Month: May 2023

ESPN News Services May 24, 2023, 07:30 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has opened an investigation into how a derogatory message was broadcast on the radio channel of Bubba Wallace‘s race team during last weekend’s All-Star race. Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black driver in the Cup Series, had just finished Sunday’s race at North Wilkesboro
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Associated Press May 24, 2023, 07:10 PM ET NEW YORK — Former Seattle Mariners Harold Reynolds and Raul Ibañez will be the managers for the All-Star Futures Game at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on July 8. Reynolds, an MLB Network analyst, will manage the AL team. Ibañez, Major League Baseball’s vice president of on-field operations, will
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderMay 24, 2023, 07:22 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 LA Clippers GM Michael Winger has agreed to become the president of Monumental Basketball, which delivers him full leadership of the Washington Wizards, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Winger will also oversee the WNBA Mystics
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Associated Press May 24, 2023, 05:23 PM ET NEW YORK — Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson will start a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment Thursday, and slugger Giancarlo Stanton could begin one as soon as this weekend. New York manager Aaron Boone said Donaldson, sidelined since April 5 by a strained right hamstring, will report
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterMay 24, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Kirby Smart and Georgia added to their top-ranked class Wednesday when four-star tight end Jaden Reddell committed to the Bulldogs. Reddell (No. 67 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300) becomes the 10th ESPN 300 commitment in the 2024 class, and ninth in the top 100,
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Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterMay 24, 2023, 04:55 PM ET The Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators announced Wednesday that the schools have exercised the option to play their annual rivalry game in Jacksonville during the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The Georgia-Florida game has been played in Jacksonville since 1933, except for the 1994 and
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Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterMay 24, 2023, 04:43 PM ET Close University of Maryland graduate Lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and son OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson‘s first impression of the Baltimore Ravens‘ new offense: more freedom and less reliance on his legs. After his first practice with new Ravens offensive
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMay 24, 2023, 04:24 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ever since signing what at the time was the richest contract in NFL history, Patrick Mahomes has watched as his annual pay has slipped to seventh among
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Associated Press May 24, 2023, 04:36 PM ET WASHINGTON — George Washington University’s sports teams will now be known as the Revolutionaries, the school announced Wednesday. Revolutionaries replaces Colonials, which had been GW’s name since 1926. Officials made the decision last year to drop the old name after determining it no longer unified the community.
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May 24, 2023, 03:28 PM ET Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa has a foot injury that could land him on the injured list, manager Rocco Baldelli said Wednesday. An MRI exam confirmed a muscle strain in the arch of Correa’s left foot in addition to plantar fasciitis in his heel. “I think we get to
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May 24, 2023, 02:33 PM ET The Boston Red Sox are moving two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber to the bullpen. Manager Alex Cora confirmed the decision Wednesday during an interview on WEEI. Kluber is 2-6 with a 6.26 ERA through nine starts in his first season with the Red Sox. The 37-year-old right-hander
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterMay 24, 2023, 02:33 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. PITTSBURGH — After a recent visit to Pittsburgh, veteran pass-rusher Markus Golden inked a one-year deal with the Steelers, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Golden, a nine-year
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Associated Press May 24, 2023, 01:45 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A judge denied bail Wednesday for former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, who is facing a capital murder charge related to a fatal shooting near campus. Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Daniel Pruet said at a hearing Wednesday that the bail issue could be revisited
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