Month: May 2023

Associated Press May 19, 2023, 06:41 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Chicago Cubs placed outfielder Cody Bellinger on the injured list Friday, sent struggling reliever Keegan Thompson back to Triple-A Iowa and designating former All-Star first baseman Eric Hosmer for assignment. To fill the roster gaps by the moves, Chicago activated infielder Nico Horner from
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ESPN News Services May 19, 2023, 04:35 PM ET USC athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned, roughly 3½ years after he succeeded Lynn Swann in the high-profile job. The school confirmed the 62-year-old Bohn’s resignation Friday. The Trojans’ athletic department experienced a surge of success during Bohn’s tenure, which was headlined by USC’s lucrative decision
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 19, 2023, 10:57 PM ET LAS VEGAS — After Devin Haney forcefully shoved Vasiliy Lomachenko at Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in, the Nevada State Athletic Commission is set to file a complaint with its attorney’s office for a disciplinary hearing at its next meeting, sources told ESPN. Haney, who is set to earn $4
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 19, 2023, 09:30 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — At last year’s PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Block finally figured out he belonged in the field. Playing a couple of holes behind
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Associated Press May 19, 2023, 08:39 PM ET PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Sweaters one day, umbrellas the next. No one is sure what to expect at this PGA Championship except that Scottie Scheffler is locked in at another major and Oak Hill is a mighty test. Scheffler delivered a mix of birdies and great recoveries from
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Associated Press May 19, 2023, 06:58 PM ET BALTIMORE — Taxed raced to an upset victory in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on Friday, closing strong for a convincing win over Hoosier Philly and unbeaten favorite Faiza. Claimed by owner Richard Bahde last year for $50,000, Taxed won this $300,000 race at Pimlico by 3 3/4
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May 19, 2023, 04:17 PM ET Former world No. 1 Simona Halep has been charged with a second breach of doping rules, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Friday. The additional charge relates to irregularities in Halep’s Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), based on an assessment of her profile by an independent ABP Expert Panel. Editor’s
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Associated Press May 19, 2023, 01:12 PM ET ROME — Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina beat Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 at the Italian Open on Friday to reach the biggest final of her career and dedicated the victory to her war-torn country. The half-filled Campo Centrale supported Kalinina, whose family home was destroyed in a
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterMay 19, 2023, 04:40 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. The ACC and Pac-12 released their financial data for the 2021-22 season Friday, showing record revenue for each conference. The ACC 990 form showed the league brought in $617 million, up 6.7%
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May 19, 2023, 03:31 PM ET Jim Brown, one of the greatest professional and college football players of all time, has died. He was 87. His wife, Monique, announced Brown’s death in an Instagram post Friday afternoon. She said Brown “passed peacefully” Thursday night in their home in Los Angeles. “To the world he was
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ESPN News Services May 19, 2023, 04:47 PM ET Will Zalatoris, who hasn’t played since late March after undergoing back surgery, said Friday he is targeting a September return to the PGA Tour. For the first time in the past two years, Zalatoris is pain-free, he said on ESPN’s “Matty & the Caddie” PGA Championship
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May 19, 2023, 03:57 PM Wales pair Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric have both announced their retirement from international rugby, just four months before the World Cup in France. Jones, 37, is the record cap holder in world rugby with 170 Test appearances for Wales and British and Irish Lions. 33-year-old Tipuric captained Wales
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Lindsey Thiry, ESPNMay 19, 2023, 02:50 PM ET 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. — The Los Angeles Chargers added depth to their defensive line on Friday, signing 10th-year pro Nick Williams. Williams, who last
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterMay 19, 2023, 03:38 PM ET Close Covered the Redskins for the Washington Examiner and other media outlets since 1994 Authored or co-authored three books on the Redskins and one on the Cleveland Browns The Washington Commanders have brought back assistant athletic trainer Doug Quon, approximately 19 months after he was
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