Month: April 2024

ESPN News Services Apr 3, 2024, 12:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Joey Bart, designated for assignment Sunday by the San Francisco Giants, was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Once considered the likely successor to Buster Posey as the Giants’ everyday catcher, Bart, 27, never quite stuck with the big club long-term
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 2, 2024, 11:08 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Florida Atlantic star guard Johnell Davis has entered the transfer portal and plans to declare for the NBA draft, he announced on Tuesday. Davis officially entered the transfer portal
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Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterApr 2, 2024, 11:21 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions Representatives of the Athletics‘ ownership met with officials from Oakland and Alameda County on Tuesday to discuss the city’s most recent offer to keep the
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Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 12:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington State hired David Riley as its men’s basketball coach on Tuesday, nabbing the two-time Big Sky Conference coach of the year at a time of uncertainty for the Cougars. Riley will move down the Palouse highway after three successful seasons as coach at
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Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 12:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Derik Queen outshined high school teammate Cooper Flagg, the nation’s top-ranked recruit, leading the East team to an 88-86 victory over the West on Tuesday night in the McDonald’s All-American game. Queen, a bruising 6-foot-9 center and teammate of Flagg’s at Montverde
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Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question Tuesday night when residents of Jackson County, Missouri, resoundingly voted down a sales tax measure that would helped to fund a new downtown ballpark along with
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Jamal Collier, ESPNApr 2, 2024, 07:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Stockton Kings’ Lindsey Harding became the first woman to be named coach of the year in the NBA G League on Tuesday. Harding earned the honor after guiding the Kings to a league-best 24-10 regular-season record. They earned the top seed in the
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Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners are signing 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel to a minor league deal. The lefty will report to Triple-A Tacoma by this weekend. Keuchel pitched in 10 games last season for the Minnesota Twins, starting in six.
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Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula rallied from a set down and beat fellow American Amanda Anisimova 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in a second-round match at the Charleston Open on Tuesday night. Pegula had seven aces in the match and won despite capitalizing on
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ESPN News Services Apr 2, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper‘s first hit of the season was a big one. Same for his second. And his third. Harper homered in each of his first three at-bats for Philadelphia during Tuesday night’s game against Cincinnati. The two-time NL MVP went 0
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Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 08:42 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell is sidelined again for the Cleveland Cavaliers, sitting out a game against his former team. Mitchell will not play against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night due to injury management. The All-Star guard has played in just seven games since the
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Pete Thamel, ESPNApr 2, 2024, 07:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The American Athletic Conference is targeting veteran college sports executive Tim Pernetti as the league’s next commissioner, sources told ESPN. Pernetti is the president of IMG Academy and has extensive experience in college space from his time as the former athletic director at Rutgers
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Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 07:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Andy Enfield went from Florida Gulf Coast’s “Dunk City” and the Sweet 16 to Los Angeles, and now Dallas to take over the SMU program that is headed to the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 36-year drought since winning an NCAA tournament
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentApr 2, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola hit back at Roy Keane over his criticism of Erling Haaland and called the Norwegian “the best striker in the world.” Keane said Haaland’s “general play” was “almost like a League Two player” after the Manchester City forward had just 23 touches
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Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 07:17 PM ET DALLAS — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was leasing a Lamborghini sport utility vehicle that authorities say was one of two speeding sports cars that caused a chain reaction crash on a Dallas highway, an attorney for the company that owns the vehicle said Tuesday.
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Apr 2, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is in the starting lineup for the first time since Jan. 30 for Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Embiid has been rehabbing from left meniscus surgery and returns with seven games left in the Sixers’ regular season. Philadelphia
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterApr 2, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Northwestern‘s motion to dismiss the $130 million wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former coach Pat Fitzgerald was denied Tuesday, setting up a potential trial in April 2025. Cook County Circuit
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