Month: August 2023

Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 31, 2023, 01:36 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Cleveland Guardians on Thursday added three strong pitchers to their staff as an unusually busy late August day of waiver claims ended with a massive transfer of talent
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Paul Biancardi, Basketball RecruitingAug 31, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State The summer grassroots basketball circuit is over, meaning it’s time to update ESPN’s player recruiting rankings across all classes after a
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNAug 31, 2023, 12:10 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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ESPN News Services Aug 31, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Japan is one win away from getting back to the Olympics. Makoto Hiejima scored 23 points, Yuta Watanabe added 21 and Japan roared back from a 15-point third-quarter deficit to beat Venezuela 86-77 on Thursday in a classification round game at the Basketball World Cup in
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Aug 31, 2023, 11:09 AM ET The Minnesota Vikings and star tight end T.J. Hockenson have agreed to terms on a new deal, the team announced Thursday. The Vikings have not disclosed the terms, but sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Adam Schefter that Hockenson will become one of the NFL’s highest-paid tight ends. “He
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Aug 31, 2023, 06:15 AM ET Chelsea forward Romelu Lukaku has completed a season-long loan move to AS Roma, the Serie A club announced on Thursday. The move marks a return to Italy for Lukaku, who spent two seasons at Inter Milan between 2019 and 2021 and returned on loan last season. – Stream on
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox are promoting former infielder Chris Getz to senior vice president/general manager, the team announced Thursday. Getz, who turned 40 on Wednesday, has been the team’s director
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ESPN Fantasy Aug 31, 2023, 07:02 AM ET Our ESPN Fantasy staff got together for our final fantasy football mock draft leading up to the start of the NFL season, this time using a 12-team, PPR format. Play the No. 1 fantasy game We’re back with another year of ESPN Fantasy Football, and it’s not
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