Month: August 2022

7:07 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Michael Conlan responded to his first professional boxing defeat by scoring three knockdowns on his way to a dominant points win over Miguel Marriaga
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3:18 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants rookie offensive lineman Marcus McKethan is expected to miss the 2022 season with a torn ACL in his right knee, the team confirmed Saturday. This was the fear after he was carted off the previous day during a scrimmage at MetLife Stadium. McKethan was placed
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7:49 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Toronto Blue Jays placed All-Star outfielder George Springer on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his right elbow prior to their game at Minnesota on Saturday night. Springer has been bothered by the elbow for much of the summer. He’s scheduled to receive an anti-inflammatory injection
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5:58 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Franmil Reyes, who began the season as the cleanup hitter for the Cleveland Guardians, was designated for assignment Saturday. The 27-year-old outfielder/designated hitter had been optioned to Triple-A Columbus earlier in the week after batting .213 with nine home runs and 104 strikeouts in 263 at-bats. Reyes belted
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5:22 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Star quarterback Lamar Jackson is among a handful of experienced front-line players who are being held out of Baltimore‘s Thursday night preseason opener, coach John Harbaugh said Saturday. This decision comes a year after the Ravens lost running back J.K. Dobbins to a season-ending knee injury while only
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4:46 PM ET Shelton Sampson Jr. is staying home. A wide receiver from Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sampson committed to LSU on Saturday. “Baton Rouge is home for me,” he wrote in an email to ESPN. “I’ve been blessed to have my family close throughout this process and their support means everything
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4:37 PM ET CANTON, Ohio — Being part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2022 holds a special — and painful — meaning for former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Bryant Young. It’s an emotional reminder of his son Colby, who died of cancer on Oct. 11, 2016. Colby’s favorite number, his
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4:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Will Zalatoris parted ways with caddie Ryan Goble after Friday’s second round of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. A public reason was not given for the split. The two had been paired together on the golf course for over three years. Zalatoris, who is 14th in the
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4:04 PM ET UFC welterweight Josh Quinlan was pulled from his UFC Fight Night bout Saturday due to an atypical drug finding, the UFC announced. USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, detected a trace amount of the long-term metabolite (or M3 metabolite) of the steroid dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) in a Quinlan urine sample, the promotion said. The
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3:31 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears offensive tackle Teven Jenkins returned to training camp Saturday after missing seven straight practices with an undisclosed injury. Jenkins, who is in a ramp up period, only participated in individual drills. The second-year lineman would not disclose specifics of his injury, including whether he got hurt
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2:34 PM ET New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas took the next step in his return to football on Saturday. Thomas participated in 11-on-11 drills for the first time since the end of the 2020 season, continuing a ramp-up process that has been ongoing since the offseason started. Thomas was only a spectator at
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1:57 PM ET The Chicago Cubs activated shortstop Andrelton Simmons from the injured list then designated him for assignment, the team announced Saturday. Simmons, 32, appeared in 34 games for the Cubs after signing a one-year, $4 million deal with them last offseason. He hit .173 with seven RBIs in 75 at-bats and was plagued
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