Month: May 2023

May 10, 2023, 01:26 PM ET World No. 8 golfer Brooke Henderson will sit out this week’s Cognizant Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour because of an illness, TSN reported Wednesday. Henderson began the season by winning the Tournament of Champions in January. The 25-year-old has 13 LPGA Tour victories, including major wins at the
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Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 01:20 PM ET The father of Devin Willock has filed a lawsuit against the University of Georgia Athletic Association, claiming the school’s athletic department should be held liable for the January car crash that killed the former Bulldogs offensive lineman and recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy. The lawsuit,
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Anthony Olivieri Elizabeth Merrill Close Elizabeth Merrill ESPN Senior Writer Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. May 10, 2023, 12:44 PM ET Former Las Vegas Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III pleaded guilty Wednesday in a 2021 drunken
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderMay 10, 2023, 12:42 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Fifteen-year NBA veteran and ESPN analyst JJ Redick interviewed for the Toronto Raptors‘ coaching job this week, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Redick was part of a first round of interviews and met with franchise
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 10, 2023, 12:06 PM ET Rolly Romero and Ismael Barroso will vie for the WBA’s vacant junior welterweight title on Saturday in Las Vegas, the organization announced Wednesday, after Alberto Puello was made champion in recess due to the adverse finding in his A-sample for the banned substance clomiphene. Puello (21-0, 10
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun English heavyweight Tom Aspinall will headline a UFC Fight Night event July 22 in London against Marcin Tybura, UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday. Aspinall (12-3) will return to O2
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ESPN News Services May 10, 2023, 12:49 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies placed left-hander Jose Alvarado on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with inflammation in his pitching elbow. Alvarado initially felt discomfort during warmups ahead of Tuesday’s 8-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The IL move is retroactive to Monday. The 27-year-old reliever has
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Associated Press May 10, 2023, 12:27 PM ET HANOVER, N.H. — Sammy McCorkle will serve as Dartmouth‘s interim football coach for the 2023 football season while Buddy Teevens recovers from a bicycle accident that resulted in the amputation of his right leg. McCorkle was elevated from associate head coach to acting head coach on April
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May 10, 2023, 12:08 PM ET Free agent tight end Foster Moreau, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma earlier this year, has agreed to a three-year, $12 million contract with the New Orleans Saints, his agent told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Wednesday. Agent Joe Linta told Fowler that Moreau’s contract includes $8 million guaranteed and
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Associated Press May 10, 2023, 12:35 PM ET Mike Krzyzewski is coming out of retirement and heading to the NBA — as an adviser, not a coach. The league said Wednesday that Krzyzewski, the Hall of Famer and all-time men’s college Division I coaching wins leader, is its new special adviser to basketball operations. He
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ESPN News Services May 10, 2023, 11:20 AM ET Minnesota Twins shortstop Kyle Farmer, who missed 25 games following oral surgery after taking a 92 mph pitch to his face on April 12, has been activated off the 10-day injured list, the team announced Wednesday. Farmer, 32, had a procedure to realign four bottom teeth
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Ramla Ali’s next fight will be in the United States in June. A source told ESPN the junior featherweight will be on the Regis Prograis-Liam Paro
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Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 09:47 AM ET Close Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate The New York Jets and Miami Dolphins will play in the NFL’s first-ever Black Friday game. The historic game, announced Wednesday, will be played at MetLife Stadium on Nov. 24, with kickoff
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May 10, 2023, 09:07 AM ET LONDON — Seville will host the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Finals, the International Tennis Federation announced on Wednesday. The showpiece women’s team event, featuring 12 nations, will take place from Nov. 7-12. It is the first time since 2008 that Spain has hosted the finals of the competition,
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