Month: April 2023

2:02 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers placed catcher Will Smith on the 7-day concussion list Sunday after he had been sidelined for the first two games of their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs with an illness. Smith has started 10 of the Dodgers’ 15 games behind the plate this season. The move was
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12:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Andrey Rublev made the most of Holger Rune‘s nerves to win a seesaw Monte Carlo final 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 on Sunday and finally be rewarded with a Masters title. The fifth-seeded Rublev stayed composed when it mattered to eventually run down his 19-year-old opponent and claim the most prestigious
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12:04 PM ET Former Syracuse center Jesse Edwards, ESPN’s No. 3 player in the NCAA transfer portal, has committed to play at West Virginia next season, he told ESPN on Sunday. “I felt it was time for a fresh start,” Edwards said. “I needed a new environment to challenge myself in and I think West
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11:37 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Sunday. Stanton was replaced by a pinch runner after hitting a double in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton
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11:03 AM ET Golden State Warriors fan and Bay Area hip-hop legend E-40 was kicked out of Saturday night’s playoff game between the Warriors and Kings in Sacramento, California, and he said “racial bias” led to his dismissal. Videos show the rapper, who was born Earl Stevens, talking to security at Golden 1 Center before
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11:32 AM BST South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber is to quit his role after the Rugby World Cup in France this year to join Irish side Leinster, where he will replace senior coach Stuart Lancaster. Nienaber was assistant coach with the Springboks when they won the 2019 World Cup in Japan and was elevated
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4:31 PM ET Associated Press Jessica Pegula sent the U.S. into the Billie Jean King Cup finals Saturday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Austria’s Julia Grabher. The victory gave the Americans a 3-0 lead and clinched the best-of-five tie in Delray Beach, Florida. The third-ranked Pegula also won her singles match Friday after No.
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7:46 AM ET Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan — Shunned by major league clubs, Trevor Bauer is trying to find his way in Japan, where fans are drawn by his celebrity status and seem unconcerned by domestic violence allegations against him. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner pitched his first competitive game in almost two years
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2:45 PM ET Erling Haaland continued his jaw-dropping assault on the Premier League on Saturday as he netted a first-half brace to equal Mohamed Salah‘s single-season goal-scoring record in Manchester City‘s 3-1 victory over beleaguered Leicester City on Saturday. Haaland increased his haul to 32 goals to tie Salah’s mark for a 38-game season —
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8:02 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Ryan Preece put his No. 41 Ford on the pole for Sunday’s Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, capping a strong day of qualifying for Stewart-Haas Racing. All four SHR cars qualified in the top seven on Saturday. Daniel Suarez and Preece’s teammate, Aric Almirola, were tied
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