Month: June 2023

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 16, 2023, 10:39 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. A junior college running back who announced his commitment to Oregon State earlier this month has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Brandon Smith, a running back at Santa Barbara City College,
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterJun 16, 2023, 10:44 PM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 07:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy played and coached in three established professional sports cities before arriving in Las Vegas. After the Golden Knights hoisted the Stanley Cup in the team’s sixth NHL season – and Cassidy’s first as their coach – Sin City
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Deion Sanders might lose his left foot as a result of circulation issues that forced him to have two toes amputated in 2021. Sanders allowed camera crews with “Thee Pregame Show” to film a meeting with his medical team at the University of Colorado, where he’s preparing
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Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 16, 2023, 05:46 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Vancouver Canucks are expected to buy out the contract of defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday, making him an unrestricted free agent. Ekman-Larsson has four years remaining on an eight-year, $66
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 04:54 PM ET Subriel Matias will defend his IBF junior welterweight title against Sergey Lipinets on Aug. 26, sources told ESPN on Friday. The site of the PBC on Showtime fight, which shapes up as a slugfest, was not disclosed. Matias (19-1, 19 KOs) is one of boxing’s top action
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 02:11 PM ET San Diego State gave the Mountain West written notice this week that the school “intends to resign from the Mountain West Conference,” sources told ESPN. In the letter, it asked the Mountain West for a “one-month extension given unforeseen delays involving other collegiate athletic conferences beyond our
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 03:34 PM ET NOTTINGHAM, England — Three British players reached the semifinals of the grass-court Nottingham Open on Friday in a boost to the nation that will host Wimbledon in a couple of weeks. Katie Boulter, Jodie Burrage and Heather Watson – all placed outside the top 100 in the
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Jun 16, 2023, 11:37 AM ET Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant was suspended for 25 games of the 2023-24 season without pay for conduct detrimental to the league after the NBA’s investigation into a second video of Morant, 23, holding a gun that circulated on social media May 13. The video appeared during an Instagram
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Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 11:20 AM ET STUTTGART, Germany — There won’t be an all-American semifinal at the Stuttgart Open after Taylor Fritz was upset 6-4, 7-5 by qualifier Marton Fucsovics in the quarterfinals Friday, but Frances Tiafoe won his match to reach the last four. Fritz, the top-ranked American men’s player at No.
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