Month: June 2023

Jun 30, 2023, 12:19 PM ET The Atlanta Braves recalled right-hander Michael Soroka from Triple-A Gwinnett to start Friday’s game against the Miami Marlins. Soroka (0-1, 8.38 ERA) will be making his first start at Truist Park since Aug. 3, 2020. Soroka, 25, missed almost three seasons with various ailments, including two Achilles tears, before
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Jun 30, 2023, 11:52 AM ET Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona will return to the dugout for Friday afternoon’s game against the host Chicago Cubs. Francona has missed the Guardians’ last three games after being hospitalized for lightheadedness. He returned to Kauffman Stadium on Thursday to watch interim manager DeMarlo Hale guide the Guardians in
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Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 10:08 AM ET EASTBOURNE, England — Madison Keys advanced to the Eastbourne International final by beating seventh-ranked Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 on Friday. It was Keys’ first grass-court victory over a top-10 player since beating Angelique Kerber for the Eastbourne title in 2014. Keys took control of the first set
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Jun 30, 2023, 10:00 AM ET We’re 10 days away from the 2023 MLB draft, which will take place July 7-9 in Seattle in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities. The first round kicks off at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 1 pick, followed by the Washington
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Joon Lee, ESPNJun 29, 2023, 04:30 PM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate Major League Baseball has unveiled the 2023 All-Star uniforms. With the Seattle Mariners hosting the Midsummer Classic, the design features Seattle’s nature, forests, oceans and topography. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The American League jersey is a light
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Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 09:46 AM ET The rapidly expanding landscape of nonprofit, donor-backed collectives paying college athletes to promote charities has been hit with a potentially seismic disruption. A recent 12-page memo from the Internal Revenue Service determined that, in many cases, such collectives may not qualify as tax-exempt if their main purpose
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Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 06:40 AM ET WIMBLEDON, England — Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will begin her 24th appearance at the tournament against 2019 semifinalist Elina Svitolina, while Friday’s draw put two-time titlist Andy Murray up against wild-card entry Ryan Peniston in an all-British first-round matchup. Williams, who is 43 and has played
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Allan Border, the former Australia captain, has revealed he has Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. Border, who turns 68 in July, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2016. “I walked into the neurosurgeon’s and he said straight up, ‘I’m sorry to tell you but you’ve got Parkinson’s’,” Border said.
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