Month: March 2023

4:29 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant will not face criminal charges stemming from his Instagram Live video in which he appeared to display a handgun at a nightclub, the Glendale, Colorado, Police Department announced Wednesday afternoon. Shortly afterward, the Grizzlies announced that Morant will be away from the team for at least
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10:20 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — This was a different kind of pitch for All-Star pitcher Martín Perez, who will be playing for his native Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. Perez sang the Venezuelan national anthem before the team played an exhibition game Wednesday night against the Houston Astros. Editor’s
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8:55 PM ET Associated Press Juan Soto ran sprints in the outfield, took some big swings in batting practice and signed a few autographs at the San Diego Padres spring training complex Wednesday after the early workout to test a left calf that kept him in Arizona. Soto, who has been dealing with calf tightness,
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8:59 PM ET PHOENIX — Kevin Durant slipped and turned his left ankle during warmups Wednesday, knocking him out of what was supposed to be his first home game with the Phoenix Suns. A little more than an hour before scheduled tipoff against Oklahoma City, Durant was doing an individual drill with coaches when he
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5:33 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland, the late Tom Weiskopf and the remaining founders of the LPGA Tour were among those elected Wednesday for the World Golf Hall of Fame. The induction will be June 10, 2024, the Monday ahead of the U.S. Open
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2:42 PM ET Tiger Woods‘ former longtime girlfriend is asking a judge to remove her from a nondisclosure agreement that she claims the 15-time major champion forced her to sign when their relationship started in August 2017, according to court records obtained by ESPN. The civil complaint filed Monday in the Circuit Court of the
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Brandon Nakashima took advantage of two double-faults by John Isner in an error-filled game to collect the match’s only service break and went on to reach the second round at the BNP Paribas Open with a 7-6 (7), 6-3 victory in the all-American contest Wednesday. Kansas
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4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Tony DeAngelo on Wednesday was suspended two games for spearing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Corey Perry, the NHL’s department of player safety announced. DeAngelo had received a major penalty and a game misconduct for spearing Perry below the belt as part of a scrum in front
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4:44 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals released wide receiver Chosen Robbie Anderson on Wednesday, marking the end of his brief career in Arizona. The Cardinals traded for Anderson on Oct. 17 from the Carolina Panthers, but he didn’t reach the same level of productivity in 10 games with Arizona as he did
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2:23 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley said he gambled on football during a period when he was depressed and angry and called it “stupid” and the “‘worst mistake of his life.” Ridley said in a piece posted on The Players’ Tribune that he was not in a good place after leaving
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1:07 PM ET Associated Press Kimi Räikkönen will again enter a NASCAR Cup Series race, this time at Circuit of the Americas, where the Finnish driver scored the final victory of his Formula One career in 2018. Räikkönen will again race for Trackhouse Entertainment Group in its special Project91 entry that is designed to give
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Gujarat Giants handed Royal Challengers Bangalore their third consecutive defeat in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in Mumbai on Wednesday, winning a high-scoring contest by 11 runs to record their first victory in three matches. After splendid half-centuries from Sophia Dunkley (65) and Harleen Deol (67) propelled Gujarat Giants to a strong 201 for 7
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