Month: August 2022

6:40 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. sat atop the dugout bench on the first-base side at Petco Park on Tuesday afternoon and spoke unprompted for 250 seconds. He was measured yet unscripted, composed yet noticeably despondent. He lamented all the people he “failed” by testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, and he
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4:20 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson underwent ankle surgery Tuesday, the Chargers announced. Jackson is estimated to return in approximately 2-4 weeks. A
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7:36 PM ET Attorneys representing the PGA Tour have asked a federal judge to unseal certain details of contracts that were signed by its former players who defected to the rival LIV Golf circuit earlier this year. In a court filing submitted Tuesday to federal judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California,
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6:05 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Los Angeles Dodgers star right-hander Walker Buehler on Tuesday underwent a successful UCL reconstruction, otherwise known as Tommy John surgery, and flexor tendon repair, according to the team, officially ending his season
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11:43 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders placed defensive end Chase Young on the reserve/physically unable to perform list Tuesday, leaving him unavailable for the first four games of the season. Young opened camp on the active/PUP list after tearing his right ACL and MCL in a Nov. 14 game vs. the Tampa
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6:38 PM ET The San Diego Wave has sold in excess of 27,000 tickets for its Sept. 17 match against Angel City FC, enough to break the National Women’s Soccer League’s all-time attendance record for a standalone game. Wave and U.S. international forward Alex Morgan revealed the attendance numbers in an exclusive interview with ESPN.
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12:53 PM ET ESPN News Services The Carolina Hurricanes continued their extensive lineup makeover with the signing of veteran center Paul Stastny. The 36-year-old received a one-year, $1.5 million contract for what will be his 17th NHL season. There were younger, faster centers available this summer, but Stastny is a consistent, durable second- or third-line
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5:34 PM ET Associated Press Cameron Young and Sahith Theegala are among eight players who can make plans for Kapalua even if they don’t win this year. Kapalua has been the winners-only start to the year on the PGA Tour since 1999, and Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance has made sure it will stay that way for
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3:40 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — NCAA tennis champion Ben Shelton is leaving the University of Florida to turn pro and has received a wild-card invitation for the US Open. The 19-year-old Shelton, who was born in Atlanta, announced his decision Tuesday on Twitter. The US Open begins in New York on Monday.
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3:43 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Dawn Staley will be out front again, this time at Darlington Raceway. South Carolina’s two-time national women’s championship coach will drive the pace car for the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs – the Southern 500 on Sept. 4. Staley attended the event in 2017
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3:39 PM ET Associated Press TROY, Ala. — A former Troy University football player has filed a lawsuit against an ex-teammate and three coaches, saying he was abused while on the team, including being sexually assaulted with a pool cue. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Montgomery, names former Troy punter Jack Dawson; special
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3:49 PM ET NBA Insiders Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets are running it back. In a statement released Tuesday, Nets general manager Sean Marks said the past MVP and two-time NBA champion will remain with the franchise after originally requesting a trade on June 30. (Durant’s four-year, $198 million extension kicks in this season.)
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