Month: May 2023

May 25, 2023, 11:43 AM ET An eventful holiday weekend lies ahead. Baseball’s two winningest teams since the beginning of the 2020 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, square off for a three-game series at Tampa Bay’s Tropicana Field from Friday through Sunday, in what is a rematch of the 2020 World
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Associated Press May 25, 2023, 10:10 AM ET PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz and the man he just replaced atop the rankings, 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, were placed in the same half of the French Open field in Thursday’s draw and could face each other in the semifinals. Alcaraz is seeded No. 1 at
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Associated Press May 25, 2023, 01:38 AM ET BEIJING — Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts to commercialize the top-tier 20-team Chinese Basketball Association Management Co. since his appointment in 2017. A notice on the
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Durham have announced the signing of Wayne Parnell for the T20 Blast, reinforcing their depleted bowling stocks on the eve of their opening fixture against Northamptonshire on Friday night. Brydon Carse, Paul Coughlin and Mitchell Killeen are all sidelined through injury, while Matthew Potts, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes are set to join up with
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterMay 25, 2023, 10:19 AM ET Quarterback Isaac Wilson, the brother of New York Jets backup quarterback Zach Wilson, committed to Utah on Wednesday night. Isaac is an unranked four-star QB out of Corner Canyon High School (Draper, Utah). Zach Wilson was a three-star before playing three years at BYU (2018-20)
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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterMay 25, 2023, 10:45 AM ET Close Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars on Thursday signed kicker Brandon McManus, who won a Super Bowl title during his nine seasons with the Denver
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ESPN News Services May 25, 2023, 10:54 AM ET Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent, who is averaging 17.5 points during the Eastern Conference finals, has been ruled out with a left ankle sprain for Game 5 vs. the Boston Celtics on Thursday night, the team announced. Vincent suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of
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Associated Press May 25, 2023, 09:10 AM ET CHICAGO — Xfinity has signed on as a founding partner for NASCAR’s inaugural Chicago Street Race Weekend, giving the event another corporate sponsor. NASCAR announced the agreement on Thursday, providing Xfinity with presenting, marketing, and promotional rights for the July 1-2 race weekend. McDonald’s and Blue Cross
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterMay 25, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. The Hilinski’s Hope Foundation announced Thursday it has changed “College Football Mental Health Week” to “Student Athlete Mental Health Week,” a rebranding founders Mark and Kym Hilinski believe better serves their message:
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