Month: May 2023

May 22, 2023, 05:20 PM ET NFL owners have approved flexing for “Thursday Night Football” starting this season during Weeks 13 through 17. The change passed by a 24-8 vote, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, with the New York Giants, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Las Vegas Raiders, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati
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Associated Press May 22, 2023, 12:47 PM ET RIGA, Latvia — Norway stunned Canada 3-2 in a shootout and handed the favorite a second straight defeat at the ice hockey world championship on Monday. It was only Canada’s second loss to Norway in tournament history; the other was in 2000. Thomas Olsen converted the decisive
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Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 22, 2023, 03:51 PM ET Jaden Hullaby, a former football player at both New Mexico and Texas has died, both schools announced on social media on Monday. A relative of Hullaby posted on social media on Sunday that he’d been missing since Friday and the family couldn’t “track any of his devices.”
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Associated Press May 22, 2023, 03:06 PM ET Juventus were hit with a fresh 10-point penalty on Monday by an Italian court — hampering their chances of qualifying for next year’s Champions League — Italy’s Football Association said. The latest punishment for false accounting in the club’s transfer dealings dropped Juventus from second spot in
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May 22, 2023, 01:56 PM ET What a difference a week makes. After his scintillating performance at the PGA Championship over the weekend, club pro Michael Block climbed from place 3,580 to No. 577 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking, released Monday. The head pro at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, California,
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Associated Press May 22, 2023, 02:23 PM ET NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith said North Wilkesboro Speedway “definitely has a place in the NASCAR world” moving forward, despite an All-Star race that lacked drama Sunday night. In what capacity remains to be seen. Smith was noncommittal about how North Wilkesboro might
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 22, 2023, 11:02 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Terri Harper’s new opponent for the first defense of her WBA junior middleweight title is another former world champion. Ivana Habazin, the former IBF welterweight champion
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Associated Press May 21, 2023, 11:49 AM ET CHICAGO — The White Sox promoted Clint Frazier from Triple-A Charlotte and cut fellow outfielder Jake Marisnick on Sunday. The 28-year-old Frazier hit .375 with seven home runs and 13 RBIs in 16 games with Charlotte. He signed a minor league deal with Chicago last month after
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Associated Press May 22, 2023, 06:30 AM ET PARIS — French Open organizers are giving all players access to an online tool meant to protect them from cyberbullying and harassment on social media. The French tennis federation said Monday the technology developed by a French company will be made available to all players taking part
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