Month: July 2023

Jul 26, 2023, 03:54 PM ET Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Angel Perdomo was suspended three games my Major League Baseball on Wednesday for “intentionally” throwing at the San Diego Padres‘ Manny Machado in a game Tuesday. Perdomo gave up a home run to the Padres’ Juan Soto in the seventh inning of Tuesday’s game at San
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Jul 26, 2023, 03:47 PM ET World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the first player selected to the 12-man U.S. Ryder Cup team via points, the PGA of America announced Wednesday. Scheffler has been dominant this PGA Tour season, with seven consecutive top-five finishes before tying for 23rd at the Open Championship on Sunday. Before
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 02:44 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. Major League Baseball’s 30 owners voted to extend Rob Manfred as the sport’s commissioner Wednesday, keeping him in place through January
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Jul 26, 2023, 01:44 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs are placing goaltender Matt Murray on long-term injured reserve ahead of the 2023-24 season, the team announced Wednesday. The Maple Leafs said Murray is out indefinitely but did not disclose the nature of the injury. This follows a season in which Murray dealt with a
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 01:36 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan INDIANAPOLIS — Ryan Day watched his quarterback, C.J. Stroud, get his name called by the Texans at the 2023 NFL draft as the second overall pick in April. That was a high point
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 12:48 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan INDIANAPOLIS — With last season’s starting quarterback Sean Clifford graduated, Penn State coach James Franklin said at Big Ten media days his offense is still in a competition phase for the starting quarterback
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Virginia coach Tony Elliott knows that as the season gets closer, his team will have many reminders about how much they have endured since three players were shot and
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNJul 26, 2023, 01:21 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Jul 26, 2023, 01:09 PM ET The San Francisco Giants promoted top prospect Marco Luciano from Triple-A Sacramento on Wednesday. The 21-year-old shortstop is No. 15 in the MLB Pipeline rankings and No. 2 in the Giants organization. Luciano could make his major league debut Wednesday night against the visiting Oakland Athletics. The Dominican Republic
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2023, 01:15 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said the investigation into sports wagering at the school does not involve a large number of football players, but he’s unsure of what the outcome will be.
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David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 01:04 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. SPARTANBURG,
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 12:07 PM ET LONDON — Tennis coach and former top-10 player Mark Philippoussis has been fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for breaching betting sponsorship rules. The ITIA said Wednesday that the Australian was also given a four-month suspended ban “after receiving payment for providing a voiceover to
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2023, 11:36 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. INDIANAPOLIS — Northwestern‘s athletic teams will begin participating in mandatory, in-person anti-hazing seminars conducted by outside groups, beginning with the football team, as athletic director Derrick Gragg said he is committed toward making
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