Month: September 2023

Sep 21, 2023, 02:37 PM ET The San Francisco Giants placed shortstop Brandon Crawford on the 10-day injured list Thursday in advance of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Crawford, 36, strained his right hamstring during Wednesday’s 7-1 loss at Arizona. If Crawford is unable to return by the Oct. 1 season finale
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Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterSep 21, 2023, 01:41 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
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Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 21, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Detroit Tigers hired Jeff Greenberg as their new general manager Thursday, filling out their front office a year after Scott Harris joined the team as president of baseball
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Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterSep 21, 2023, 12:31 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 21, 2023, 12:34 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks star Khris Middleton has heard the comments Giannis Antetokounmpo has made over the past several weeks. But unlike the rest of the NBA universe, which has been caught off-guard by Antetokounmpo’s open acknowledgement of uncertainty about his future, Middleton said it was simply an extension
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterSep 21, 2023, 11:43 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. PITTSBURGH — Speaking for the first time since his tackle of Nick Chubb resulted in a season-ending knee injury for the Cleveland Browns running back, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Associated Press Sep 21, 2023, 10:42 AM ET ZHUHAI, China — Returning to China for the first time in four years, Andy Murray won his first-round match at the Zhuhai Championships on Thursday, beating local wild card Mo Ye Cong 7-5, 6-3. Murray, bidding for his fifth tour title in China and the first there
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ESPN News Services Sep 21, 2023, 10:33 AM ET Former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announced Thursday on social media that he is retiring from the NFL. Duvernay-Tardif, who also is a doctor, walked away from football in 2020 to work in medicine in his native Canada at the start of the COVID-19
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 07:02 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun In his first comments since losing the UFC’s middleweight championship earlier this month, Israel Adesanya said he is “quietly confident” he will beat Sean Strickland if and when the two
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 11:04 PM ET Two of the most exciting big men in the UFC will meet for gold at Madison Square Garden. Former light heavyweight champion Jirí Procházka and former middleweight champion Alex Pereira will fight for the vacant light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 295
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 10:48 PM ET Two title fights have been set up for the UFC’s end-of-the-year pay-per-view. Leon Edwards will defend his welterweight title against Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 296 on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday on social media. In
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