Month: May 2024

May 13, 2024, 06:40 AM Open Extended Reactions Incumbent All Blacks captain Sam Cane announced on Monday that he would be returning to Japanese club rugby at the end of the season and retiring from the international game, also revealing he was standing down as New Zealand skipper with immediate effect. The 32-year-old flanker said
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Associated Press May 14, 2024, 12:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a Dallas Mavericks franchise playoff-record 13 blocks, rallying for a 100-96 victory Monday night to even their Western Conference semifinal series at 2-2. Chet Holmgren and Luguentz Dort hit clutch 3-pointers
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Field Level Media May 13, 2024, 05:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Oakland Athletics placed right-hander Paul Blackburn on the 15-day injured list Monday with a right foot injury and recalled left-hander Easton Lucas from Triple-A Las Vegas. Blackburn, 30, was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his fifth metatarsal. His IL move is
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Associated Press May 13, 2024, 08:20 PM ET PHOENIX — The Cincinnati Reds placed outfielder TJ Friedl on the 10-day injured list Monday with a fractured left thumb. The injury happened on Sunday when Friedl was hit on the first pitch of the game from the Giants‘ Kyle Harrison in San Francisco. Reds manager David
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Associated Press May 13, 2024, 06:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ALBANY, N.Y. — Baseball Hall of Famer David Ortiz was honored by the New York state Senate on Monday for his prolific career and philanthropic work. The Boston Red Sox great, nicknamed “Big Papi,” has long leveraged his celebrity status to raise awareness and
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Associated Press May 13, 2024, 08:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Kodai Senga, who has yet to pitch this season for the New York Mets because of a right shoulder capsule strain, will continue working on his mechanics before beginning a rehab assignment. “With my current mechanics, I didn’t think I’d be
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Associated Press May 13, 2024, 08:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants placed outfielder Jung Hoo Lee on the 10-day injured list with a dislocated left shoulder and are still awaiting word on the severity of the injury. Lee hurt his shoulder in the first inning on Sunday when
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Associated Press May 13, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee’s Rhys Hoskins left the Brewers’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday after getting injured while running to first base on a second-inning single. Hoskins appeared to be wincing as he reached first base on his single to right. After the
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 13, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball announced Monday that it has agreed to an exclusive, multi-year contract with the streaming company
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 13, 2024, 09:30 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has been placed in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHL Players’ Association player assistance program, the league said Monday, just hours before the team’s playoff game
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Associated Press May 13, 2024, 10:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jordan Staal and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 3:06 apart in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes got four goals in the third for a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the second-round playoff series on Monday
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 13, 2024, 07:25 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Jimmy Dunne, who last year helped negotiate the PGA Tour’s controversial framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, resigned from the tour’s policy
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