Month: May 2024

ESPN News Services May 31, 2024, 05:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Troy Weaver is out as general manager of the Detroit Pistons amid a retooled front office led by Trajan Langdon, according to multiple reports Friday. Detroit has had the NBA’s worst record the past two seasons and won just 23% of its games
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2024, 04:50 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions OKLAHOMA CITY — Duke
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cleveland Cavaliers have been granted permission to interview two more head-coaching candidates in the franchise’s ongoing search, including New York Knicks associate head coach Johnnie Bryant and Miami Heat top assistant Chris Quinn, sources told ESPN on Friday. Bryant has spent four years
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderMay 31, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Zhilei Zhang outweighed former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder by 68.2 pounds
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ESPN News Services May 31, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah has been placed on the 15-day injured list with what has been diagnosed as a UCL sprain in his right elbow, the team announced Friday. Manoah underwent an MRI after leaving Wednesday’s game vs. the Chicago White
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Associated Press May 31, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — The AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians got one of their key players back Friday when two-time Gold Glove-winning left fielder Steven Kwan was activated from the 10-day injured list. Kwan had been sidelined since May 5 with a strained left hamstring. The leadoff
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Associated Press May 31, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — John Means and Tyler Wells will miss the rest of the season because of elbow problems that require surgery, a blow to Baltimore’s pitching depth as the Orioles try to defend their AL East title. Means returned late last season from Tommy
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks advanced to the NBA Finals on Thursday night. The Dallas Stars said that’s extra motivation to advance to their own championship round — and potentially make sports history in the process.
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Kristaps Porzingis participated in parts of Friday’s practice — the Boston Celtics‘ first since advancing to the NBA Finals earlier this week — and coach Joe Mazzulla said he’s pleased with the center’s recovery from a right calf strain. “He’s getting better,”
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 31, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Former Notre Dame starting quarterback Tyler Buchner, who joined the school’s lacrosse team this spring after playing football last fall at Alabama, will return to the Fighting Irish football team
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterMay 31, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Gable Steveson, an Olympic gold medalist and one of the most dominant college wrestlers in NCAA history, is jumping
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Field Level Media May 31, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder Lars Nootbaar on the 10-day injured list with an oblique strain Friday. Nootbaar, 26, is batting .234 with 5 homers and 19 RBIs in 39 games while playing all three outfield spots. The Cardinals recalled infielder Jose
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Associated Press May 31, 2024, 11:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami has promoted longtime women’s tennis coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews to the new role of director of the school’s men’s and women’s tennis programs, a move that will give her oversight of both teams while continuing to coach the women. It
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Jeff Passan, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The reeling New York Mets are sending right-handed starter Christian Scott and third baseman Brett Baty to Triple-A, sources told ESPN on Friday, further changing their
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Associated Press May 31, 2024, 08:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — In a fight for the loyalty of national boxing federations, India opted Friday to join the IOC’s side in its ongoing dispute with the sport’s global governing body. The International Olympic Committee has cut ties with the International Boxing Association, but the
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Marc J. Spears May 30, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Former NBA forward Drew Gordon, the older brother of Denver‘s Aaron Gordon, died in a car accident in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, his agent Calvin Andrews and the Nuggets confirmed to ESPN’s Andscape. He was 33. Gordon played nine games for the Philadelphia 76ers during the
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David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2024, 11:29 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks have gone from long shots to Western Conference champs, but they’re underdogs against the Boston Celtics in a star-studded NBA Finals matchup. The Celtics opened
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks left no doubts while taking the final step toward the superstar’s first NBA Finals
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ESPN News Services May 30, 2024, 11:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OKLAHOMA CITY — Teagan Kavan threw a one-hitter, and No. 1 seed Texas defeated Stanford 4-0 on Thursday in the Women’s College World Series opener for both teams. Kavan, a freshman, struck out eight and walked four in seven innings. “Adversity creates opportunity,”
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