Month: July 2023

Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 08:43 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson, his stepfather and his mother allegedly have failed to pay back $1.8 million of a $2 million loan from a California-based technology company. In a civil lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, Ankr
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Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auJul 27, 2023, 12:30 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. MELBOURNE — Eddie
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Jul 27, 2023, 02:11 AM ET World No. 3 Daniil Medvedev and Australia’s Nick Kyrgios have withdrawn from the US Open tune-up tournament in Washington due to injury, Citi Open organizers said Wednesday. Medvedev, who won the US Open in 2021, has five titles this year with triumphs in Rotterdam, Doha, Dubai, Miami and Rome.
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 09:49 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. Wide-spread speculation around Shohei Ohtani potentially being moved before the upcoming trade deadline can seemingly be put to rest, as the
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 26, 2023, 05:21 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Big 12’s presidents and chancellors voted unanimously on a conference call to accept Colorado as a new member on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN. The vote marks one of the final remaining steps to be completed for Colorado to leave the Pac-12 for the
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2023, 09:01 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The PGA Tour has notified the R&A and the United States Golf Association that it will not support a proposed modified local rule that would allow tours
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 07:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The family of Bronny James, the hospital and the university made no new public comments about his health Wednesday, two days after the 18-year-old son of NBA superstar LeBron James went into cardiac arrest during a basketball practice with his team at the University
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 26, 2023, 05:21 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The future of Colorado in the Pac-12 is in flux, as the school is discussing the future of athletics in a university board of trustees meeting Wednesday regarding “athletics operations.” The school is mulling a potential move to the Big 12, according to sources, and
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown wants to win more than championships after inking the richest deal in NBA history. On Wednesday, minutes after he did a ceremonial signing of the contract that will keep him in a Celtics uniform and pay him a record $303.7 million over
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 06:13 PM ET BOSTON — Maybe he will run a marathon. He probably won’t be coaching. For now, Patrice Bergeron is content to be the “Uber driver for the family,” and that’s a pretty good feeling. “It’s been an amazing ride, 20 years, but also hockey brings you a lot
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ESPN News Services Jul 26, 2023, 06:28 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins acquired Dylan Floro from the Miami Marlins in exchange for Jorge Lopez on Wednesday in a swap of struggling right-handed relievers on contending teams. Floro is an eight-year big league veteran with a career 3.32 ERA, but the 32-year-old is 3-5
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Jul 26, 2023, 06:32 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche re-signed forward Ben Meyers to a one-year contract Wednesday on a league-minimum deal, according to The Athletic, that has a $775,000 cap hit. Meyers, 24, played in 39 games for the Avalanche last season and scored four goals. In two seasons with Colorado, he has five
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