Month: April 2023

4:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton is likely to be sidelined for six weeks because of a strained left hamstring, the latest in a string of injuries for the New York Yankees slugger. Stanton has not played a full season since 2018, the first year after the Yankees acquired him from
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3:39 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro says he will undergo surgery Friday for his broken right hand and likely won’t return this postseason unless his team wins the Eastern Conference title. Herro said Tuesday that the injury requires four to six weeks of recovery. The conference finals start in
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3:50 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Grizzlies All-Star point guard Ja Morant will be a game-time decision for Wednesday’s Game 2 against the Los Angeles Lakers because of bruising in his right hand, coach Taylor Jenkins said Tuesday. X-rays after the Grizzlies’ loss in Game 1 on Sunday were negative. An MRI on Monday revealed
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10:27 AM ET The UFC has a new main event for its card next week. A scheduled bantamweight bout between Song Yadong and Ricky Simon will take the headlining spot of UFC Fight Night on April 29 in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Monday night. Song vs. Simon was originally scheduled for the UFC Fight
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3:02 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Major League Baseball isn’t done tinkering with potential rule changes for the sport. The league announced a series of experimental rules Tuesday that will be used in the Atlantic League this season, including a designated pinch runner, “double-hook” designated hitter rule and further limitations on a pitcher’s ability
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3:20 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo (back) did not practice on Tuesday, but coach Mike Budenholzer said the team was still feeling optimistic about his status for Game 2 on Wednesday night. “We have 24-plus hours before game time,” Budenholzer said Tuesday. “He’ll get treatment, we’ll see how he feels.
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2:02 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR’s final appeals officer restored points Tuesday that had been stripped from Kaulig Racing for unapproved parts modifications to match the amendments made to Hendrick Motorsports’ penalty for the same infraction. Both teams were stripped of 100 championship points and 10 playoff points for having unapproved parts
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2:04 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who recently became the highest-paid player in NFL history, had surgery on his right ankle earlier this offseason, league sources told ESPN. The procedure was to remove “hardware” that had been inserted in the ankle after Hurts suffered a high ankle sprain while playing for
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2:01 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Steelers are expected to trade for Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Allen Robinson II, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. For the move to be official, Robinson must pass a physical, sources told Schefter. The Rams have already paid Robinson $5 million of his $15 million guaranteed for
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1:07 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin, who has been on the injured list since the start of the season with a left ankle sprain, will pitch in a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday. Gonsolin, 28, was injured early in spring training when he rolled his ankle while walking off
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12:37 PM ET UConn junior Andre Jackson Jr., — a driving force in the Huskies’ national championship run — plans to enter the NBA draft in June but retain his college eligibility, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. As much as any player in the NCAA tournament, Jackson Jr. built momentum to elevate himself to become
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11:58 AM ET Associated Press New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft led a delegation that included rapper Meek Mill on a march in Poland on Tuesday to honor victims and survivors of the Holocaust. The 3-kilometer “March of the Living” is an annual commemoration that covers the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, the largest Nazi concentration camp during
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