Month: July 2023

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2023, 01:03 AM ET Bellator’s franchise fighter, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, will fight this weekend on short notice as part of the Bellator-Rizin co-promotional card at Saitama Super Arena in Japan, it was announced Wednesday. Freire, the Bellator featherweight champion, will face Japanese kickboxer Chihiro Suzuki at a 154-pound catchweight
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ESPN News Services Jul 25, 2023, 08:00 PM ET CHICAGO — With the Chicago White Sox moving toward a sell-off at next week’s trade deadline, manager Pedro Grifol is taking the blame for the team’s disappointing performance. Grifol struck an optimistic tone after he was hired in November, but it hasn’t worked out very well
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Lindsey Thiry, ESPNJul 25, 2023, 07:00 PM ET Close Lindsey Thiry covers the Los Angeles Chargers for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2018 to cover the Los Angeles Rams after two years of covering them for the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Atlanta Falcons. You can follower her on Twitter @LindseyThiry. COSTA MESA,
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ESPN News Services Jul 25, 2023, 08:43 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz died Tuesday at the age of 70, the team announced. The Blackhawks franchise has been in the Wirtz family since 1954, and Rocky was a longtime contributor. In a statement released by the club on Tuesday night, the Blackhawks
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Jul 24, 2023, 01:41 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kyle Anderson will represent China at the FIBA World Cup, the player said Monday after the Chinese Basketball Association announced the American had obtained Chinese citizenship through naturalization. The 29-year-old forward from New York is the latest elite athlete to gain Chinese nationality through naturalization and
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:45 AM ET Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, suffered a cardiac arrest Monday and is in stable condition. “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest,” a James family spokesperson said in a statement. “Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him
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Jul 25, 2023, 06:10 PM ET Erik van Rooyen will have a familiar face in his threesome when he tees off Thursday afternoon in the PGA Tour’s 3M Open. Alex Gaugert, who regularly caddies for the South African, earned a spot in this week’s field when he Monday qualified for the event. On Tuesday, tournament
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2023, 03:43 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Both the men’s and women’s defending champions recorded wins at the Hamburg European Open on Tuesday as Lorenzo Musetti beat Elias Ymer in the men’s first round and American Bernarda Pera booked her spot in the women’s quarterfinals, while top-seeded Donna Vekić was upset
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Jul 25, 2023, 03:32 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche signed top prospect Nikolai Kovalenko to a two-year, entry-level contract Tuesday. Kovalenko, 23, is expected to continue to play for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Kontinental Hockey League in the 2023-24 season. Last season with the Russian club, Kovalenko recorded career highs in goals (21), assists
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 25, 2023, 01:26 PM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and the NCAA are in discussions about a so-called negotiated resolution for a four-game suspension in the 2023 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The looming suspension is tied to an NCAA recruiting investigation into Michigan in which Harbaugh faces a Level
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Jul 24, 2023, 09:14 PM ET The Colorado Rockies are becoming all-too familiar with Tommy John surgery. The team on Monday said a trio of right-handed pitching prospects — Gabriel Hughes, Jordy Vargas and Jackson Cox — will undergo the season-ending procedure this week. The three are among the organization’s top handful of pitching prospects,
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