Month: April 2023

1:00 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Chicago White Sox have signed veteran outfielder Stephen Piscotty to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Charlotte. The signing was announced before the White Sox’s game at the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Piscotty, 32, has spent parts of eight seasons in
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2:04 PM ET Carolina Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen is sidelined indefinitely after undergoing surgery on his broken left hand, the team announced Saturday. Teravainen, 28, suffered the injury after being slashed by New York Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau during the third period of Carolina’s 4-3 overtime victory on Wednesday. The Hurricanes hold a 2-1 lead
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2:17 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Botic Van de Zandschulp has another chance against defending champion Holger Rune in the final of the BMW Open after both players won their semifinals on Saturday. The 19-year-old Rune saved all eight break points he faced to beat Australia’s Christopher O’Connell 6-3, 6-2. The Danish star has
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2:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Jeffrey Springs will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery Monday. Rays manager Kevin Cash made the surgery decision official before Saturday’s game against the Chicago White Sox. Springs was moved from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL. Texas Rangers team physician Dr. Keith Meister,
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2:31 PM ET The University of Oklahoma unveiled a statue of former quarterback and 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray this weekend ahead of the Sooners’ annual spring game. Murray and his family were in Norman for the festivities, which began Friday night in Oklahoma City where the statue was revealed during an event at
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1:19 PM ET ESPN News Services STUTTGART, Germany — Defending champion Iga Swiatek will again play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix after they came through their semifinals on Saturday. Swiatek had an easier path to the final than she expected when Ons Jabeur retired with a left calf injury. Swiatek
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1:30 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Denny Hamlin won the first superspeedway pole of his career and will lead the field to green at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner and two-time winner at Talladega, turned a lap at 180.642 mph in Saturday qualifying to put his Joe Gibbs
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1:32 PM ET Miami Marlins star right-hander Sandy Alcantara is dealing with biceps tendinitis and will miss his scheduled start against the host Cleveland Guardians on Saturday. Alcantara, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, isn’t the only Marlins pitcher dealing with injuries. He joins left-hander Trevor Rogers (left biceps strain) and right-hander Johnny
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12:24 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said his message to both injured superstar Joel Embiid and the rest of his team ahead of Game 4 of their first-round series with the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center was the same: dealing with Embiid’s latest postseason injury is just another
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3:08 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Talor Gooch continued his bogey-free run at the inaugural LIV Australia tournament Saturday and shot his second consecutive 10-under 62 to increase his lead to 10 strokes after two rounds at the Grange Golf Club. Gooch had a 36-hole total of 124 going into Sunday’s final round.
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9:21 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will miss the Madrid Open, apparently due to a fitness issue, the Spanish event said Saturday. “Wishing you a speedy recovery, we hope to see you back on court as soon as possible, Nole,” the Madrid Open tweeted. While no specific reason was given for Djokovic’s
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8:07 AM ET Associated Press HIRATSUKA, Japan — Trevor Bauer started Saturday in his second minor-league game in Japan and said he needs to increase his pitch count before he can debut for Yokohama’s DeNA BayStars. The former Cy Young winner, unsigned by any major league club after claims of domestic violence, joined Yokohama last
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7:13 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Is Dillon Brooks just asking to get cooked in Game 3? After Game 2, when the Memphis Grizzlies evened their NBA playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 103-93 win, Brooks, who said LeBron James called him “dumb” for picking up his fourth foul, then Brooks called James
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8:19 PM ET The UFC has booked a No. 1 contender matchup at middleweight between former champion Robert Whittaker and Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290 in July, UFC president Dana White announced on Friday. In a video posted to social media, White said Whittaker and Du Plessis will square off on July 8 in
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