Month: October 2023

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 19, 2023, 01:33 AM 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. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — If the Houston Astros are going to do the unprecedented, and add another thrilling chapter
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 18, 2023, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden did not show up for practice Wednesday, sources told ESPN. Harden, who has sought a trade since picking up his $35.6 million player option for the 2023-24 season, had been expected to participate in Wednesday’s practice. Last week, Harden
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ESPN News Services Oct 18, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Wednesday called for an end to the violence between Israel and Hamas, saying humanitarian aid must immediately be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Salah released a video message on his social media accounts, making his first comments on
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 18, 2023, 07:45 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Leo Carlsson, the hulking Swedish center who the Anaheim Ducks drafted with the second overall pick in June, is expected to make his NHL debut Thursday against the Dallas Stars. If Carlsson
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2023, 03:34 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr., a member of two Super Bowl-winning teams with the Chiefs, returned to Kansas City via a trade from the
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Associated Press Oct 18, 2023, 05:32 PM ET SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Detroit Tigers‘ complex in the Dominican Republic was targeted Wednesday in the latest robbery at a Major League Baseball facility in the country, police said. One man was apprehended and police are searching for four others who entered the complex with
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Oct 18, 2023, 05:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Winnipeg Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi is expected to miss four to six weeks with a sprained MCL in his right knee, coach Rick Bowness said Wednesday. Vilardi, 24, suffered the injury after he was tripped by Kings center Blake Lizotte during the first period of Tuesday
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2023, 03:34 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr., a member of two Super Bowl-winning teams with the Chiefs, is heading back to Kansas City via a trade
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Oct 18, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phil Mickelson utilized LIV Golf’s biggest stage to continue his campaign against the Official World Golf Ranking on Wednesday. After taking to social media last week to deride the OWGR board’s decision to deny LIV Golf League’s request for players to compete for world rankings points,
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2023, 03:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC is continuing to add to its year-end pay-per-view card. Josh Emmett will face Giga Chikadze in a featherweight contender bout at UFC 296 on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Wednesday. The UFC also announced that Irene Aldana
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Oct 18, 2023, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from this month’s Swiss Indoors championships in Basel due to injury, organizers said on Wednesday. Alcaraz’s withdrawal is a blow to his hopes of gaining ground on Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings, with the top-ranked Serbian next in
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Associated Press Oct 18, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INZAI CITY, Japan — Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and Rickie Fowler are playing for the first time since the Ryder Cup, hoping there’s no individual hangover from the Americans’ lopsided loss to Team Europe in Italy three weeks ago. “Nothing’s carried over,” Morikawa said
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