Month: October 2023

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 3, 2023, 06:36 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. — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ regular-season opener against the Denver Nuggets might still
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Anthony Olivieri, ESPN.comOct 3, 2023, 06:18 PM ET The Mississippi Department of Human Services has filed notice of its intent to depose former NFL quarterback Brett Favre as part of its civil lawsuit seeking to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare funds. In a court filing Monday, the agency’s notice said its lawyers were
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Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 05:34 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Manager Phil Nevin wasn’t the reason for the Los Angeles Angels‘ massively disappointing season, general manager Perry Minasian says. Nevin was simply the face of their latest failure, and that was enough to compel the Angels to part ways with their fourth manager in
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Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 06:25 PM ET LOS ANGELES — John Calipari of Kentucky will receive the John R. Wooden Award Legends of Coaching honor. Greg Wooden, grandson of the late UCLA coach, announced his selection Tuesday. The honorees are chosen based on character, on-court success, graduation rate of players in their program and
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Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 05:19 PM ET SHANGHAI — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans has been defaulted from the final round of qualifying at the Shanghai Masters after hitting the ball into the face of the chair umpire. Polmans, ranked 140th, was leading Italy’s Stefano Napolitano 7-6 (3) and the score was 6-6 (6-5)
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Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 04:41 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The mother of Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena joined her son on the field Tuesday to throw a ceremonial first pitch before the Rays opened their AL wild-card series against the Texas Rangers. Sandra Gonzalez made the trip to Tropicana Field from Mexico to
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Oct 3, 2023, 03:36 PM ET Forward Derek Stepan, who became the fourth player in league history to record a hat trick in his NHL debut, announced his retirement Tuesday after 13 NHL seasons with four different teams. Stepan, 33, made an immediate impact to start his NHL career, scoring three times against former Vezina
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterOct 3, 2023, 03:17 PM ET Iowa senior quarterback Cade McNamara will miss the remainder of the 2023 season with an ACL tear in his left knee, coach Kirk Ferentz announced Tuesday. “It is not good,” Ferentz said. “Not positive. I was suspicious of that the other night. He’s got an
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 3, 2023, 02:36 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter will likely miss the team’s next two games as he continues to recover from a lacerated liver, coach Deion Sanders said Tuesday. “Let’s say two or three [weeks],”
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Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 08:10 AM ET BEIJING — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and US Open champion Coco Gauff navigated tricky second-round opponents to advance at the China Open on Tuesday. Sabalenka, making her debut at No. 1 in Beijing, came from a break down in each set to see off qualifier Katie Boulter 7-5,
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Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 02:34 PM ET Now that Terry Francona has stepped down from managing the Cleveland Guardians, he’s weighing his options. “I need to go home and get healthy and see what I miss about the game,” Francona said. “I don’t foresee managing again.” Slowed by serious medical issues in recent years,
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterOct 3, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett has a bone bruise in his left knee and will practice in some capacity Wednesday, coach Mike Tomlin said. Tomlin said
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Oct 3, 2023, 02:12 PM ET James Harden didn’t participate in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ first practice at Colorado State University but is expected to arrive in Colorado as soon as Tuesday to join training camp, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. It is not immediately clear how soon or whether Harden will participate in practices, sources
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Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 12:55 PM ET NEWTON, Iowa — NASCAR announced Tuesday that it will finally bring its top Cup Series to Iowa for the first time. Cup Series drivers will race at Iowa Speedway in Newton in June 2024, a weekend that will also include the second-tier Xfinity Series at the track
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