Month: July 2023

Jul 16, 2023, 11:47 AM ET St. Louis Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko avoided arbitration by signing a two-year, $2.5 million contract Sunday. Toropchenko, 24, was in line for an arbitration hearing Thursday. He recorded 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) and 12 penalty minutes in 69 games last season. Toropchenko has totaled 21 points (12
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Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 11:05 AM ET LOUDON, N.H. — Rain postponed the NASCAR Cup Series race scheduled for Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway until Monday. The race will start at noon at the Magic Mile. This is the third race this season postponed because of rain, joining Dover and the Coca-Cola 600.
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ESPN News Services Jul 16, 2023, 02:27 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 33rd homer to key a tying rally in the ninth inning, and rookie Trey Cabbage scored on rookie Grae Kessinger‘s throwing error in the 10th to give the Los Angeles Angels a wild 13-12 victory over the
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 16, 2023, 01:18 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The UFC’s female bantamweight division is in need of new blood following the recent retirement of dominant champion Amanda Nunes — and it seems to have found new blood in
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Jul 15, 2023, 10:15 PM ET San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. departed the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the host Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth inning with an apparent leg injury. Tatis reportedly hurt the leg while playing defense in the early innings of the game. In the sixth inning, he
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJul 15, 2023, 08:54 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. LOS ANGELES — In a nod to Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, LeBron James will change
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNJul 15, 2023, 08:36 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Jul 15, 2023, 07:17 PM ET Tanner Jeannot, a restricted free-agent forward brought in during last season in a trade with the Nashville Predators, signed a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The deal carries an average annual value of $2.665 million, Tampa Bay general manager Julien BriseBois announced in a statement,
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 06:24 PM ET LOUDON. N.H. — John Hunter Nemechek survived a wreck-marred NASCAR race Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and won for the fourth time this season in the Xfinity Series. The 26-year-old Nemechek followed last week’s win at Atlanta with another dominant performance for Joe Gibbs Racing. Nemechek
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJul 15, 2023, 05:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Tennessee’s football program must vacate all 11 wins from the 2019 and 2020 seasons under former coach Jeremy Pruitt as part of the penalties handed down by the NCAA stemming from
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 02:39 PM ET LOUDON, N.H. — Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell turned the fastest qualifying lap of 124.781 mph at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and will lead the field to green for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race. JGR swept the front row in Saturday’s qualifying session with Bell joined by
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ESPN News Services Jul 15, 2023, 03:36 PM ET NBA superstar Stephen Curry continues to show that just about any shot from long distance is makeable — no matter the sport. Curry, who has made more than his share of highlight-reel shots during his NBA career with the Golden State Warriors, added to his legacy
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