Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 09:53 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Walker Buehler‘s impending return is becoming more real. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed Thursday that Buehler, in the late
Month: September 2023
Aug 31, 2023, 10:32 PM Australia are set to go into battle in their first World Cup match without their most experienced warrior, former captain James Slipper. Head coach Eddie Jones did not sound confident about the chances of his veteran prop overcoming injury in time to pack down with the Wallabies against Georgia at
West Indies left-hander Nicholas Pooran and Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan have both withdrawn from the BBL draft while South African Dane van Niekerk is out of the WBBL due to the fractured right thumb she suffered during the recent women’s Hundred. Pooran and Rizwan were set to be platinum picks in the BBL draft and
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 07:57 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. IBF flyweight champion Arely Mucino will make the first defense of her title against Gabriela Fundora on Oct. 21 at the Kia
Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 08:39 PM ET NEW YORK — The robot strike zone will get slightly bigger at Triple-A starting Tuesday in an attempt to make it better reflect individual batters rather than averages, and the pitch clock will be altered, too. The robots this season were programmed to call a two-dimensional zone
Aug 31, 2023, 05:51 PM ET Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp has suffered a setback in his return from a hamstring injury and is day-to-day, coach Sean McVay announced on Thursday. “I think we just take it a day at a time right now,” McVay said. “We want to be able to get
ESPN News Services Aug 31, 2023, 07:50 PM ET Free agent center JaVale McGee is planning to sign with the Sacramento Kings on a one-year guaranteed minimum contract, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. McGee, 35, was waived by the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, about a year after he signed as a free agent
Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 05:47 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said he’s excited to see what an influx of young players will bring to the major league team over the final weeks of a lost season and also hinted that changes could be coming to how the team
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 07:24 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 06:46 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Former AL MVP Josh Donaldson signed a minor league deal with the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, two days after the New York Yankees released him. The Brewers said Donaldson will report to their Triple-A affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. Donaldson is a three-time All-Star