Month: May 2023

ESPN News Services May 11, 2023, 11:58 AM ET Minnesota Twins right-hander Tyler Mahle will have Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the 2023 season as well as the start of 2024, manager Rocco Baldelli said Thursday. Mahle was shut down April 30 after tests revealed a posterior impingement and flexor pronator strain
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May 11, 2023, 12:43 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday won the NBA’s Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award for the third time in four seasons Thursday. More than 400 players cast votes for a group of 12 finalists who were selected by a panel of league executives. Holiday received 57 first-place votes and
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 11, 2023, 12:54 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Former St. John’s men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson is seeking nearly $46 million from the school after he claims he was fired with cause in March only so the school could
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Tristan H. Cockcroft May 11, 2023, 11:27 AM ET The fantasy baseball world is abuzz with the news that the game’s top pitching prospect — that per Kiley McDaniel’s preseason rankings — Miami Marlins right-hander Eury Perez, will be promoted to make his big league debut Friday. Perez has thoroughly dominated the Double-A Southern League,
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May 11, 2023, 11:18 AM ET Miami Marlins top prospect Eury Perez will become the youngest pitcher in franchise history Friday when he makes his major league debut against the Cincinnati Reds. The Marlins announced Wednesday that they will promote Perez, 20, from Double-A Pensacola to start Friday’s home game. At 20 years and 27
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMay 11, 2023, 08:44 AM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs will begin the 2023 NFL season with a game against the Lions on Sept. 7 at Arrowhead Stadium in the traditional Thursday prime-time season opener
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterMay 11, 2023, 10:13 AM ET Close Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced Thursday morning that Tom Brady will be honored at the team’s 2023 home opener. “I invited him back to be with us at the opening game
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Associated Press May 11, 2023, 09:50 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers have named longtime television analyst Keith Jones their team president of hockey operations and removed the interim tag from general manager Danny Briere’s title. Jones was a surprise choice Thursday after he spent the past 23 years as an analyst for Flyers telecasts
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Associated Press May 11, 2023, 09:03 AM ET ROME — Fresh off a doubles title in Madrid, Victoria Azarenka stepped up her singles game on the red clay courts at the Italian Open by defeating Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-3 in her opening match Thursday. Stephens was coming off a singles title at a smaller clay-court
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 11, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Life comes at NHL coaches fast after disappointing seasons. Gerard Gallant walked into the news conference room at the New York Rangers‘ practice facility on May 3 and said, “I’m fine, I’m fine.” Speculation about his job status had
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