Month: June 2023

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 03:53 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The NCAA is amending its penalties for student-athletes who violate the association’s gambling policy, increasing leniency and, in some cases, basing punishments on the amount wagered. The Division I Legislative Committed on Tuesday ratified
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 01:11 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. The NFL Players Association’s board of player representatives has elected Lloyd Howell as the NFLPA’s new executive director. Howell will take over for DeMaurice Smith, with an
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Associated Press Jun 28, 2023, 03:04 PM ET Victor Wembanyama has grown a little. Or not, depending on perspective. The official height for the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, the San Antonio Spurs said Wednesday, is 7 feet, 3½ inches — and that was measured without shoes, per NBA guidelines. That’s a half-inch
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 01:24 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Jessica McCaskill is returning to the ring and is starting to attempt to regain the undisputed welterweight championship. McCaskill, the WBC and
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Jun 28, 2023, 12:57 PM ET A handful of NFL players, including Indianapolis Colts cornerback and kick returner Isaiah Rodgers, are expected to receive season-long suspensions this week for violating the NFL’s policy on gambling, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Rodgers is the subject of a league investigation into possible violations of the
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. The matchups for the first ACC/SEC Challenge were announced Wednesday morning, headlined by Duke’s trip to Arkansas on the men’s side and Virginia Tech’s game against LSU on the women’s side. The
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2023, 11:00 AM ET Ashton Sylve, the teen boxing prospect under Jake Paul’s promotional banner, will get the toughest test of his early career this summer. The undefeated, 19-year-old rising star will face 34-fight veteran William Silva on Aug. 5 in Dallas on the undercard of the Jake Paul
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Jun 28, 2023, 11:47 AM ET Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez was named the winner of the 2022-23 Bob Lanier Community Assist Award on Wednesday. Lopez, 35, was recognized for his support of youth literacy programs in Milwaukee. The winner was determined by an NBA executive panel and a 12-day fan voting period from a
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Jun 28, 2023, 11:24 AM ET The Buffalo Bills training staff will be honored during the 2023 ESPYS for the life-saving measures performed when safety Damar Hamlin collapsed in January. Every member of the Bills’ training staff will be awarded the Pat Tillman Award for Service, which goes to a group or an individual with
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Andrew Lopez, ESPNJun 28, 2023, 11:37 AM ET Victor Wembanyama’s debut in a San Antonio Spurs jersey will not come this weekend. The Spurs announced Wednesday that the No. 1 overall pick would not join the team in Sacramento for the California Classic Summer League, but he would join the team in Las Vegas for
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 28, 2023, 09:17 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia In his first public comments since the PGA Tour’s stunning alliance with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was announced June 6, six-time
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