Month: June 2023

ESPN News Services Jun 16, 2023, 09:31 PM ET In the hours before the Dodgers hosted the San Francisco Giants on the team’s 10th annual Pride Night on Friday night, Phoenix-based Catholics for Catholics organized what it called “a prayerful procession” in a parking lot outside Dodger Stadium. A couple hundred people, many wearing red
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Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 16, 2023, 05:46 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Vancouver Canucks are expected to buy out the contract of defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday, making him an unrestricted free agent. Ekman-Larsson has four years remaining on an eight-year, $66
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 08:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Dodgers infielder Max Muncy went on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained hamstring. The team had been hoping to avoid making the move, but Muncy needed more time to recover after getting hurt in last weekend’s game at Philadelphia. “It was a
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Tisha Thompson Jun 16, 2023, 08:00 PM ET Former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer declined to be interviewed by police in Arizona about a sexual assault complaint filed against him, while the woman who accused him gave police varying accounts about her alleged pregnancy, according to two police reports obtained by ESPN. The woman, whom ESPN
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 07:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy played and coached in three established professional sports cities before arriving in Las Vegas. After the Golden Knights hoisted the Stanley Cup in the team’s sixth NHL season – and Cassidy’s first as their coach – Sin City
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Jun 16, 2023, 05:57 PM ET United States captain and veteran defender Becky Sauerbrunn will not be included in the squad for the Women’s World Cup due to a foot injury she suffered in April, multiple reports said Friday. The news was first reported by The Athletic. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 06:22 PM ET BOSTON — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Friday that Aaron Judge received another platelet-rich plasma injection on his sprained right toe but continues to make progress on an injury that has him sidelined for the second time this season. “They hit the other ligament that
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Deion Sanders might lose his left foot as a result of circulation issues that forced him to have two toes amputated in 2021. Sanders allowed camera crews with “Thee Pregame Show” to film a meeting with his medical team at the University of Colorado, where he’s preparing
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 04:54 PM ET Subriel Matias will defend his IBF junior welterweight title against Sergey Lipinets on Aug. 26, sources told ESPN on Friday. The site of the PBC on Showtime fight, which shapes up as a slugfest, was not disclosed. Matias (19-1, 19 KOs) is one of boxing’s top action
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Jun 16, 2023, 05:15 PM ET The Chicago White Sox placed right-hander Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured list because of right biceps inflammation. In a corresponding move, the White Sox recalled right-hander Jesse Scholtens from Triple-A Charlotte. Clevinger, who had an IL stint in late May with right wrist inflammation, left Wednesday’s start against
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 05:13 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization’s list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances. The proposal released Friday from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 03:34 PM ET NOTTINGHAM, England — Three British players reached the semifinals of the grass-court Nottingham Open on Friday in a boost to the nation that will host Wimbledon in a couple of weeks. Katie Boulter, Jodie Burrage and Heather Watson – all placed outside the top 100 in the
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 02:11 PM ET San Diego State gave the Mountain West written notice this week that the school “intends to resign from the Mountain West Conference,” sources told ESPN. In the letter, it asked the Mountain West for a “one-month extension given unforeseen delays involving other collegiate athletic conferences beyond our
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 11:20 AM ET STUTTGART, Germany — There won’t be an all-American semifinal at the Stuttgart Open after Taylor Fritz was upset 6-4, 7-5 by qualifier Marton Fucsovics in the quarterfinals Friday, but Frances Tiafoe won his match to reach the last four. Fritz, the top-ranked American men’s player at No.
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