Month: September 2023

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 12:59 PM ET The cover athletes for the next UFC video game were revealed Tuesday. UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will grace the cover of the main EA Sports UFC 5 game. Israel Adesanya, the two-time UFC middleweight champion, will be
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Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 07:45 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Domestic violence charges have been dropped against Arizona Coyotes minority owner Andrew Barroway, who had been arrested after a dispute with his wife in Colorado last spring. Barroway issued a statement Tuesday saying the district attorney’s office in Pitkin County, Colorado, had decided to
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 01:11 PM ET UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier will weigh in as a backup for the UFC 293 main event this weekend, his manager Lou DiBono of First Round Management confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Israel Adesanya will defend his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland in the
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ESPN News Services Sep 5, 2023, 06:01 PM ET Trea Turner‘s torrid stretch at the plate will take a brief pause this week. The Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday placed the star shortstop on the paternity list, the team announced ahead of its game against the Padres in San Diego. Tuesday marked the nine-month anniversary of
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 5, 2023, 06:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The NIL contract that Chicago Bears rookie Gervon Dexter signed with a speculative investment capital company while playing at the University of Florida in 2022 violated a
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Sep 5, 2023, 06:02 PM ET The Boston Bruins signed veteran forward Danton Heinen to a professional tryout agreement Tuesday. Heinen, 28, broke into the NHL with the Bruins in 2016 after they selected him in the fourth round of the 2014 draft. Editor’s Picks Heinen went on to play for Boston (2016-20), the Anaheim
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Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 06:43 PM ET WASHINGTON — New York Mets right-hander Carlos Carrasco broke his right pinkie finger in a weightlifting accident and will miss the rest of the season, manager Buck Showalter said Tuesday. Carrasco, 36, was lifting weights before Sunday’s game against Seattle when he set down a 50-pound dumbbell
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 06:29 PM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
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Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 05:41 PM ET BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders wants his players reading all those stories about how good they are. He wants them soaking up every bit of the spotlight, too. The Colorado coach isn’t one to keep his players grounded. He prefers them flying high, which they are after
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Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 04:57 PM ET NORFOLK, Va. — The Baltimore Orioles have promoted top prospect Jackson Holliday to Triple-A Norfolk, another step in the 19-year-old shortstop’s remarkable rise through the minors in his first full pro season. Holliday is baseball’s No. 1 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, and he was the top
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Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Close Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role – writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderSep 5, 2023, 04:03 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 New Orleans Pelicans guard Trey Murphy III suffered a left knee meniscus injury Tuesday and further testing will determine whether surgery will be required, sources told ESPN. Murphy, who showed the promise of a future
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Well, it only took one week for Deion Sanders to get Colorado into the AP Top 25 college football poll. Fresh off a stunning win over then-No. 17 TCU, the Buffaloes enter the rankings at No. 22. Florida State convincingly won the week’s only top-10 matchup, routing then-No. 5 LSU 45-24. Meanwhile, the preseason top
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 5, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Virginia quarterback Tony Muskett is day-to-day with a left shoulder injury and will be a game-time decision against James Madison on Saturday, coach Tony Elliott said during his weekly news conference. Muskett
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