Month: April 2023

11:45 PM ET ESPN News Services The Baltimore Orioles are calling up right-hander Grayson Rodriguez and he will make his big league debut Wednesday against the Texas Rangers and Jacob deGrom, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. Rodriguez is ranked as the No. 12 prospect in baseball by ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. Rodriguez, 23, was
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9:57 PM ET Ohio State‘s run of success recruiting wide receivers continued on Tuesday, when ESPN 300 receiver Mylan Graham announced his commitment to the Buckeyes. Graham gives Ohio State two ESPN 300 receivers in the 2024 class, but he is the eighth wide out ranked in the top-300 to pick the Buckeyes over the
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8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services LAHAINA, Hawaii — Newly crowned NCAA champion UConn will headline the 2024 Maui Invitational. The field, announced on Tuesday, will be stacked once again, with North Carolina, Michigan State and Auburn joining the Huskies at the Lahaina Civic Center from Nov. 25-27. The field also will include Colorado, Dayton,
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8:31 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley let the moment envelope him Tuesday on the 40-mile ride from Bradley International Airport back to campus, watching the fans who hung signs from highway overpasses and lined the streets leading into campus. More than 7,000 people gathered inside Gampel Pavilion,
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5:51 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The women’s hockey world gathered Tuesday for the unveiling of a new exhibit at the Hockey Hall of Fame celebrating the sport’s history. Hall of Famers Angela James and Jayna Hefford put the finishing touches on the exhibit, placing trophies named after them into a display case at
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3:37 PM ET Purdue center Zach Edey added another trophy to his case when he was named the winner of the Wooden Award on Tuesday. Edey had already claimed the Associated Press, Sporting News, United States Basketball Writers Association, Naismith Trophy and National Association of Basketball Coaches national player of the year awards. The 7-foot-4
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4:55 PM ET New York Yankees starter Nestor Cortes is one of the more colorful players in the game — his hesitation windup alone would qualify, but he’s also capable of incredible heads-up plays, like one against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night when he threw out someone at first from behind home plate. Perhaps
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4:16 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates placed catcher Austin Hedges on the seven-day concussion list Tuesday. Hedges, 30, started the first three games behind the plate and went 0-for-7 with a walk and a run scored. He is a career .189 hitter with 66 homers and 207 RBIs in 608 games with San Diego, Cleveland
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5:19 PM ET The New York Mets placed right-hander Tommy Hunter on the 15-day injured list Tuesday because of back spasms. The 36-year-old reliever has an 11.25 ERA in two games this season, allowing five runs on six hits in four innings. Hunter is 56-46 with a 4.03 ERA in 496 games (76 starts) with
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5:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A year removed from a labor lockout that postponed Opening Day, major league players are enjoying their biggest salary spike in more than two decades. The average Major League Baseball salary was up 11.1% to a record $4.9 million to start this season, the largest jump for
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5:15 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Padres slugger Manny Machado was ejected by plate umpire Ron Kulpa after being called out on strikes on a pitch clock violation to end the first inning of Tuesday’s game against Arizona. Machado was adjusting his batting gloves and appeared to be calling time as the
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5:02 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Tyler Wahl says he plans to return to the Badgers next season for his fifth year of eligibility. The 6-foot-9 forward announced his decision on social media. Wahl is capitalizing on the extra year of eligibility the NCAA granted players due to the pandemic. “I have
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