Month: June 2023

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 03:00 PM ET WASHINGTON — The Nationals placed center fielder Victor Robles on the 10-day injured list with back spasms for the second time this season Wednesday, a day after Washington starter MacKenzie Gore questioned Robles’ effort on a fly ball that fell for a single. Washington selected the contract
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 01:26 PM ET HALLE, Germany — Daniil Medvedev continued building momentum after recent setbacks as he moved into the quarterfinals of the Halle Open on Wednesday, beating Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 at the grass-court tournament. Medvedev could have wrapped up the second-round match in straight sets when he
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 02:09 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, England — A finalist at the Birmingham Classic last year, Zhang Shuai of China was eliminated in the first round of the grass-court tournament Wednesday as one of four seeded players to go out. The seventh-seeded Zhang was beaten 6-4, 6-3 by 150th-ranked Emina Bektas of
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 02:30 PM ET GAIBA, Italy — Yanina Wickmayer will face top-seeded Tatjana Maria in the quarterfinals of the Veneto Open after rallying to beat former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday. Kenin appeared headed for victory when she raced to a 4-2 advantage in the third
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 21, 2023, 01:33 PM ET The NBA informed teams Wednesday that it has updated its salary cap projections for the 2023-24 season, sources confirmed to ESPN. In a memo sent to teams, the league said the salary cap is projected to be $136 million and the luxury tax is projected to be
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David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 02:18 PM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. You can follow Newton on Twitter at @DNewtonespn. CHARLOTTE,
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Jun 21, 2023, 02:15 PM ET A group of former Major League Baseball scouts sued commissioner Rob Manfred, the league office and all 30 teams on Wednesday, contending age discrimination, the Los Angeles Times reported. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver and contends MLB “blacklisted” older scouts and used the pandemic
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 02:11 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM The defending champion Denver Nuggets will acquire the 29th and 32nd overall picks in Thursday’s draft in a trade with the Indiana Pacers, sources told
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 01:21 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Josh Berry will take the final step in his long journey to the top of racing with Stewart-Haas Racing next season as the replacement for future NASCAR Hall of Famer Kevin Harvick. Harvick is retiring at the end of this season, and Berry on
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 21, 2023, 12:55 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has invited PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf League CEO and commissioner Greg Norman and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 12:38 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has been suspended three games by the NCAA for recruiting violations and violating head-coach responsibility rules. An infractions panel announced Wednesday that the violations are tied to two
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 11:52 AM ET The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network has agreed to pay the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles around $100 million each following a protracted dispute over the value of the Nationals’ television rights from 2012 to 2016, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The person spoke on condition
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 12:03 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. PITTSBURGH — Former Steelers outside linebacker and Super Bowl champion Clark Haggans died at the age of 46, a team spokesperson confirmed Wednesday morning. No cause of
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Jun 21, 2023, 11:11 AM ET Denver Nuggets guard Bruce Brown, one of the catalysts of the reigning NBA champions, is declining his $6.8 million player option to become an unrestricted free agent, his agent, Ty Sullivan of CAA Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brown, who said “nobody wanted me” when he hit free agency
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