Month: February 2023

6:08 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round of the Rio Open on Wednesday, with his mind already set for a year-long contest with Novak Djokovic for the No. 1 ranking. The 19-year-old defending champion closed out the last two games of a match suspended the
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7:16 PM ET Associated Press CHATHAM, Ontario — Ferguson Jenkins’ hometown will honor the Baseball Hall of Famer with a statue. Chatham-Kent will unveil a 9-foot bronze figure of the 80-year-old former pitcher on June 10, a replica of the statue by sculptor Lou Cella that was unveiled outside Chicago’s Wrigley Field last May. Editor’s
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5:05 PM ET Associated Press Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. says he will miss Opening Day for the World Series champions because of a strained muscle in his pitching arm. McCullers, sidelined for the first 4½ months of last season while rehabbing from a right flexor pronator strain, noticed soreness after a bullpen session
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5:31 PM ET Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is “making good progress” after missing the past five games with a lower left leg injury, the team said Wednesday. Curry has started individual on-court workouts and will be reevaluated again in one week, the team said. Curry suffered partial tears to his superior tibiofibular ligaments
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5:30 PM ET Alabama freshman Brandon Miller will play Wednesday night against South Carolina, the school announced about 3.5 hours before tipoff, despite Tuscaloosa police testifying a day earlier that the star forward brought a now-former teammate the handgun used to kill a woman in January. “UA Athletics continues to cooperate fully with law enforcement
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3:58 PM ET Associated Press Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington, double major winner Dottie Pepper and swing coach Butch Harmon were among 12 finalists announced Wednesday for the 2024 class of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The 31-member nominating panel whittled the list down to four men, four women and four contributors. A 20-member
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla — Frankie Montas won’t start throwing until at least late May following right shoulder surgery, a timetable that could allow him to pitch for the New York Yankees in the season’s second half. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday the labrum of the right-hander was cleaned up during
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4:04 PM ET Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs was among three NFL quarterbacks to wear a microphone for every game of the 2022 season. That access will be turned into a Netflix documentary series this summer. The series, titled “Quarterback,” will also feature Kirk Cousins of the Minnesota Vikings and Marcus Mariota of
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4:14 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Kevin Love got to know Bam Adebayo through time together with USA Basketball. He already is fond of Adebayo’s mother, Marilyn Blount. And Love and Adebayo already have exchanged some items, such as jerseys after a game and profane but hilarious comments on Instagram. Seems like a perfect
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3:34 PM ET ESPN News Services Free agent outfielder Ben Gamel has agreed to a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, according to multiple reports. The deal is pending completion of a physical. Gamel, who turns 31 on May 17, will be given a chance to compete for a spot on the major
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3:44 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Noah Song was discharged from the Navy on Wednesday, paving the way for him to report to Philadelphia Phillies spring-training camp Thursday and make the team’s Opening Day roster after they
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3:22 PM ET Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Ohio — Josh Sills, a reserve offensive lineman for the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles, will make his initial court appearance in Ohio on rape and kidnapping charges next month after waiving his arraignment in the case. Sills, an undrafted free agent who appeared in just one game this season,
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11:30 AM ET Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will face top contender Beneil Dariush in May. The UFC has not officially announced the 155-pound bout, but Oliveira referred to it as official on social media, and sources told ESPN Dariush’s side has agreed. The lightweight fight will take place May 6 at an event
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1:27 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a heavyweight matchup between Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes to headline an event on April 22, multiple sources told ESPN. The promotion has not announced the heavyweight fight or a location for the UFC Fight Night event, however both sides have agreed to a five-round main event per
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