Month: May 2023

Associated Press May 31, 2023, 01:18 PM ET NEW YORK — Online voting began Wednesday for starters in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Seattle on July 11. An individual may cast up to five votes per 24-hour period through noon ET on June 22 on MLB.com, the 30 team websites, the MLB App and
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 01:36 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. It took a little longer than Major League Baseball might have anticipated, but the San Diego Padres, fielding one of the
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 12:56 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. UConn senior Tristen Newton, the starting point guard on the Huskies’ national championship team, announced Wednesday morning that he was withdrawing from the NBA draft and returning to Storrs. Newton was one
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 01:05 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Richmond transfer Tyler Burton committed to Villanova on Wednesday, capping a busy and productive offseason for the Wildcats heading into Year 2 of the Kyle Neptune era. Burton entered the transfer portal
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Tristan H. Cockcroft May 31, 2023, 12:42 PM ET Editor’s Picks 1 Related The pitching-workload landscape is a markedly different beast today than it was even a mere half-decade ago. We’re in the midst of the first truly “normal” season — as far as pitcher “ramping up for the season” patterns are concerned — since
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 12:11 PM ET UFC bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili won’t be back in the Octagon until later in the year. Dvalishvili recently had surgery on his right hand is currently sporting a cast, his manager Oren Hodak of KO Reps confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. Hodak said Dvalishvili will be
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UCLA‘s Adem Bona will withdraw his name from the 2023 NBA draft and return to school for his sophomore season, he told ESPN on Wednesday. “I have a great relationship with the coaching staff; I love my teammates and I love this school,” Bona said. “I know UCLA is the right program for me and
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Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Paul Biancardi Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State May 31, 2023, 11:50
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May 31, 2023, 10:46 AM ET Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene has a stress fracture in his left fibula and is out indefinitely, the team announced Wednesday. Greene will receive a second medical opinion on the injury before the Tigers determine a timetable for his return. The injury was revealed Tuesday night when the second-year
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Associated Press May 31, 2023, 07:59 AM ET PARIS — French Open debutant Peyton Stearns produced the biggest win of her career by defeating former champion Jelena Ostapenko to reach the third round at Roland Garros on Wednesday. Stearns, a former player at the University of Texas, turned professional in June last year. Ostapenko won
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May 31, 2023, 08:48 AM A French court on Tuesday handed rugby international Mohamed Haouas a one-year prison sentence, AFP and L’Equipe reported, after a fast-track trial for alleged domestic violence. Haouas, who plays as a prop for the Montpellier team in southern France, had been in police custody since Friday. Sports paper L’Equipe reported
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