Month: May 2024

Lizzy Becherano May 4, 2024, 11:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi set the Major League Soccer record for most goal contributions and assists in a single match during Inter Miami CF‘s triumphant 6-2 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night at Chase Stadium. Messi’s six goal contributions and five assists
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Associated Press May 4, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts recently joked that Shohei Ohtani should gift him a Porsche when the slugger breaks his Dodgers record for most home runs by a Japanese-born player. Ohtani obliged, just maybe not in the way Roberts imagined. Before Friday’s game against
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ESPN News Services May 4, 2024, 10:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Anthony Edwards scored a playoff career-high 43 points, Naz Reid had 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets 106-99 in Game 1 of the second-round series Saturday night.
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Associated Press May 4, 2024, 08:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Christopher Bell put four trying weeks of crashes and misfortune behind him Saturday, posting the fastest time in qualifying at Kansas Speedway to earn the pole for the third time in his last five NASCAR Cup Series visits to the
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ESPN News Services May 4, 2024, 07:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alek Manoah will be reinstated and make his season debut when he starts the Toronto Blue Jays‘ series finale Sunday against the Nationals in Washington, manager John Schneider said. He has not pitched in the majors since Aug. 10. Manoah has spent the
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May 4, 2024, 08:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cleveland Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan exited Saturday night’s game against the visiting Los Angeles Angels because of left hamstring tightness. Kwan entered the day leading the American League with a .356 batting average. He walked and popped out in his two plate appearances before leaving
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Reuters Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent in Miami 8 minutes ago Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a controlled victory ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix. Verstappen was in control after fending off an attack from Leclerc at the first corner. Sergio Perez dropped behind RB’s Daniel Ricciardo at
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May 4, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Former Michigan standout and Los Angeles Lakers draft pick Darius Morris has died at 33, his family announced Saturday. No cause of death was given. TMZ reported Morris’ body was found in the Los Angeles area on Thursday. He was a Los Angeles native. “With great sadness we announce
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 4, 2024, 06:48 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. Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch handed his crutches to a team
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMay 4, 2024, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After missing the past two-plus seasons with a knee injury, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball has exercised the $21.4 million option on his contract for the 2024-25 season, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Ball has undergone three surgeries on his left knee, the most
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Field Level Media May 4, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The San Francisco Giants placed catcher Patrick Bailey on the seven-day concussion injured list Saturday and recalled Blake Sabol from Triple-A Sacramento. Bailey, 24, took a foul ball to the face mask from the Philadelphia Phillies‘ Alec Bohm in a game Friday and
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 4, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez returns to the ring for his annual Cinco De Mayo weekend fight and will face former junior middleweight champ Jaime Munguia on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs), 33, is 9-1 fighting on
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Field Level Media May 4, 2024, 03:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Braves placed reliever Pierce Johnson on the 15-day injured list Saturday with elbow inflammation, while the contract of fellow right-hander Jackson Stephens was selected from Triple-A Gwinnett. Johnson’s IL move is retroactive to Wednesday. To open a spot on the 40-man
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