It started so well for Jack Leiter and the Texas Rangers during their 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon. Marcus Semien led off the game with a home run. That was followed by the 23-year-old Leiter, making his MLB debut, throwing three straight strikes in his first three pitches to get Riley
The 2024 WNBA Draft is in the books, and now that the dust has settled, let’s take a moment to look at things team-by-team. Every WNBA team has its own strategy with respect to drafting, which is influenced by rosters, the salary cap and how competitive the team expects to be in the near future,
Jalin Turner (bottom) made a crucial mistake against Renato Moicano at UFC 300 that ended up costing him the fight. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) UFC president Dana White could only wince in sympathy when Jalin Turner’s name got brought up in the post-fight news conference. That moment he’d had in the first round against
Dominique Rhymes might want to look for a side job in marketing for the city of Ottawa. The Miami, Florida product is unabashedly in love with his adopted hometown and fiercely committed to bringing the Grey Cup back to the nation’s capital in his second stint with the Ottawa REDBLACKS. We caught up with the
The charges were filed on Tuesday, just days after Scottie Scheffler won the 88th edition of the Masters. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) A former employee of Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia is set to plead guilty in federal court to charges of stealing and transporting millions of dollars worth of merchandise and memorabilia from
USATSI The decisions on fifth-year options are somewhat obscured because of the timing. NFL teams typically don’t turn their attention to fifth-year options until the conclusion of the NFL Draft, which takes place April 25-27 this year, when the window to pick up options is coming to a close. The window with 2021 first-round picks
PHILADELPHIA — Across the court, underneath the enormous jumbotron and the raucous cheers of Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night, Joel Embiid doubled over. Whether it was Tyrese Maxey or Kelly Oubre or cult hero Nicolas Batum stepping to the opposite foul line, Embiid would wade back to the defensive end, laboring with his 280-pound
Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER — It’s clear that Manchester City have established themselves within football’s elite since Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan began to transform the club in 2008, but Real Madrid occupy an even higher echelon in the game’s hierarchy, delivering a painful reminder by dethroning the European champions and ending Pep Guardiola’s
USATSI Two of the PGA Tour’s biggest stars will be paired in the same group when Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth tee off in the 2024 RBC Heritage beginning on Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. Ranked No. 1 in the world, Scheffler enters the 2024 RBC Heritage red-hot, having won
Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — As the countdown clock to the Paris Olympics passed the 100-day mark, the question of holding the opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large over the milestone celebrations on Wednesday. Organizers have planned a parade of about 10,500 athletes through the
It shouldn’t matter what Bill Belichick’s interpersonal skills are (or aren’t). It shouldn’t matter that his New England team once got upset by Philadelphia in the Super Bowl. It shouldn’t matter how much the Patriots spiraled post Tom Brady. New England team owner Robert Kraft should spend the rest of his days expounding Belichick’s greatness.
USATSI Former Albany defensive lineman Amitral “AJ” Simon has died at age 25, the school announced Wednesday. Simon helped Albany reach the FCS playoff semifinals this past season and earned first-team All-CAA honors after recording 55 tackles (37 solo), 12.5 sacks and 21.5 tackles for loss. Simon posted five sacks and 10.5 tackles during the
John Barr, ESPN.comApr 17, 2024, 03:19 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features The United States Justice Department has agreed to pay around 100 victims of disgraced former Team USA doctor Larry Nassar approximately
USATSI The NCAA Division I Council has approved legislation to allow immediate eligibility for all multi-time transfers. The decision will go before the Division I Board to formally ratified on Monday. The organization had previously approved a blanket waiver for one-time transfers but held firm in requiring second-time transfers to sit out a year in
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 16, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Transfer portal season has become the busiest two months of the college basketball calendar. Entire rosters fall apart and get rebuilt in mere weeks, with some teams needing to
Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal between Manchester City and Real Madrid couldn’t be settled in regulation or two periods of extra time. So the past two Champions League victors settled things in a penalty shootout after playing to a 1-1 draw. There Real Madrid scored a 4-3 shootout victory to stun the reigning Champions League victors.
Everyone knew something was amiss with the betting on Jontay Porter’s props. It was right out in the open. There was no big investigation that exposed Porter, just DraftKings putting out daily reports on the top winning bets for its users. The unders on Porter for two games, on Jan. 26 and March 20, were
The transfer portal opened on Tuesday and as expected there was a flood of players looking for a new opportunity elsewhere. With that said, there are a lot of rumors about which schools are looking best for many of these top players. Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney has the latest in this Portal Rumor
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