Month: August 2023

ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2023, 06:28 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers placed right-hander Joe Kelly on the 15-day injured list Sunday with right forearm inflammation. No corresponding move was announced, leaving the Dodgers a man down in the bullpen for Sunday’s 8-3 win against the Colorado Rockies. Kelly was 1-0 and had not
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 09:07 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Manager Derek Shelton, bench coach Don Kelly and pitching coach Oscar Marin were ejected by plate umpire Nic Lentz during the same at-bat for arguing balls and strikes in the sixth inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ 6-5, extra-inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds that wrapped
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 05:43 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Michael McDowell raced to his second NASCAR crown jewel victory Sunday, dominating the Brickyard 200 — and putting himself in the playoffs for the second time in three years. The 38-year-old Arizona driver who has made more than 450 career starts beat Chase Elliott across
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 07:58 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Major League Baseball is looking into social media posts involving Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, the team said Sunday. Franco did not play in Sunday’s 9-2 loss to Cleveland. “During today’s game, we were made aware of the social media posts that
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ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2023, 06:56 PM ET MONTREAL — Jessica Pegula routed Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0 on Sunday to win the National Bank Open for her third career WTA Tour victory. Pegula, the 29-year-old American seeded fourth, topped Samsonova after the 15th-seeded Russian beat third-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 earlier
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 06:51 PM ET MALAGA, Spain — The U.S. World Cup basketball team got its first big test of the summer Sunday, and a perfect shooting night from Jalen Brunson helped ensure the Americans passed. Brunson was 9-for-9 from the field on the way to a team-best 21 points, Jaren Jackson
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ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2023, 05:20 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Colorado Rockies left fielder Jurickson Profar left the Rockies’ game against Los Angeles on Sunday with a left knee injury after he ran into the wall while making an inning-ending catch. Profar made an impressive play on Mookie Betts‘ sharp liner to end
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Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2023, 06:18 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 04:41 PM ET SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners left-hander Marco Gonzales will undergo nerve surgery and will miss the rest of the season. Gonzales will have surgery Aug. 22 to decompress the anterior interosseous nerve in his left forearm. The 31-year-old hopes to recover by spring training. “This comes after a
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2023, 05:01 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have waived Mykal Walker, one of their starting linebackers from last season. Walker, 25, started
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Stephen Holder, ESPNAug 13, 2023, 03:50 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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ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2023, 01:58 PM ET The Arizona Diamondbacks designated veteran catcher Carson Kelly for assignment on Sunday when they activated catcher Gabriel Moreno from the 10-day injured list after his recovery from left shoulder inflammation. The team also selected the contract of right-hander Bryce Jarvis from Triple-A Reno and optioned right-hander
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Aug 13, 2023, 02:32 PM ET Texas Rangers All-Star catcher Jonah Heim was activated from the 10-day injured list on Sunday. In a corresponding move, the Rangers optioned catcher Sam Huff to Triple-A Round Rock. Heim, 28, had not played since July 26, when he was injured while swinging during an at-bat in the fourth
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