Month: February 2023

Feb 18, 2023 Ghana winger Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s massive earthquake, his Turkish agent said on Saturday. Atsu, who was 31, had been missing since the Feb. 6 earthquake following the collapse of an apartment building in Hatay province. “Atsu’s lifeless
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3:44 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews announced Sunday that he is dealing with symptoms of long COVID-19 and chronic immune response syndrome. Toews, 34, hasn’t played since Jan. 28. The Blackhawks placed the center on injured reserve on Wednesday with what they said was a non-COVID-19-related illness. “It has
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12:15 PM ET Former NFL head coach and current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan interviewed Saturday in Denver for the Broncos‘ defensive coordinator job on Sean Payton’s staff, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ryan and former Broncos head coach Vance Joseph are among a handful of candidates for the job. Joseph, who had been the Arizona
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3:45 PM ET ESPN News Services GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona is feeling much better these days. He has a rod in his left foot that bothers him when he wears his beloved flip-flops, but that’s a breeze compared with what he experienced in the past. The former big league infielder dealt
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2:02 PM ET For the second straight season, the New York Rangers have traded for forward Tyler Motte, acquiring him this time from the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers added Motte on Sunday in exchange for forward Julien Gauthier and a conditional 2023 seventh-round draft pick. The pick would become a sixth-rounder if the Rangers reach
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8:59 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Tamika Tremaglio both insisted it is “absolutely a priority” for the two sides to come to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement ahead of the March 31 mutual opt-out date of the current
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11:08 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — It’s safe to say people know who Mac McClung is now. Once the poster boy for the NBA All-Star slam dunk contest’s path toward irrelevance, sporting a field of obscure participants rather than the certified stars of the past, McClung stole the show as if he were Michael
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9:33 AM ET Associated Press Thorbjorn Olesen stretched away from the field to claim his seventh DP World Tour title by four shots at the Thailand Classic in Bangkok. Olesen took a two-shot lead into Sunday’s final round and birdies at the first, second and sixth sealed a fine display of front-running. The 33-year-old cruised
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