Month: June 2023

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 10:18 PM ET Five-star defensive end Jamonta Waller committed to Florida on Monday night. Waller (No. 16 in the 2024 ESPN 300), from Picayune Memorial High School in Picayune, Mississippi, becomes the highest-ranked defensive member and second five-star prospect of Billy Napier’s 2024 class. Quarterback D.J. Lagway is
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 09:20 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The UFC is adding a pivotal bantamweight contest between former champ Henry Cejudo and Marlon “Chito” Vera to its UFC 292 lineup in August, UFC president Dana White told ESPN
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Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterJun 15, 2023, 07:03 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,
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ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 03:28 PM ET Six-time All-Star Joey Votto is rejoining the streaking Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. The Reds announced that Votto will be playing first base and batting sixth in Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. The team has not announced a corresponding move in connection to Votto’s activation
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Jun 19, 2023, 05:28 PM ET The Mountain West Conference sent an additional letter to San Diego State on Friday, informing the school that “at this time” the conference will not approve any exceptions the school had requested last week when it gave notice that it intends to resign from the conference, sources told ESPN’s
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ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 04:07 PM ET GAIBA, Italy — Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Veneto Open on Monday. Kenin raced to a 5-0 advantage in the first set, then lost four straight games before closing it out and running away
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Kendra Andrews, ESPNJun 19, 2023, 04:25 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Dunleavy Jr. is getting thrown into the fire as he takes on a new role as general manager. The Golden State Warriors are amid a pivotal offseason that has already seen the departure of executive Bob Myers and Draymond Green declining his player
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2023, 02:26 PM ET HALLE, Germany — Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev and Denis Shapovalov progressed from the first round of the Halle Open on Monday, though some had an easier time at the grass-court tournament. The second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas needed 2 hours, 22 minutes before he eventually prevailed against French player
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2023, 12:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to commissioner Jay Monahan whether the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 01:51 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. The Los Angeles Angels placed third baseman Anthony Rendon on the injured list with a left wrist contusion Monday, four days
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Jun 19, 2023, 12:17 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is declining his $27.6 million player option for next season, his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. “We will continue to talk to Golden State and explore all options,” Paul told ESPN. It was expected Green would
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