Month: March 2023

6:56 PM ET Associated Press St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Jordan Walker, one of the sensations of spring training, left the game against the Houston Astros with a strained right shoulder suffered on a slide at second base in the first inning. But manager Oliver Marmol said he was not “overly concerned. Day to day.”
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12:45 PM ET LEICESTER, England — Chelsea deepened Leicester City‘s relegation fears and increased the heat on Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers with a comfortable 3-1 win at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Goals from Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic — Patson Daka had equalised for Leicester in the
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10:00 AM ET Liam Wheeler Liverpool missed the chance to leapfrog Tottenham Hotspur and move into the top four of the Premier League as Philip Billing‘s goal lifted Bournemouth off the bottom of the table with a 1-0 win at the Vitality Stadium. The Reds started brightly and created an early flurry of opportunities, but
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4:58 PM ET Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. — Jelani Williams scored 20 points including two free throws with 6.1 seconds left to lead Howard to a 65-64 win over Norfolk State on Saturday in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship game and secure the Bison’s first trip to the NCAA tournament in 31 years. This
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6:02 PM ET Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Rick Stansbury has resigned after seven seasons as Western Kentucky’s head coach, citing a need to focus on his health and family. Stansbury missed nine games at midseason with an undisclosed health issue. He was 139-89 with the Hilltoppers, with three Conference USA championship game appearances
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1:30 PM ET Katie Taylor’s homecoming fight in Ireland on May 20 has a new opponent — undisputed junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron. Cameron, ESPN’s No. 7 pound-for-pound fighter, will now fight Taylor, the undisputed lightweight champion from Bray, Ireland, and ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, at the 3Arena in Dublin, Matchroom Boxing announced on
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5:16 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Wichita State is set to fire coach Isaac Brown, sources told ESPN. School officials are planning to meet with him today to formalize his departure. Wichita State went 17-15 this season after losing to Tulane on Friday in the AAC Tournament. He went 48-34 over his three seasons there, reaching
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5:15 PM ET Assocated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Marcus Sasser left the first half of top-ranked Houston’s AAC tournament semifinal game Saturday with an apparent groin injury. The school reported at the start of the second half of the game against Cincinnati that Sasser was doubtful to
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4:13 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Larson won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Cup Series’ United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. Larson’s 130.237 mph lap in his No. 5 Chevrolet was another positive for Hendrick Motorsports, which finished 1-2-3 in Las Vegas last weekend, led by race
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4:53 PM ET NEW ORLEANS, La. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr is ready to reinvent himself. The Saints introduced Carr in a news conference that spanned 45 minutes on Saturday. Carr sat next to Saints coach Dennis Allen, with his family and the Saints front office in attendance. He talked about his nine-year
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4:36 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Preparing for free agency and the possible addition of quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets created $13.1 million in salary-cap room by restructuring three veteran contracts. They re-worked three players from their 2022 free-agent class — guard Lake Tomlinson, cornerback D.J. Reed and tight end Tyler Conklin,
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