Month: June 2023

ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 03:28 PM ET Six-time All-Star Joey Votto is rejoining the streaking Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. The Reds announced that Votto will be playing first base and batting sixth in Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. The team has not announced a corresponding move in connection to Votto’s activation
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2023, 12:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to commissioner Jay Monahan whether the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 01:51 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. The Los Angeles Angels placed third baseman Anthony Rendon on the injured list with a left wrist contusion Monday, four days
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ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 12:55 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals reinstated outfielder Lars Nootbaar from the 10-day injured list Monday. He has been out since sustaining a lower back contusion when he crashed into the outfield fence on May 29. Nootbaar, 25, went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs on
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The spring mattered for the Atlanta Falcons, but they treat spring workouts as intended — voluntary — and
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJun 19, 2023, 03:10 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. LAS VEGAS — Gio Reyna may have only played 45 minutes in the United States‘ 2-0 win over Canada in the final of the Concacaf Nations League (CNL) on Sunday, but it
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Jun 19, 2023, 12:17 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is declining his $27.6 million player option for next season, his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. “We will continue to talk to Golden State and explore all options,” Paul told ESPN. It was expected Green would
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Jun 19, 2023, 11:05 AM ET Forward Connor Bedard, the projected top pick in the upcoming NHL draft, was named the inaugural winner of the IIHF Male Player of the Year Award Monday. “This is such a huge honour,” Bedard said, per the International Ice Hockey Federation. “I’m not sure how to compare it to
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Jun 19, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Longtime Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dick “Turkey” Hall, a member of the team’s Hall of Fame, died Sunday at the age of 92. The Orioles announced his death on Monday. Hall was inducted into the Orioles’ Hall of Fame in 1989. Hall began his career as an outfielder with the
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Jun 19, 2023, 08:00 AM ET The 2023 NBA draft will bring a new class of young talent to the league. French sensation Victor Wembanyama leads the pack, as the hailed generational prospect is assured to be the first overall selection by the San Antonio Spurs. But beyond the first pick, a handful of lottery
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2023, 09:52 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LOS ANGELES — When Wyndham Clark was a child, his mother, Lise, liked to put notes of encouragement in his book bag. The notes might have been
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 08:17 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Natasha Jonas is attempting to win a world title in a second weight division. Jonas will
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