Month: July 2023

Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 08:17 PM ET BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles moved past the Tampa Bay Rays and into the AL East lead for the first time this season, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on Wednesday behind three RBIs from Ramon Urías to avoid what would have been their first time getting
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 07:53 PM ET Five-star athlete Mike Matthews committed to Tennessee on Wednesday. Matthews, a three-sport (football, basketball, track) and two-way star on the football field for Parkview High School (Georgia), adds to a burgeoning class for Josh Heupel and the Volunteers that ESPN has ranked 14th. The Volunteers
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Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 07:47 PM ET PALERMO, Italy — Second-seeded Zheng Qinwen beat Diane Parry on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Palermo Open. Zheng found it tougher than her 6-0, 6-0 victory over Sara Errani in the opening round but eventually prevailed 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. She will next face seventh-seeded Emma
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 07:06 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa defensive lineman Noah Shannon will not attend Big Ten media days next week because of his involvement in the NCAA investigation into sports gambling at the school. Senior linebacker Jay Higgins will
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 05:59 PM ET Four-star safety Jaylen Heyward, the No. 71 overall recruit in the 2024 ESPN 300 rankings, decommitted from the Georgia Bulldogs on Tuesday. Heyward, who attends Rockledge (Florida) High School, is rated as the second-best safety in the 2024 cycle by ESPN. “I felt like it
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 04:50 PM ET Luis Alberto Lopez will defend his IBF featherweight title vs. Joet Gonzalez on Sept. 15 in Corpus Christi, Texas, sources told ESPN. Lopez, ESPN’s top boxer at 126 pounds, will headline a Top Rank on ESPN show for the first time in the U.S. The 29-year-old Mexican
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Errol Spence Jr. said a coin flip will determine who will walk out second when he meets Terence Crawford for the undisputed welterweight championship on July 29 in Las Vegas. Spence, who holds the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, will battle Crawford, the WBO champion, for welterweight
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 05:50 PM ET The UFC is looking for a new main event for its first card of August. Umar Nurmagomedov is out of his scheduled headliner against Cory Sandhagen because of undisclosed reasons, sources confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. The UFC is seeking a new opponent for Sandhagen, a
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Jul 19, 2023, 01:30 PM ET The Colorado Rockies reinstated Brent Suter from the 15-day injured list Wednesday and designated fellow left-hander Fernando Abad for assignment. Suter, 33, has been sidelined for nearly a month because of a strained oblique. He sports a 4-0 record with a 2.81 ERA in 31 relief appearances this season
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Jul 19, 2023, 05:24 PM ET Saquon Barkley says he has considered not playing for the New York Giants this season, admitting during a recent interview that he “might have to take it to this level” amid his stalemate with the team over a long-term contract. Barkley discussed his “leverage” in contract negotiations with the
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Jul 19, 2023, 04:56 PM ET The Arizona Diamondbacks put right-hander Zach Davies on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with lower back inflammation. In a corresponding move, they recalled left-hander Joe Mantiply from Triple-A Reno. Davies spent seven weeks on the injured list earlier this season with a strained left oblique. He is 1-4 since
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Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 05:11 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ron Raccuia, who played the lead role in negotiating Buffalo’s new $1.54 billion stadium deal, is out as the Bills’ top executive, team owner Terry Pegula announced Wednesday. In saying the sides had parted ways, Pegula cited a monthslong evaluation of the team’s business
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 03:55 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Colorado coach Deion Sanders will not attend Pac-12 media day because of a “routine, follow-up” procedure on his foot scheduled for Thursday. “Unfortunately, his recovery will preclude him from attending Pac-12 media day,
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ESPN News Services Jul 19, 2023, 03:58 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets signed center Gabriel Vilardi to a two-year, $6.875 million deal, the team announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old restricted free agent had been scheduled for an arbitration hearing July 28. Vilardi arrived in Winnipeg in the June 27 trade that sent winger Pierre-Luc Dubois to
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Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 03:33 PM ET ATLANTA — The Braves placed outfielder Sam Hilliard on the 10-day injured list with a bruised right heel on Wednesday and returned left fielder Eddie Rosario to the starting lineup. After missing two games with tightness in his right hamstring, Rosario is starting in Wednesday night’s game
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