Month: May 2022

3:00 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
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6:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams has won the Red Auerbach Trophy as NBA Coach of the Year, the league announced Monday. Williams won by a landslide, landing 81 first-place votes and finishing with 458 points overall in balloting by a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor
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3:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball intends to play regular-season games in London in 2023, 2024 and 2026. The New York Yankees took two games from the Boston Red Sox at London’s Olympic Stadium in June 2019. The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs were scheduled to play there on
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11:37 PM ET Ohio State got a commitment from one of the top 2024 prospects on Monday, when quarterback Dylan Raiola announced his commitment to the Buckeyes. ESPN doesn’t have rankings for the 2024 class, but Raiola is widely regarded as one of the top overall recruits and one of the top quarterbacks in his
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May 6, 2022 Brady HendersonESPN An arrest warrant for Earl Thomas has been issued in Austin, Texas, after police say the former Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens safety violated a court protective order by sending threatening messages to a woman about her and her children, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Court records show the warrant,
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May 8, 2022 ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies placed right-handers Zack Wheeler and Zach Eflin on the COVID-related injured list Sunday. Left-hander Cristopher Sanchez was named the 27th man for Sunday’s home doubleheader against the New York Mets and replaced Eflin as the starter in Game 2, a 6-1 loss to the Mets. Sanchez
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7:57 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Former New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams running back Sony Michel has agreed to a one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins, a league source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday, adding another name to an already deep backfield. The deal is worth $2.1 million, the source said.
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9:01 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Memphis Grizzlies will be without star point guard Ja Morant Monday night in Game 4 due to a right knee injury. Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said the team will take Morant’s knee issue day by day. The point guard underwent an MRI but Jenkins would not reveal
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12:03 PM ET A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended by health officials in September. Gustavo Pagano/Getty Images The FIFA Appeal Committee ruled on Monday that the abandoned World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina must be replayed after considering the appeals filed by the countries’ football associations. The qualifier in September was
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