcast of the Twins-Detroit Tigers
6:17 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Serena and Venus Williams did not appear on the women’s singles entry list released by Wimbledon on Friday. It is possible that either player could request a wild-card invitation to the Grand Slam tournament, which begins on June 27. Serena Williams has won seven of her Open
11:10 AM ET Will Wilson is stepping down as CEO and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation “to pursue new professional ventures and opportunities,” effective Oct. 31, 2022, the USSF announced on Friday. Wilson had been in his current role since March 2020. The USSF stated that it will “immediately begin a nationwide search”
2:10 PM ET By the time Diego Alonso’s Uruguay squad arrived in Glendale, Arizona, he had come to some important conclusions about the balance of his side. After beating Mexico 3-0 at State Farm Stadium on Thursday, La Celeste can now move forward with confidence to Sunday’s meeting with the United States in Kansas City,
5:17 PM ET Boston Bruins defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Matt Grzelcyk will be out multiple months after undergoing shoulder surgeries Friday, the team announced. McAvoy underwent a left shoulder arthroscopic stabilization procedure in Boston and is expected to miss about six months, the team said. The former first-round pick posted 10 goals and 56 points
4:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rayber Romero, Colorado Rockies pitcher Stalyn Sanchez and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Geremias Valencia were suspended for 60 games each Friday following positive tests under baseball’s minor league drug program. Romero, on a Florida Complex League roster, and Sanchez, in the Dominican Summer League,
5:19 PM ET The injury bug has hit the Chicago White Sox once again as Friday night’s scheduled starter, right-hander Vince Velasquez, was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain, the team announced on Friday afternoon. Rookie righty Davis Martin was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte to take Velasquez’s place on the
3:15 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN At long last, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford are on the verge of a summit meeting at 147 pounds. Spence, who holds three welterweight titles, and Crawford, owner of one 147-pound belt, are closing in on a deal for an October fight in Las Vegas for the undisputed welterweight
Sussex 147 for 5 (Bopara 54*) beat Middlesex 163 (McCoy 4-30) by five wickets (DLS) Ravi Bopara‘s captain’s innings of 54 not out off 36 balls at Hove helped Sussex Sharks to inflict a first defeat of the Vitality Blast campaign on Middlesex. Bopara was joined in a decisive sixth-wicket unbroken stand of 58 in
4:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina — Michelle Wie West woke up on Friday morning and decided to solve a puzzle. On the day that would eventually feature her final LPGA round of the year, Wie West grabbed her phone and gave Wordle a shot for the very first time. With her
4:14 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees have activated Josh Donaldson from the 10-day injured list and the third baseman will return to the lineup for Friday’s home series opener against the Detroit Tigers. Donaldson has played only one game since his on-field altercation with Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson on
4:06 PM ET Orlando Magic executive Matt Lloyd has agreed to become senior vice president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN on Friday. Lloyd, who spent a decade with Orlando as assistant general manager and VP of basketball operations, is the first significant hire by Timberwolves’ president of basketball operations Tim
Ireland 143 for 7 (Lewis 52, Paul 47, Sekhukhune 3-32) beat South Africa 133 for 7 (Bosch 29, Kelly 2-25) by 10 runs Ireland, led by the youngest captain in their history, Gaby Lewis, beat South Africa for only the second time in 11 T20I meetings to stun the fifth-ranked side and take a lead
1:34 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — After two weeks of play, tennis got “the best women’s final” possible at Roland-Garros, where on Saturday, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek and 18-year-old American Coco Gauff will meet for the title. Swiatek, the French Open 2020 champion, is looking for consecutive win No 35, which would equal
1:31 PM ET Demetrious Johnson gets a chance at revenge — and a second opportunity for gold — this summer. Johnson, one of the best MMA fighters of all time, will have a rematch with Adriano Moraes for the ONE Championship 135-pound title Aug. 27 in Singapore, the promotion announced Friday. Moraes knocked out Johnson
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