Month: November 2022

2:44 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” In a news conference to welcome back Dusty Baker as manager of the Houston Astros, team owner Jim Crane tiptoed around questions regarding general manager James Click, saying he was “in discussions”
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1:10 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Fresh off his World Series win, Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker has signed a one-year contract to remain with the team next season. The 73-year-old Baker earned his first World Series championship as a manager in his 25th season as a skipper when the Astros beat the Philadelphia
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1:00 PM ET Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall, one of the most accomplished players in the Group of 5, will miss the rest of the regular season recovering from a foot injury, the school announced on Wednesday. The school said the timeline for McCall’s return is 3-6 weeks, which rules out the team’s three remaining
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12:48 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians All-Star third baseman José Ramírez underwent thumb surgery Wednesday to repair a ligament that he tore in June. Ramírez will need up to two months to recover from the operation before he can resume baseball activities. The team expects him to be ready for the start
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12:24 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is day-to-day with a right elbow injury to the ulnar collateral ligament and related nerves, according to coach Sean McDermott, and will not practice Wednesday. His status remains uncertain for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. “We’ll see,” McDermott said when
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12:19 PM ET NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets officially named Jacque Vaughn head coach on Wednesday. Vaughn’s promotion comes with a deal through the 2023-24 season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Vaughn had been serving as interim head coach since replacing former coach Steve Nash on Nov. 1. “Jacque’s basketball acumen, competitiveness and intimate
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12:42 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 Five-star senior Cody Williams committed
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11:59 AM GMT French financial prosecutors (PNF) have been searching the headquarters of the organisers of the 2023 Rugby World Cup as part of a preliminary investigation into the management of the tournament, the PNF said on Wednesday. “In early October 2022, the PNF opened a preliminary investigation into charges of favouritism, influence peddling, corruption
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11:45 AM ET Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf for the first time in nearly five months when he tees it up in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Dec. 1-4, he announced on his Twitter account Wednesday. Woods, 46, hasn’t played since missing the cut at the 150th Open Championship at
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9:00 AM ET Dmitry Bivol defended his WBA light heavyweight title with an impressive unanimous-decision victory over Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and positioned himself as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters currently in boxing. With the victory, Bivol moved from No. 8 to No. 7, while also creating a gap between him and fellow 175-pound champion
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Para-cyclist Daphne Schrager says winning her first world title less than three years after switching from athletics has given her “more belief” in her abilities. The 21-year-old won the C3 individual pursuit at the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Paris last month. Former sprinter Schrager joined British Cycling’s programme in December 2019. “It doesn’t really
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7:27 AM 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 Sunny Edwards believes a successful defence of his IBF flyweight world title on Friday will be the launchpad to set up high-profile bouts against
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