Month: August 2023

Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 07:27 PM ET The National Basketball Players Association intends to file a grievance disputing the NBA’s $100,000 fine for James Harden over public comments he made earlier this month expressing displeasure after the Philadelphia 76ers failed to trade him. “We respectfully disagree with the league’s decision to discipline James Harden
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Jeff Wagenheim Aug 22, 2023, 12:55 PM ET For the third straight playoff semifinal card, the PFL faces the potential for a bizarre conclusion to its season after one of its competitors for Wednesday’s fight card in New York missed weight on Tuesday. That creates a circumstance in which a fighter can lose a semifinal
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Aug 22, 2023, 02:03 PM ET United States women’s national team forward Megan Rapinoe said the kiss that Spain football federation chief Luis Rubiales planted on the lips of Women’s World Cup champion Jenni Hermoso marred Spain‘s success and signals a “deep level of misogyny and sexism in that federation and in that man.” Spain’s
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Adriana Garcia Aug 22, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Liverpool have had a €30 million ($32.5m) offer for Fluminense midfielder André rejected by the Brazilian club, sources have confirmed to ESPN Brasil. The Merseyside club want André to join them before the transfer window closes on Sept. 1 but Fluminense are reluctant to let the Brazil
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Aug 22, 2023, 04:03 PM ET Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, have announced the birth of their second child. Williams and Ohanian posted on Instagram and TikTok on Tuesday celebrating the arrival of Adira River Ohanian. The couple welcomed their first child, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., on September 1, 2017. “I’m grateful to
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur believes it would be “strange” to change the results of the 2008 world championship 15 years later. Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is taking legal action against Formula 1 bosses and is seeking compensation for the ‘crash-gate’ scandal. Massa’s lawyers claim he lost the title to Lewis Hamilton because Renault
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Boxing star Ryan Garcia filed a motion to dismiss Golden Boy Promotions’ complaint against him Monday in U.S. District Court of Nevada, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN. Garcia argued his contract with Oscar De La Hoya’s promotion stipulates that any disagreement be mediated before
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Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 10:38 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Wander Franco, the 22-year-old All-Star shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was placed on administrative leave Tuesday as MLB and law enforcement in his native Dominican Republic investigate allegations
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2023, 12:21 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — Even though a PGA Tour spokesperson said the tour has not seen an increase in spectators attempting to distract golfers for betting purposes, Jon Rahm
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2023, 07:34 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Undisputed super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall is the latest female fighter in the ESPN boxing pound-for-pound top 10 to make a foray
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Aug 22, 2023, 11:52 AM ET PGA Tour golfer Erik Compton is facing domestic battery and robbery charges in Florida. Police said they arrested Compton, 43, at his home in Miami on Saturday after an argument with his wife. According to Miami-Dade police, Compton and his wife were having a verbal dispute when she began
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Aug 22, 2023, 12:19 PM ET The NBA announced Tuesday that it has fined 76ers star James Harden $100,000 after his recent comments which in part referred to franchise president Daryl Morey as a “liar.” The league last week launched an inquiry into the circumstances around Harden’s comments on Aug. 14 and 17, which the
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Associated Press Aug 22, 2023, 10:44 AM ET LONDON — Men’s professional tennis players ranked in the Top 100 will be guaranteed an annual income of $300,000 in 2024 under a new financial program announced by the ATP Tour on Tuesday. The plan, called Baseline, starts with a three-year trial beginning next season and aims
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