Month: January 2022

3:37 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The investigation surrounding sexual assault accusations against lightweight boxer Rolando Romero is now closed without charges being filed, the Henderson (Nevada) Police Department told ESPN on Tuesday. Romero, 26, was scheduled to fight Gervonta Davis on Dec. 5 in Los Angeles, but he was pulled from the bout in late
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3:23 PM ET ESPN News Services Tim Rosaforte, the first journalist to be awarded honorary membership by the PGA of America, has died after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Golf Channel announced Tuesday. He was 66. Rosaforte retired in December 2019 after a career that spanned more than 40 years in newspapers, magazines, books and
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6:45 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden did not play in Monday night’s 114-108 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers because of a left knee hyperextension. The good news for the Nets is that coach Steve Nash said Harden did not need an MRI and should be ready to play Wednesday
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11:42 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association plan to hold a bargaining session Thursday, the first since the league locked out the players Dec. 2, sources familiar with the situation told
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1:24 PM ET Former British Open champion Shane Lowry said on Tuesday he has no qualms about playing next month in Saudi Arabia, which has come under international scrutiny for its human rights record, and that he is just trying to make a living. The Irishman is among a stacked field of confirmed golfers for
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9:14 PM ET Former Incarnate Word star quarterback Cameron Ward announced on Monday that he will be transferring to Washington State. Top floor, didn’t take the elevator I climbed my way up!!#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/Vkbdp3NxfI — Cameron Ward ➐ (@Cameron7Ward) January 11, 2022 Ward won the Jerry Rice Award as the best freshman in FCS during the
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12:58 PM ET Juan Pablo Montoya will rejoin Arrow McLaren in a bid to complete an Indianapolis 500 hat-trick of wins, the IndyCar team said on Tuesday. Montoya, winner at the Brickyard in 2000 and 2015, drove for Arrow McLaren at last year’s Indy 500, finishing ninth. 1 Related “Juan Pablo is an institution in
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Jan 11, 2022 ESPN News Services Tom Watson, a two-time winner at Augusta National who ranks sixth all time with victories in eight majors, will join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starters at the Masters this year. “I am honored that Tom has accepted our invitation,” Masters chairman Fred Ridley said in a
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11:10 AM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — No new inductees were selected for the International Tennis Hall of Fame for the first time in its history. The Hall has been around since 1955. Grand Slam title winners Ana Ivanovic, Flavia Pennetta, Carlos Moya and Cara Black were the new nominees on the ballot for
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