Month: June 2024

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 8, 2024, 08:43 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz will be looking to establish himself as the new king of
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 8, 2024, 08:01 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Iga Swiatek has won two of the last three women’s singles final at Roland Garros. Robert
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2024, 12:23 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 NEW YORK — The 10th pitch Yoshinobu Yamamoto fired from Yankee Stadium on Friday night traveled 98 mph.
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Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach was arrested Friday on sexual assault charges covering decades, police said Friday. Stronach, 91, was charged with five crimes including rape, indecent assault on a female, sexual assault and forcible confinement, Peel Regional Police said. He
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Anthony Olivieri, ESPN.comJun 7, 2024, 06:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A youth baseball league in Wichita, Kansas, will unveil a new Jackie Robinson statue Aug. 5, replacing the original work that was cut from the base, removed and vandalized earlier this year, Bob Lutz, executive director of League 42, told ESPN on Friday. Art
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Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández made an error while in the midst of a live television interview Friday night during a game against the New York Yankees. Hernández had a microphone and earpiece in his left ear as he
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ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2024, 09:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions have lost one day of organized offseason workouts after breaking rules relating to on-field contact during a practice the week of May 27. “We take very seriously the rules set forth within the NFL’s Offseason Program
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Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HUMBLE, Texas — Martin Kaymer played bogey-free on a steamy Texas afternoon for a 7-under 65, giving him a share of the lead Friday with two others at LIV Golf Houston in the final event before Kaymer returns to Pinehurst No. 2 for the
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ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2024, 08:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah needs season-ending elbow surgery. Manager John Schneider made the announcement ahead of Toronto’s series opener against the host Oakland Athletics on Friday night. Still to be determined is whether Manoah will need Tommy John surgery or an
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Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal, was “in over his head” with a gambling addiction, his lawyer said Friday. Jeff Jensen, a government investigations attorney in St. Louis,
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