Month: April 2023

7:42 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox general manager Rick Hahn wore the blame for his team’s 7-18 start to the season as it returned home from a 0-6 road trip to begin a four-game series against the first-place Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. Chicago has lost seven in a row overall. “Put it on
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7:27 PM ET Notre Dame running back Logan Diggs, the team’s second-leading rusher in 2022, is entering the transfer portal. Diggs had 821 rushing yards on a team-high 165 carries last season, while scoring four touchdowns and averaging five yards per carry. The junior missed part of spring practice with a lower body injury. In
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7:14 PM ET Associated Press CAMDEN, N.J. — The Philadelphia 76ers still aren’t saying if Joel Embiid will be able to return from a sprained right knee and play next week in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The 76ers completed a sweep of the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday, providing a great opportunity for
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6:40 PM ET The Toronto Raptors have embarked on a head-coaching search that’s expected to be broad in scope and include a robust initial wave of candidates among NBA assistants, ex-NBA head coaches and NCAA and WNBA coaches, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Raptors have gathered permission to interview several top assistant coaches to
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4:26 PM ET The Minnesota Twins reinstated right-hander Josh Winder from the 15-day injured list on Thursday. Winder, 26, began the season on the IL with a right shoulder strain. He made five appearances on a rehab assignment at Triple-A St. Paul (two games) and Low-A Fort Myers (three), going 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA
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5:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis was released from the hospital Thursday and cleared to rejoin the team. Willis became lightheaded before Wednesday’s series finale against the Colorado Rockies and was taken for tests. The team said the 62-year-old will travel with the Guardians, who open a three-game series
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5:45 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Following a disappointing, injury-marred first-round exit to finish a season that began with championship expectations, Lawrence Frank said the LA Clippers will continue to build around Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. In his end of season address, the Clippers president of basketball operations said a healthy Leonard and George
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4:32 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller struck out 10, matching his career high, in six innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday to win the three-game series. Keller (3-0) gave up two runs on five hits, getting out of a third-inning jam with
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11:44 AM ET Nate Diaz turned himself in to the New Orleans Police Department on Thursday morning and was booked into custody on a charge of felony second-degree battery. Diaz, the 38-year-old former UFC star, was issued an arrest warrant Monday stemming from a street brawl last weekend involving multiple people following the Misfits Boxing
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2:35 PM ET IRVING, Texas — The inaugural first-round games of a 12-team College Football Playoff will feature one game Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, and three games Dec. 21, 2024, CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday following the conclusion of CFP spring meetings. The CFP is also zeroing in on confirming midweek games for
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The attorney for Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards said his client will “vigorously defend” himself against misdemeanor third-degree assault charges for allegedly swinging a folding chair and injuring two Denver arena employees after the series-ending loss to the Nuggets. Harvey Steinberg, the attorney for Edwards, issued a statement
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2:46 PM ET The Cincinnati Reds put first baseman/outfielder Wil Myers on the 10-day injured list Thursday with an undisclosed illness. The move is retroactive to Wednesday, when Myers was scratched from the lineup ahead of Cincinnati’s 5-3 victory against Texas. Myers, 32, is batting .222 with two homers and nine RBIs in 23 games
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11:53 AM ET Jake Paul and his promotions team are launching a new boxing series called Most Valuable Prospects that will highlight top up-and-coming fighters. The series will begin with a card on May 26 in Orlando, Florida, and it will be headlined by rising star Ashton Sylve, officials told ESPN on Thursday. There will
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