Month: June 2023

Jun 27, 2023, 11:02 AM ET The National Football League Players Association and voter engagement organization Black Men Vote have entered a partnership to encourage voter registration and engagement. The initiative, announced Tuesday, will include components such as a public awareness campaign to highlight the value of voting, voter registration drives, research and funding. While
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ESPN News Services Jun 27, 2023, 06:01 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The San Diego Padres scratched starter Yu Darvish from Tuesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates due to an illness. Manager Bob Melvin said Darvish remained in San Diego as the team embarked on a six-game road trip through Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Melvin said Darvish
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ESPN News Services Jun 27, 2023, 07:19 PM ET Former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, who went on to have a seven-year career in the NFL, died Tuesday in an apparent drowning at a Florida beach, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. He was 35. The sheriff’s office said first responders were called to a
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 25, 2023, 04:41 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid has agreed on a new three-year, $42 million contract that includes a player option, his agents, Sean Kennedy and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management, told ESPN on Sunday. The
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJun 27, 2023, 01:20 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame The NCAA’s national office informed member schools Tuesday that some methods schools have started using to get more directly involved in helping their athletes make money from name, image
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 27, 2023, 05:24 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Quarterback J.J. McCarthy‘s two years at Michigan have been defined by wins over archrival Ohio State, Big Ten championships and College Football Playoff losses. As McCarthy prepares for his
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ESPN News Services Jun 27, 2023, 02:39 PM ET Jimmie Johnson will not race this weekend in NASCAR’s Cup Series street race in Chicago following the deaths of his wife’s parents and a nephew in Oklahoma. The bodies of Jack Janway, 69; his wife, Terry Janway, 68; and their grandson Dalton Janway, 11, were discovered
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Associated Press Jun 27, 2023, 07:32 AM ET EASTBOURNE, England — Defending champion Petra Kvitova withdrew from the Eastbourne International on Tuesday, citing fatigue. No. 9-ranked Kvitova won her 31st WTA singles title on Sunday in Berlin. The two-time Wimbledon champion was due to start her Eastbourne defense against Jelena Ostapenko, whom she beat in
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