Month: May 2022

May 24, 2022 Kendra AndrewsESPN DALLAS — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr did not want to talk about basketball in his pregame news conference heading into Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. Basketball, he said, didn’t matter. “Since we left shootaround, 14 children were killed, 400
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12:53 AM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Edmonton Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft thought his team needed a boost. He had a hunch how to get it. The Oilers were one goal away from closing out a second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Calgary Flames in Game 5 on Thursday night. Woodcroft went with his gut
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12:00 PM ET Leeds United have signed United States men’s national team star Brenden Aaronson from FC Salzburg, the club announced. The midfielder has joined the Premier League club for a fee believed to be $29.5 million, sources have told ESPN, and on a contract until 2027. – Hamilton: The Aaronsons – U.S. soccer’s next
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9:48 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” In a pointed letter to teams last week, Major League Baseball said numerous clubs’ stadiums “fall embarrassingly below the high standards” necessary for women who are part of the game’s traveling parties
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6:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders coach Josh McDaniels said Thursday he didn’t feel the need to give quarterback Derek Carr a heads-up that the team was taking a look at Colin Kaepernick. McDaniels, speaking after a Raiders organized team activity, otherwise revealed little about the first known workout the
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8:21 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Scottie Scheffler did something last weekend that he rarely does, watching a golf tournament at home after missing the cut. The world’s No. 1 player is back on the course, and tied atop a crowded leaderboard at Colonial. Scheffler was among eight players who shot 4-under
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May 25, 2022 ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was scratched from Atlanta’s lineup Wednesday because of right quadriceps tightness. An MRI revealed a Grade 1 strain, and he is day to day. The team announced about 90 minutes before first pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies that Acuna would sit.
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