Month: July 2023

ESPN News Services Jul 12, 2023, 11:04 PM ET The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs added to their accolades at Wednesday night’s ESPYS, winning the award for Best Team, with quarterback Patrick Mahomes honored as Best Athlete, Men’s Sports and Best NFL Player. Mahomes has won two Super Bowls in his five seasons and
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJul 8, 2023, 02:05 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Boston Celtics forward/center Kristaps Porzingis has signed a new two-year, $60 million extension — keeping him under contract for $96 million through the 2025-’26 season, his agents Jeff Schwartz and Janis Porzingis of Excel Sports
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Panama beat the United States 5-4 in a shootout in the Gold Cup semifinals at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on Wednesday night. Jesus Ferreira cancelled out Iván Anderson’s extra-time strike for Panama to send the game to penalties with the match tied 1-1 and Thomas Christiansen’s side won it from the spot to hand interim U.S. coach
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 12, 2023, 08:10 PM ET UFC heavyweight Walt Harris is out of his scheduled UFC Fight Night bout Saturday against Josh Parisian after testing positive for a banned substance, he posted Wednesday on Twitter. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) confirmed to ESPN that Harris has been notified of the
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Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 08:31 PM ET LOS ANGELES — C.R. Roberts, whose record-setting performance helped Southern California beat Texas in a 1956 road game played in the segregated state, has died. He was 87. Roberts died of natural causes on Tuesday in suburban Norwalk, the university said Wednesday. Roberts, a fullback, set a
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 12, 2023, 07:40 PM ET Former UFC star Chael Sonnen took a plea deal Wednesday in a criminal case stemming from an incident that happened in December 2021 at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas, according to his attorney Dayvid Figler. Sonnen pleaded no contest to a charge of misdemeanor
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ESPN News Services Jul 12, 2023, 01:06 PM ET MLB commissioner Rob Manfred met with the mayor of Oakland to discuss possible stadium plans designed to keep the Athletics from relocating to Las Vegas. Mayor Sheng Thao requested and was granted a meeting with Manfred before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle, she
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Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 06:19 PM ET NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will play Major League Baseball’s first regular-season games in South Korea, opening next season in Seoul on March 20-21. The Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies will play in Mexico City on April 27-28, MLB said Wednesday.
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Jul 12, 2023, 03:29 PM ET St. Louis Blues backup goaltender Thomas Greiss retired after 14 NHL seasons on Thursday. Greiss played his final season with St. Louis in 2022-23 and posted a 7-10-0 record and 3.58 goals-against average in 16 starts. Greiss posted a 162-130-37 record and 2.77 GAA in 368 regular-season games for
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Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 01:14 PM ET GULLANE, Scotland — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan returns to work next week, and some top players believe he has to regain their trust after leaving members in the dark over an about-face deal with the Saudi Arabia wealth fund behind LIV Golf. “I’d say he has
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Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 03:35 PM ET CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Florida Panthers goalie Spencer Knight has been on the ice this week at a development camp, the first time he’s been around the team since entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program in February. Knight, who was not with the Panthers during their run
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Don Van Natta Jr. Close Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN Senior Writer Host and co-executive producer of the new ESPN series, “Backstory” Member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for national, explanatory and public service journalism Author of three books, including New York Times best-selling “First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft
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Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 02:25 PM ET Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and his former crew chief of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Chad Knaus headline a list of 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame class of 2024. There are 10 nominees on the modern era ballot and five on
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Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 12:56 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The future of a lawsuit accusing Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant of assaulting a teenager during a pickup basketball game hinges on whether Morant will be allowed to say that he was acting in self-defense and can receive immunity under Tennessee law. A judge
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ESPN News Services Jul 12, 2023, 01:09 PM ET Daniil Medvedev curtailed American Christopher Eubanks‘ extraordinary Wimbledon adventure as he weathered a storm to win their quarterfinal 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Wednesday. Medvedev will next face No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who eliminated Holger Rune 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4, for a spot in
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Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterJul 12, 2023, 01:20 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam winner and a former world No. 1, gave birth
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