Month: June 2024

Getty Images 9 hours ago Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard will compete in this year’s Tour de France after overcoming serious injuries sustained earlier this season. The 27-year-old Dane has not raced since suffering a broken collarbone and ribs and a collapsed lung in the Tour of the Basque Country at the start of April.
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Associated Press Jun 20, 2024, 01:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Roki Sasaki, the 22-year-old Japanese pitcher who could move to Major League Baseball next season, will miss his second consecutive start this weekend because of an unspecified injury to his right arm, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported. Chiba Lotte Marines manager Masato
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2024, 08:16 PM ET NEW YORK — Baltimore Orioles starter Kyle Bradish had season-ending Tommy John surgery Wednesday, and reliever Danny Coulombe also will be sidelined for an extended stretch following an elbow operation. General manager Mike Elias provided the updates before Baltimore’s game against the New York Yankees — the
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Lizzy Becherano Jun 19, 2024, 06:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Argentina national team manager Lionel Scaloni encouraged fans to enjoy the exploits of Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María at the Copa América this summer, as the pair could be featuring together at the tournament for the last time. Scaloni’s defending champions kick off
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Field Level Media Jun 19, 2024, 10:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler is headed back to the injured list, this time due to right hip inflammation. Buehler, who missed most of the 2022 season and all of 2023 campaign after having a second Tommy John surgery, has been unable to approach
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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2024, 09:08 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2024, 08:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Kyle Hendricks delivered a throwback performance in his return to the Cubs‘ rotation and walked off the mound to a standing ovation. The wily right-hander pitched neatly into the sixth inning, allowing one run and two hits to help Chicago beat the
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Willie Mays gave a message to his longtime friend Dusty Baker just a day before he died. Mays, who died Tuesday afternoon at 93 years old, knew that he wouldn’t be able to make the trip to Birmingham, Alabama, for a
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HALLE, Germany — Zhang Zhizhen recorded his third career victory over a top-10 opponent when he upset third-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) at the grass-court Halle Open on Wednesday. Zhang, 27, who is ranked No. 42, trailed 3-5 in the third-set tiebreaker
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Ranger Suárez never had spent a Father’s Day with his two young children. Stuck in Venezuela because of a complicated visa process, his wife never had left the country nor watched the left-hander pitch in person with the Philadelphia Phillies. His family
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2024, 05:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Aaron Judge was out of the New York Yankees‘ starting lineup Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles, one night after he was hit on the left hand by a pitch. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Judge was feeling better, though, saying he
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