Month: July 2022

7:47 PM ET CHICAGO — With the trade deadline fast approaching, longtime catcher Willson Contreras was on the receiving end of several standing ovations Tuesday at Wrigley Field in what might have been his final home game in a Chicago Cubs uniform. Contreras, 30, has been in the organization since he was 16 and is
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7:23 PM ET Druw Jones, the second overall pick in this month’s MLB draft, injured his shoulder Monday during his first batting practice with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, the team said. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the injury is, but Jones would miss the rest of the season if it required surgery. Jones agreed
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7:55 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Top-10 recruit Omaha Biliew announced
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3:40 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos outside linebacker Randy Gregory, who was the team’s biggest acquisition in free agency, will open training camp on the physically unable to perform list. Gregory signed one of the largest free agency deals of any defensive player who changed teams this offseason. He had shoulder surgery shortly
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7:28 PM ET Associated Press A federal judge said Tuesday a national horse racing authority cannot enforce its rules in Louisiana and West Virginia while a lawsuit challenging the organization is in court. In granting a preliminary injunction, Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry Doughty said the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority likely went beyond
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4:48 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Lest there be any remaining doubt about who is the San Francisco 49ers‘ starting quarterback, coach Kyle Shanahan made it abundantly clear on Tuesday: Trey Lance‘s time has arrived and Jimmy Garoppolo is still expected to land elsewhere. “We have moved on to Trey,” Shanahan said. “This is
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7:43 PM ET New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas will begin training camp on the physically unable to perform list, but Saints general manager Mickey Loomis anticipates a quick return to practice. Loomis didn’t give a timetable, but said he expected Thomas to return “soon.” “I don’t expect him to be on it very
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6:38 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa‘s Kirk Ferentz, the nation’s longest-tenured FBS head coach, said Tuesday at Big Ten media days that he’s as concerned as he’s ever been about the path college football is on right now. “I think we’re in a really precarious place,” said Ferentz, entering his 24th season as Iowa’s head
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7:08 PM ET LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. — New Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marquise Brown was put on the active/non-football injury list Tuesday with a hamstring issue. The Cardinals announced the move about 90 minutes after coach Kliff Kingsbury said “everyone showed up” and “everybody passed” the conditioning test earlier Tuesday. Arizona reports for its first
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Jul 26, 2022 Associated Press UMAG, Croatia — Eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti marked his first top 50 ranking by defeating Aljaz Bedene 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in the opening round of the Croatia Open on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Italian jumped to No. 31 after upsetting top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the
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6:26 PM ET Associated Press Dominic Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, made a victorious return to the Generali Open on Tuesday by defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the tournament he won in 2019. The 28-year-old Austrian, who came back in March from a long-term wrist injury, showed
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6:29 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia cruised past Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Prague Open on Tuesday. The world No. 2, who reached the Hamburg European Open final last week, needed just 48 minutes to beat Gorgodze and set up a match against Lucie
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6:05 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR levied another round of massive penalties on Tuesday, this time against Michael McDowell and Front Row Motorsports for illegal modifications discovered after McDowell’s sixth-place finish at Pocono Raceway. NASCAR fined crew chief Blake Harris $100,000 and suspended him for four races. McDowell was docked 100 driver
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5:25 PM ET Alabama‘s defensive backfield depth got another leg up courtesy of Jaylen Mbakwe‘s commitment Tuesday. Mbakwe, a 6-foot, 175-pound cornerback from Pinson, Alabama, is No. 5 on the 2024 ESPN 300. He’s the Crimson Tide’s third recruit in the 2024 cycle, joining tight end Martavious Collins (No. 145) and wide receiver Perry Thompson
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5:47 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The St. Louis Cardinals put first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, third baseman Nolan Arenado and catcher Austin Romine on the restricted list before Tuesday’s game at the Toronto Blue Jays. The Cardinals recalled outfielder Conner Capel and catcher Iván Herrera and selected infielder Cory Spangenberg from Triple-A Memphis as
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5:58 PM ET All-Star rookie outfielder Julio Rodriguez is back in the Seattle Mariners‘ lineup for Tuesday night’s game against the Texas Rangers after missing the past four games with a bruised left wrist. Rodriguez, who underwent an MRI on Saturday that showed bruising but no structural damage, is batting leadoff and playing center field.
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