Month: July 2021

12:39 AM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani donated his winnings from this week’s Home Run Derby to members of the Los Angeles Angels‘ support staff, according to multiple reports. The news was first reported by the OC Register. Ohtani donated the $150,000 he received to more than a couple of dozen
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8:06 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHOENIX — Two days after Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s ridiculous block of Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton‘s dunk attempt late in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the NBA Finals helped save Milwaukee’s season, he still can’t explain exactly how he was able to pull it off. “It’s
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10:48 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — San Diego Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth hit for the cycle for the first time in his major league career Friday night against the Washington Nationals. After lining out in the first inning, Cronenworth had a two-run double in the second, an RBI triple in the third, a
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12:11 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Juliana Velasquez retained her rare status as an undefeated MMA champion on Friday night, using a sharp jab and strong footwork to fend off Denise Kielholtz and successfully defend her flyweight title by split decision in the main event of Bellator 262 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Velasquez
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8:51 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The New York Islanders acquired forward Richard Panik and a second-round draft pick this year from the Detroit Red Wings on Friday for defenseman Nick Leddy. Detroit will retain 50% of Panik’s salary. Panik has 88 goals and 106 assists in 517 regular-season games in nine seasons
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6:26 PM ET Alabama has once again tapped into the pipeline of five-star offensive linemen coming out of the IMG Academy in Florida, this time landing Tyler Booker, the top-ranked offensive tackle and No. 7-ranked prospect overall in the 2022 class. Booker, who is originally from Connecticut, picked Alabama over SEC rival Georgia. He took
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6:07 PM ET Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — Playing home games without spectators because of the pandemic caused the Green Bay Packers‘ operating revenues to drop nearly 27% during the most recent fiscal year. The Packers reported $409.8 million in expenses and $371.1 million in revenues. That’s the first time since 2000 the team
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4:35 PM BST Jay-Z’s Roc Nation has teamed up with the United Rugby Championship (URC), a new rugby competition featuring 16 teams from Wales, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and South Africa, it was announced on Wednesday. Roc Nation is a world-leading entertainment company founded by the rapper in 2008. With offices around the world, the business
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4:47 PM ET Bobby Roundtree, a former Illinois Fighting Illini standout defensive lineman, has died. He was 23. Roundtree suffered a serious spinal cord injury during a boating and swimming accident in Tampa Bay on May 18, 2019, and had been working on his rehabilitation there for more than 18 months. “All of us with
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12:18 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are expected to return to action Friday, sources told ESPN’s Enrique Rojas, after positive COVID-19 tests for Yankees players caused Thursday’s game to be postponed. In testing since, there have been no new positive cases, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, with
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11:00 AM ET Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love is withdrawing from Team USA and will not travel to Tokyo for the Olympics, his agent, Jeff Schwartz, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. Love spent 10 days with Team USA in Las Vegas preparing for the Games but is still returning to full form from a
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1:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Free-agent cornerback Richard Sherman is facing five charges stemming from his arrest at his in-laws’ home northeast of Seattle earlier this week, according to documents filed by the King County prosecuting attorney’s office on Friday. The charges include two domestic violence counts — criminal trespass in the second degree
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