Month: May 2023

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 11:43 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books PARIS — A clutch performance to clinch a playoff seed, hanging at a party with Kylian Mbappe and then getting emotional with his mother after learning he was heading
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ESPN news services May 16, 2023, 10:06 PM ET Right-hander Aníbal Sanchez, an 11-game winner for the Washington Nationals when they won the 2019 World Series, is retiring after 16 years in the majors. The 39-year-old Venezuelan posted a retirement message on Instagram on Tuesday after going unsigned the first six weeks of the season.
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Associated Press May 16, 2023, 09:40 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to remove him as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the neediest people in the United States.
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Associated Press May 16, 2023, 07:48 PM ET RANCHO MIRAGE, California — Marlene Hagge-Vossler, a Hall of Fame player and the last surviving founder of the LPGA Tour, died Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 89. Hagge-Vossler won 26 times on the LPGA Tour, including the 1952 LPGA Championship, and she was inducted into
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May 16, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Matthew Dellavedova is ready to take the reins of a team again. Being a role player in the NBA meant enviable contracts and even a championship, but, with two major international tournaments on the horizon, the Australian point guard has decided that the best next step in his career
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterMay 16, 2023, 08:29 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM NBA commissioner Adam Silver described himself as “shocked” when he saw a social media video of Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant holding a firearm less
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May 16, 2023, 08:26 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs have won the 2023 NBA draft lottery and the right to select French super-prospect Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick. The Charlotte Hornets will draft second, followed by the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets. The Detroit Pistons, who finished a league-worst 17-65,
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 16, 2023, 07:19 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Former UFC interim lightweight champions Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje will square off for the second time in a five-round main event at UFC 291, UFC president Dana White announced
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Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 16, 2023, 07:16 PM ET MILAN — And suddenly, they looked all grown up; freed from the insecurities, brain farts and inferiority complexes that so often derailed them. Inter Milan‘s 1-0 win over AC Milan amounts to a 3-0 aggregate win over their crosstown rivals and opens the door
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Associated Press May 16, 2023, 06:52 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Retired Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski and Johnny Dawkins, one of his best players, are among the newest members of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The other three inductees announced on social media Tuesday were former North Carolina star Tyler
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 07:22 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — ACC men’s basketball coaches discussed expanding the NCAA tournament during spring meetings on Tuesday, with Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton in favor of doubling the tournament field from
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Associated Press May 16, 2023, 06:39 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers pitching prospect Kumar Rocker, a top-10 pick in each of the past two MLB drafts, has a torn ligament in his right elbow and will need Tommy John surgery. Rangers general manager Chris Young said Tuesday that Rocker had an MRI after
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ESPN News Services May 16, 2023, 05:58 PM ET MIAMI — Miami Marlins center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was put on the 10-day injured list Tuesday because of a right toe turf injury and is expected to miss four to six weeks, according to manager Skip Schumaker. A first-year outfielder, Chisholm collided with the center-field
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Associated Press May 16, 2023, 06:23 PM ET TORONTO — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge doesn’t appreciate being branded a potential cheater after he took a sideways peek before hitting a 462-foot home run in Toronto. “I’ve got some choice words about that, but I’m just going to keep that off the record,” Judge
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Kendra Andrews, ESPNMay 16, 2023, 06:09 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — There are a handful of reasons why Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr didn’t think his team was a championship team this season. Their 11-30 road record, for one. The fact that they led the league in pace but were second-to-last in transition efficiency
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterMay 16, 2023, 05:33 PM ET Aaron Butler‘s connection with the Colorado coaching staff was almost immediate during his April visit, with his father having been a teammate of Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders with the Baltimore Ravens in 2005. Nearly one month later, Butler, the No. 80 overall recruit in the
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