Month: March 2023

5:17 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A NASCAR appeals panel rescinded the hefty points penalties levied against Hendrick Motorsports drivers Alex Bowman, William Byron and Kyle Larson for an illegally modified part on their Chevrolets discovered earlier this month. It was only a partial victory for Hendrick Motorsports, though: Although the three-person panel
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9:51 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr remains hopeful that Andrew Wiggins will return this season after the veteran forward missed his 20th straight game because of a family matter. Wiggins has been working out on his own every day, but when and if he returns to the
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3:00 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print MLB’s 2023 Opening Day is finally here! All 30 teams will play in 15 games Thursday, with 30 of the best pitchers across the majors taking the mound, headlined by eight Cy Young Award winners. ESPN will air a number of the weekend’s most
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3:40 PM ET Unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea earned the biggest win of her career with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Australian Open champion and world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday to reach the Miami Open semifinal. Cirstea, who has yet to drop a set in Miami and is the last unseeded player in the
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1:03 PM ET The ongoing battle between the PGA Tour and the breakaway LIV Golf League continues to be one of the biggest storylines in men’s professional golf, but past Masters champions Patrick Reed and Bubba Watson insist it won’t be a distraction at Augusta National Golf Club next week. Speaking to reporters ahead of
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Mar 29, 2023 BERLIN — Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk said it was wrong for International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to argue that Russian and Belarusian athletes can return to international competitions because they already compete without friction in some sports. Bach had used Kostyuk’s victory over Russia’s Varvara Gracheva in the ATX Open
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1:15 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The welterweight fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Eimantas Stanionis, scheduled for April 29 in Arlington, Texas, has been postponed after Ortiz was forced to withdraw due to a recurrence of rhabdomyolysis, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Wednesday. “Vergil works tirelessly to prepare for his fights and this is of
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