Month: August 2022

3:25 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets can exhale. Quarterback Zach Wilson‘s arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday was deemed a success, with no surprises from the original diagnosis, sources told ESPN. Wilson was diagnosed with meniscus tear and a bone bruise after a non-contact injury last Friday night against the Philadelphia Eagles,
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8:13 AM ET Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen said he has received death threats directed at him and his family after he was headbutted by Liverpool‘s Darwin Nunez in Monday’s Premier League 1-1 draw which resulted in the striker being sent off at Anfield. The striker was shown a straight red card after headbutting Andersen
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8:37 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com MASON, Ohio — Serena Williams lost in the opening-round match of the penultimate tournament of her career Tuesday, but was still given a hero’s send-off following the 6-4, 6-0 defeat to Emma Raducanu at the Western & Southern Open. Moments after losing, the 2021 US Open champion was given a
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7:43 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Cody Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP whose production has fallen off dramatically since, was benched by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Bellinger might sit out the final three games of the team’s series at Milwaukee. “I just wanted to give him a
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6:35 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was eliminated by Shuai Zhang, 6-4, 7-5, on Tuesday during the Western & Southern Open. The tournament lost another big name, Coco Gauff, when she retired from her match against qualifier Marie Bouzkova with a left ankle injury. Gauff had her
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4:19 PM ET Rob Dawson Julien Laurens Manchester United have cooled their interest in Adrien Rabiot over what they believe are excessive wage demands and are instead exploring a move for Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro, sources have told ESPN. United have refused to meet Rabiot’s demands despite offering to make the French midfielder one of
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4:25 PM ET Associated Press BURNABY, British Columbia — Simon Fraser will move four of its home football games across the border to Blaine, Washington, for the upcoming season due to COVID-19 entry requirements to Canada, the school announced Tuesday. Simon Fraser plays at the Division II level and is the only Canadian school that
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10:33 AM ET Associated Press The NBA will be off on Election Day. The league’s schedule for the coming season will have all 30 teams playing on Nov. 7, the night before the midterm elections. The NBA is hoping teams use that night as an opportunity to encourage fans to get out and vote, plus
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Aug 15, 2022 Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday amid a season of dissatisfactory progress despite the investment of more than a half-billion guaranteed dollars in the free agent market over the
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1:52 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants might get quarterback Tyrod Taylor some first-team snaps this summer, coach Brian Daboll said Tuesday. Taylor, however, is currently the clear-cut backup to fourth-year quarterback Daniel Jones. “Yeah, he’ll get, as we get going here in terms of preseason games, we’ll talk about whatever
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12:25 PM ET WBC and WBO featherweight champion Amanda Serrano will return to the ring on Sept. 24, facing IBF titlist Sarah Mahfoud in a unification bout as the co-main event of the Joe Joyce-Joseph Parker card at the AO Arena in Manchester, England, it was announced Tuesday. It’s the first fight at featherweight for
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Netherlands vs Pakistan 1st ODI Highlights: Pakistan successfully defended 314 for 6© Twitter Netherlands vs Pakistan, 1st ODI Highlights: Pakistan defeated Netherlands by 16 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series in Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam. Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah returned figures of 3 for 67 and 3 for 51, respectively, as Netherlands scored 298 for
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