Month: October 2023

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 06:09 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham is doubling — if not tripling
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Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 01:35 PM ET LIV Golf is playing only for cash, not world ranking points, after the Official World Golf Ranking board determined it could not fairly measure the 48-man league with the other 24 tours around the world. The OWGR rejected the application from Saudi-backed LIV Golf, first submitted in
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Oct 10, 2023, 05:49 PM ET Forward Noah Gregor signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. Gregor, 25, had joined the Maple Leafs on a professional tryout prior to training camp. He recorded 17 points (10 goals, seven assists) in 57 games last season with the San Jose Sharks. Gregor
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Oct 10, 2023, 05:50 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson didn’t hesitate when informed that she had been invited to play in this week’s Shriners Children’s Open, where she will become only the seventh woman to compete on the PGA Tour. She had other plans for this weekend after a busy schedule that had
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 10, 2023, 05:11 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 MARSEILLE, France — England are ready to be “public enemy number one” when they take on Fiji at the
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Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 03:43 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU quarterback Chandler Morris has a sprained MCL in his left knee and likely will miss multiple games. Horned Frogs coach Sonny Dykes on Tuesday described the injury as a “week-to-week” issue. It is the same injury that Morris suffered in the 2022
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Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 03:43 PM ET MASON, Ohio — The nation’s longest-running tennis tournament is staying in Cincinnati. Amid speculation the tournament would move, Beemok Capital announced Tuesday that the Western & Southern Open will be played just outside of Cincinnati for another 25 years. “The passion and commitment of this community to
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Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 04:46 PM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina receiver Antwane “Juice” Wells Jr. is doubtful to play against Florida this week as he continues to heal from a left foot injury. Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer updated Wells’ condition Tuesday. Wells, who missed time at summer camp with a lower-body injury,
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterOct 10, 2023, 03:57 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa senior defensive lineman Noah Shannon, who in August was suspended for the season because of his involvement in an NCAA sports wagering investigation, has been cleared to practice with the team again
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Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 10, 2023, 03:33 PM ET Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels is doubtful for the game at Oklahoma State this week with a lingering back issue, as sources told ESPN he missed practice Monday and Tuesday and is likely to miss his third consecutive game. Daniels, the preseason All-Big 12 Offensive Player of the
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 03:30 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Seven months after No. 1 seed Purdue suffered a loss to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the NCAA tournament, coach Matt Painter said the defeat still bothers him. The loss was just
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 04:24 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato With more players entering the transfer portal across collegiate sports each year, advocates have compared the freedom athletes now enjoy to the flexibility coaches have when they decide to change jobs.
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 02:15 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The heavyweight boxing match between WBC champion Tyson Fury and former UFC champion Francis Ngannou will air on ESPN pay-per-view in the United States, Top Rank officials told ESPN on
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Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 03:18 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said he is speaking regularly with Craig Counsell but couldn’t predict how soon the NL’s longest-tenured manager would decide whether to return next season. Arnold was a little more definitive about ace pitcher Corbin Burnes, who will
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Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 01:20 PM ET NEW YORK — The NBA has promoted Intae Hwang and Sha’Rae Mitchell to its full-time referee staff for the coming season. Hwang is a native of South Korea who moved to New Jersey in 2020 with hopes of becoming a referee in the U.S. He worked seven
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Kiley McDaniel, ESPN MLB InsiderOct 10, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Rintaro Sasaki, the Japanese high school career home run record holder, did not submit his application for the Nippon Professional
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 10, 2023, 03:16 PM ET The defending champion Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics were installed as the co-favorites to win this year’s NBA title, according to NBA.com’s annual survey of all 30 of the league’s general managers. Both the Nuggets and Celtics picked up 10 of the 30 votes to win
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