Month: April 2024

Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 12:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — The benches cleared quickly, and then relievers came running in from the bullpens. Why it all happened remains a mystery. That sixth-inning altercation between the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers didn’t escalate into any real fighting, and the two main participants —
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 13, 2024, 02:44 AM 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. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani‘s first game since what amounted to vindication from the betting scandal that surrounded
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SWpix.com Great Britain won men’s and women’s team pursuit gold as the final round of the 2024 Track Nations Cup got under way in Milton, Canada. Katie Archibald, Jessica Roberts, Josie Knight and Anna Morris defeated Italy by more than six seconds despite trailing for much of the women’s race. Ethan Hayter, Dan Bigham, Ethan
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterApr 12, 2024, 11:51 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — On paper, the PFL’s light heavyweight division looked like its marquee weight class going into the 2024 season — and it certainly did not
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Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 01:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Looking to help Francisco Lindor out of his early funk, New York Mets fans gave him the Trea Turner treatment. Cheers instead of catcalls. Warm ovations rather than angry boos. And the star shortstop was certainly appreciative. “I wasn’t expecting it
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Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 13, 2024, 01:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — The West got a little wilder on Friday night. With the Denver Nuggets‘ 121-120 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, coupled with wins by the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves, there’s now a three-way tie atop the Western Conference heading
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Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 01:06 AM ET DAYTON, Ohio — Don Donoher, the winningest basketball coach at Dayton and a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 92. The university announced Donoher’s death on Friday night. No cause of death was given. Donoher went 437-275 in a 25-year
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Emily Kaplan, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 09:43 PM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions Arizona Coyotes players were informed Friday that the team is relocating to Utah, sources told ESPN, confirming a report by PHNX Sports. Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong met with the players ahead of their game against
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Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 12:18 AM ET DETROIT — Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa left Friday night’s game against the Detroit Tigers with an oblique strain after striking out in the third inning. “It’s like a gut punch,” outfielder Byron Buxton said following Detroit’s 8-2 win. The banged-up Twins have been without infielder Royce
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Surviving both a Joel Embiid injury scare and a fourth quarter push by the Orlando Magic, the Philadelphia 76ers took a significant step toward escaping the Eastern Conference play-in picture with a 125-113 victory over the Magic here at Wells Fargo Center
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Stephen Holder, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 09:31 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Associated Press Apr 12, 2024, 09:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Eastern Washington hired Dan Monson on Friday, the coach who led Long Beach State to the NCAA tournament after the school told him he would be fired at the end of the season. Monson, who also coached at Gonzaga and Minnesota, will take over
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Brady Henderson, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 08:28 PM ET Close Brady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Henderson covers the Seattle Seahawks. He joined ESPN in 2017 covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM. You can follow him via Twitter @BradyHenderson. Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks are signing veteran guard
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Associated Press Apr 12, 2024, 07:39 PM ET TORONTO — Colorado Rockies right-hander Daniel Bard needs surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his right elbow and will not pitch again this season, manager Bud Black said Friday. Bard is in the final season of a $19 million, two-year deal. He has not pitched in
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Associated Press Apr 12, 2024, 07:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Luis Robert Jr. could return to the Chicago White Sox in May, and the team also provided a positive update on third baseman Yoan Moncada on Friday. Robert is on the shelf with a Grade 2 right hip flexor strain, and Moncada
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