Month: June 2022

4:41 PM ET American League RBIs leader Jose Ramirez is back in the Cleveland Guardians‘ lineup Tuesday after missing his first two games this season with a sore right thumb. He is batting third and playing third base in Tuesday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins, who lead the Guardians by just one game in
0 Comments
2:31 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski is again calling it a career. The 32-year-old Gronkowski announced his retirement Tuesday via social media. “I want to thank the whole entire first class Buccaneers organization for an amazing ride, trusting me to come back to play and help build a championship team. I
0 Comments
6:19 PM ET NBA free agency doesn’t begin until June 30 at 6 p.m. ET, but the news is already rolling in from around the Association. Much of the early buzz is coming out of New York, where Kyrie Irving‘s contract status has pundits and fans speculating about the future of the Brooklyn Nets‘ star
0 Comments
6:26 PM ET Ongoing contract discussions between the UFC and Nate Diaz, one of the promotion’s biggest stars, spilled into the public Tuesday when both Diaz and president Dana White commented on the situation. On Monday, Diaz (20-13) asked the UFC to either release him from his contract or book him a fight by August.
0 Comments
2:31 PM ET Ton VanHaaren Ohio State got commitments from two ESPN 300 wide receivers in as many days when Brandon Inniss announced his commitment to the Buckeyes on Tuesday. Inniss is the No. 25 prospect in the class overall and the No. 4 receiver, and he made his decision only a day after Carnell
0 Comments
4:18 PM ET Associated Press The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is doubling the size of its purse to $9 million, another boost to the women’s game that brings prize money for the five majors to nearly triple the amount from a decade ago. The increase in prize money for the LPGA Tour’s second-oldest major is
0 Comments
3:17 PM ET The Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall fight for the undisputed middleweight championship will take place on Sept. 10 at the O2 Arena in London, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. The details are still being finalized, the source said, and an official announcement is expected in early July. But the finalization process is not
0 Comments
10:58 AM BST Leinster scrum-half Nick McCarthy has announced he is gay, and has thanked coaches Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster for their “unbelievable” support in what he said has been a difficult decision. McCarthy has 18 caps as an Ireland under-20 player and he captained the side in 2015 but said he contemplated quitting
0 Comments
9:13 AM ET LA Clippers forward Nicolas Batum will decline his $3.3 million player option and become a free agent, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. There’s expected to be mutual interest with the Clippers and Batum on reaching a new deal in July, sources said. In his second season with the Clippers, Batum started 54
0 Comments
8:08 AM ET Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka is the latest golfer to defect from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Koepka, 32, is one of the highest-profile players to join the breakaway circuit, which is being funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and is fronted
0 Comments