Month: June 2023

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 09:20 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The UFC is adding a pivotal bantamweight contest between former champ Henry Cejudo and Marlon “Chito” Vera to its UFC 292 lineup in August, UFC president Dana White told ESPN
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Liam Napier Jun 19, 2023, 11:41 PM Ian Foster turned heads when he unveiled his 36-man Rugby Championship squad featuring five rookies: Chiefs wing Emoni Narawa, Hurricanes halfback Cam Roigard, Crusaders prop Tamati Williams, Chiefs loose forward Samipeni Finau and Crusaders midfielder Dallas McLeod. Liam Napier runs the rule over the major talking points as
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2023, 10:18 PM ET Five-star defensive end Jamonta Waller committed to Florida on Monday night. Waller (No. 16 in the 2024 ESPN 300), from Picayune Memorial High School in Picayune, Mississippi, becomes the highest-ranked defensive member and second five-star prospect of Billy Napier’s 2024 class. Quarterback D.J. Lagway is
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ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 03:28 PM ET Six-time All-Star Joey Votto is rejoining the streaking Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. The Reds announced that Votto will be playing first base and batting sixth in Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. The team has not announced a corresponding move in connection to Votto’s activation
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Jun 19, 2023, 05:28 PM ET The Mountain West Conference sent an additional letter to San Diego State on Friday, informing the school that “at this time” the conference will not approve any exceptions the school had requested last week when it gave notice that it intends to resign from the conference, sources told ESPN’s
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Kendra Andrews, ESPNJun 19, 2023, 04:25 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Dunleavy Jr. is getting thrown into the fire as he takes on a new role as general manager. The Golden State Warriors are amid a pivotal offseason that has already seen the departure of executive Bob Myers and Draymond Green declining his player
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ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 04:07 PM ET GAIBA, Italy — Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Veneto Open on Monday. Kenin raced to a 5-0 advantage in the first set, then lost four straight games before closing it out and running away
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Associated Press Jun 19, 2023, 12:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to commissioner Jay Monahan whether the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was
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England’s Stuart Broad took two late wickets to pile pressure on Australia as the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston headed for a dramatic finish. Australia were making steady progress at 78-1 in pursuit of a victory target of 281 when veteran paceman Broad removed both Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith — the world’s two top-ranked
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Jun 19, 2023, 11:05 AM ET Forward Connor Bedard, the projected top pick in the upcoming NHL draft, was named the inaugural winner of the IIHF Male Player of the Year Award Monday. “This is such a huge honour,” Bedard said, per the International Ice Hockey Federation. “I’m not sure how to compare it to
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Jun 19, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Longtime Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dick “Turkey” Hall, a member of the team’s Hall of Fame, died Sunday at the age of 92. The Orioles announced his death on Monday. Hall was inducted into the Orioles’ Hall of Fame in 1989. Hall began his career as an outfielder with the
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