Month: June 2023

Australia’s World Cup winning captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he was approached for the England Test coaching role before Brendon McCullum took over last year. After an embarrassing 0-4 Ashes defeat Down Under, the England men’s team set up went through a massive overhaul with McCullum and Matthew Mott replacing Chris Silverwood as the
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 09:22 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Lee-Anne Pace isn’t playing a lot of competitive golf these days at 42-years-old and her practice habits have tailed off. She enjoys the game, and every once in a while, the South African really enjoys it. The first round of the Women’s PGA Championship
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 04:39 PM ET A person with knowledge of the sale says the Qatar Investment Authority is buying a roughly 5% stake of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the NBA’s Washington Wizards, NHL’s Washington Capitals and WNBA’s Washington Mystics, as part of a $4.05 billion deal. The person
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 08:18 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 on Thursday for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJun 22, 2023, 06:24 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. United States men’s national team star Christian Pulisic has hit back at critics of newly re-hired U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter. “I just have to give credit where credit’s due and it does frustrate
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Joon Lee, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate The Pittsburgh Pirates unveiled their City Connect uniforms Thursday, a yellow and black look that pays homage to the city’s bridges and exemplifies the city’s shifting from the steel industry toward medicine and technology. “We anchored in
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 22, 2023, 06:38 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday that teams will no longer wear specialty sweaters during warmups because “it’s become a distraction.” The decision to move away from specialty warmup sweaters for events such as Pride
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 22, 2023, 07:29 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Former LSU coach Les Miles may no longer be eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame after the school vacated 37 wins as part of NCAA penalties announced Thursday. LSU football vacated
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 06:15 PM ET Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, will defend his undisputed super middleweight championship against Jermall Charlo in September, likely Sept. 16 on Mexican Independence Day Weekend, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs) struck a three-fight deal with PBC, with the other two fights expected to
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 05:07 PM ET NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have added former Vancouver Canucks coach Travis Green to Lindy Ruff’s staff. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the move Thursday, filling the spot that opened when Andrew Brunette was hired as the head coach of the Nashville Predators last month.
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 22, 2023, 04:01 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Colorado coach Deion Sanders will not need his left foot amputated at this time, although he’s set for a procedure Friday to relieve clots in both of his legs. Sanders said in a
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 05:28 PM ET HALLE, Germany — Andrey Rublev and Jannik Sinner reached the quarterfinals of the Halle Open on Thursday as defending champion Hubert Hurkacz was eliminated after a dramatic final-set tiebreaker. Rublev won his second-round match against German wild card Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (6), 6-3 after turning around a
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 03:31 PM ET The Washington Wizards continued the dramatic reshaping of their roster under new president of basketball operations Michael Winger on Thursday by expanding the blockbuster Bradley Beal trade to send Chris Paul to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Jordan Poole, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 01:03 PM ET Overtime, known for its elite basketball league for players aged 16 through 20, will debut its boxing venture Aug. 4 in Atlanta with a junior featherweight main event between Elijah Pierce and Mike Plania, Overtime officials told ESPN. The four-fight Friday night series on DAZN from Atlanta’s
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 02:33 PM ET Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards have signed contracts for a flyweight title unification fight, Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing announced on Thursday. The matchup pits ESPN’s top two boxers at 112 pounds: Rodriguez, who holds the WBO title, and Edwards, the IBF champion who is rated No.
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 03:16 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The race to reopen a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is getting a boost from a truck-mounted jet dryer that’s normally used to keep moisture off the track at the Pocono Raceway. A vehicle-mounted, kerosene-fueled turbine arrived Thursday at the scene of the June
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Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterJun 22, 2023, 01:33 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. BATON ROUGE, La. — As SEC coaches push for federal regulation regarding name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes, LSU coach Brian Kelly said Thursday that the need for action is urgent.
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