Month: May 2023

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 10, 2023, 07:27 PM ET Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid was named to the All-NBA first team for the first time in his career as the league unveiled all three of its All-NBA squads Wednesday night, while LeBron James extended his all-time record to 19 selections. Embiid was joined on the first
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 09:16 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will take their Super Bowl LVII victory celebration national on June 5. The team announced Wednesday that they will be welcomed by President
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 06:39 PM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Former IBF junior lightweight champion Maiva Hamadouche, ESPN’s No. 2 junior lightweight, announced her retirement Wednesday in an Instagram post. Hamadouche, 33, wrote in French that
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Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 01:20 PM ET The father of Devin Willock has filed a lawsuit against the University of Georgia Athletic Association, claiming the school’s athletic department should be held liable for the January car crash that killed the former Bulldogs offensive lineman and recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy. The lawsuit,
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 05:39 PM ET Professional Fighters League (PFL) has signed top kickboxer Cédric Doumbé, the promotion announced Wednesday. Doumbé, 30, had once been tied to contract talks with the UFC, but now will be plying his trade in MMA with PFL. He is a former Glory Kickboxing welterweight champion
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Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 10, 2023, 04:03 PM ET Former Nebraska and Texas quarterback Casey Thompson, one of the top players in the NCAA transfer portal, told ESPN on Wednesday that he has committed to Florida Atlantic. The move reunites Thompson with Tom Herman, who was his first college coach, at Texas, and who is entering
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ESPN News Services May 10, 2023, 11:20 AM ET Minnesota Twins shortstop Kyle Farmer, who missed 25 games following oral surgery after taking a 92 mph pitch to his face on April 12, has been activated off the 10-day injured list, the team announced Wednesday. Farmer, 32, had a procedure to realign four bottom teeth
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ESPN News Services May 10, 2023, 12:49 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies placed left-hander Jose Alvarado on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with inflammation in his pitching elbow. Alvarado initially felt discomfort during warmups ahead of Tuesday’s 8-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The IL move is retroactive to Monday. The 27-year-old reliever has
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May 10, 2023, 12:08 PM ET Free agent tight end Foster Moreau, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma earlier this year, has agreed to a three-year, $12 million contract with the New Orleans Saints, his agent told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Wednesday. Agent Joe Linta told Fowler that Moreau’s contract includes $8 million guaranteed and
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderMay 10, 2023, 12:42 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Fifteen-year NBA veteran and ESPN analyst JJ Redick interviewed for the Toronto Raptors‘ coaching job this week, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Redick was part of a first round of interviews and met with franchise
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May 10, 2023, 01:26 PM ET World No. 8 golfer Brooke Henderson will sit out this week’s Cognizant Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour because of an illness, TSN reported Wednesday. Henderson began the season by winning the Tournament of Champions in January. The 25-year-old has 13 LPGA Tour victories, including major wins at the
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