Month: July 2023

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2023, 09:01 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The PGA Tour has notified the R&A and the United States Golf Association that it will not support a proposed modified local rule that would allow tours
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Jeff Passan Close Jeff Passan ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jesse Rogers Close Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Jul 26, 2023, 07:26 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing
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Stephen Holder, ESPNJul 26, 2023, 08:46 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 08:43 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson, his stepfather and his mother allegedly have failed to pay back $1.8 million of a $2 million loan from a California-based technology company. In a civil lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Ankr
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Jul 26, 2023, 07:40 PM ET Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani, the subject of trade speculation with the deadline looming Tuesday, will start Game 1 of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers, rather than Friday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Thursday’s start is expected to be Ohtani’s last before the trade deadline. Editor’s Picks
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 07:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The family of Bronny James, the hospital and the university made no new public comments about his health Wednesday, two days after the 18-year-old son of NBA superstar LeBron James went into cardiac arrest during a basketball practice with his team at the University
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 06:13 PM ET BOSTON — Maybe he will run a marathon. He probably won’t be coaching. For now, Patrice Bergeron is content to be the “Uber driver for the family,” and that’s a pretty good feeling. “It’s been an amazing ride, 20 years, but also hockey brings you a lot
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Jul 26, 2023, 06:32 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche re-signed forward Ben Meyers to a one-year contract Wednesday on a league-minimum deal, according to The Athletic, that has a $775,000 cap hit. Meyers, 24, played in 39 games for the Avalanche last season and scored four goals. In two seasons with Colorado, he has five
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ESPN News Services Jul 26, 2023, 06:28 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins acquired Dylan Floro from the Miami Marlins in exchange for Jorge Lopez on Wednesday in a swap of struggling right-handed relievers on contending teams. Floro is an eight-year big league veteran with a career 3.32 ERA, but the 32-year-old is 3-5
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown wants to win more than championships after inking the richest deal in NBA history. On Wednesday, minutes after he did a ceremonial signing of the contract that will keep him in a Celtics uniform and pay him a record $303.7 million over
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 05:31 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Andrey Rublev saved three match points in a deciding-set tiebreaker to beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the first round of the clay-court Hamburg European Open on Wednesday, as top-seeded Casper Ruud also won in three sets. Rublev won 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7) after recovering
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2023, 05:18 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. INDIANAPOLIS — When new Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti meets with the league’s football coaches, the conversation inevitably steers toward one important but elusive goal: national championships. The Big Ten hasn’t won a
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 03:01 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. LATROBE, Pa. — A day after New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley agreed to sign an adjusted franchise tender to end a stalemate with the team,
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 26, 2023, 05:21 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The future of Colorado in the Pac-12 is in flux, as the school is discussing the future of athletics in a university board of trustees meeting Wednesday regarding “athletics operations.” The school is mulling a potential move to the Big 12, according to sources, and
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