Month: June 2023

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 23, 2023, 12:44 PM ET Joshua Franco was stripped of his WBA junior bantamweight title on Friday after he weighed 121.25 pounds for his 115-pound title rematch on Saturday against Kazuto Ioka in Tokyo. Ioka (29-2-1, 15 KOs) can still capture the title with a victory. In the event of a draw
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Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 12:31 PM ET CLEVELAND — Milwaukee Brewers reliever Matt Bush has been activated after missing two months with an injury to his right rotator cuff. The Brewers activated the right-hander Friday before opening a three-game series at Cleveland. Bush fills the roster spot vacated by right-handed pitcher Trevor Megill, who
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2023, 10:31 AM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2023, 01:40 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Julio Rodriguez, the Seattle Mariners‘ star outfielder, has committed to the Home Run Derby, which will take place in his home
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Jun 23, 2023, 10:22 AM ET The Buffalo Bills on Friday announced contract extensions for general manager Brandon Beane and coach Sean McDermott through the 2027 season. The 2023 season will be the pair’s seventh season together during which the Bills have four three AFC East division titles and have made four consecutive playoff appearances.
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West Virginia point guard Kerr Kriisa, one of the top college basketball transfers this spring, will enter the NCAA transfer portal in the wake of Bob Huggins’ resignation as Mountaineers head coach, he told ESPN. Huggins elected to step down in the wake of being arrested for allegedly driving under the influence, which threw the
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Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 12:21 PM ET LONDON — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says one big turnout by Oakland Athletics fans doesn’t change “a decade worth of inaction” as he defended earlier comments about the “reverse boycott” held in protest of the team’s proposed move to Las Vegas. Manfred said he was
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Jun 23, 2023, 10:29 AM ET Minnesota Twins right-hander Kenta Maeda was reinstated from the 15-day injured list to start Friday’s game against the host Detroit Tigers. Maeda (0-4, 9.00 ERA) had been sidelined with a right triceps strain since he left an April 26 start in which he surrendered 10 runs in three-plus innings
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Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 08:20 AM ET HALLE, Germany — Jannik Sinner‘s preparations for Wimbledon were disrupted Friday when the Italian player retired from his match against Alexander Bublik in the Halle Open quarterfinals with an adductor muscle injury. Organizers said Sinner, ranked ninth in the world, strained his adductor while sliding to reach
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ESPN News Services Jun 23, 2023, 08:52 AM ET Zion Rose is well aware that the percentage of Black players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades. But the 18-year-old catcher from Chicago, still sweaty from a workout during MLB’s draft combine this week at Chase Field in Phoenix, said he’s
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Jun 23, 2023, 08:37 AM ET Travis Kelce says he understands Ja’Marr Chase wanting to stick up for his quarterback but by dissing Patrick Mahomes he better be ready to back up his “bold” talk. The Kansas City Chiefs‘ star tight end weighed in on the Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver’s “Pat who?” comment this
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. IT FELT LIKE a fairy-tale start to Dansby Swanson‘s Chicago Cubs career. Swanson had left the Atlanta Braves to sign a seven-year, $177 million deal with Chicago in December, in part because
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