Month: August 2023

Aug 15, 2023, 01:01 PM ET Bob Baun, a rugged defenseman who won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1960s, died Tuesday at age 86, the team announced. Baun spent 14 seasons with the Maple Leafs, playing in 739 games and posting 169 points (29 goals, 140 assists) and 1,153 penalty
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Associated Press Aug 15, 2023, 12:50 PM ET ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves recalled infielder Vaughn Grissom from Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of their game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. Grissom, who lost out on the starting shortstop job during spring training, was promoted after the Braves placed second baseman Ozzie Albies on
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Aug 15, 2023, 01:30 PM ET Lucas Glover and Rory McIlroy are paired in the first round of the BMW Championship — the penultimate event of the FedExCup Playoffs — at the North Course of Olympia Fields Country Club outside of Chicago. The scramble for positioning at East Lake Country Club, site of the PGA
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Aug 15, 2023, 11:16 AM ET Norwegian Viktor Hovland became the third member of Team Europe’s Ryder Cup roster on Tuesday, joining Jon Rahm and Rory McIlory on captain Luke Donald‘s team. “My man!! Welcome to the party! 3 down, 9 to go,” Donald wrote in a social media announcement. Ranked No. 5 in the
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Aug 15, 2023, 09:48 AM ET The New York Jets activated running back Breece Hall off the physically unable to perform list Tuesday, the team announced. Hall, who rushed for 463 yards and had five total touchdowns in his rookie season before he tore an ACL in Week 7 against the Denver Broncos, will now
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ESPN News Services Aug 15, 2023, 09:54 AM ET NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to revive longtime umpire Ángel Hernández’s lawsuit accusing Major League Baseball of racial discrimination. In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Cuban-born Hernández’s arguments that the league’s promotion practices,
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Aug 15, 2023, 10:17 AM ET Rookie Anthony Richardson will be the Indianapolis Colts‘ starting quarterback this season, coach Shane Steichen said Tuesday. Richardson threw an interception in his preseason debut against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, but after the game, Steichen credited the rookie for his “great poise” and took the blame for the
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Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been banned from all sport for four years for violating anti-doping rules. Freeman was struck off in 2021 because of misconduct after a hearing by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. During the tribunal process, Freeman was charged with two violations by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad)
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