Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. This summer’s college football blockbuster movie has been a disaster flick. Major football in the West, as we’ve come to define it over the past 100 years, will cease to exist in 2024, with the Pac-12
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Before we get on with the autumn win-loss business that is actual college football, let’s pause for a moment — no, make that a dozen
Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. LATROBE, Pa. — Joey Porter Jr.’s nights at the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ training camp always used to end the same way. A ball boy during middle school and
Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 07:49 PM ET CHICAGO — Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he felt embarrassed by his theatrical display during an argument with plate umpire Laz Diaz after he was ejected from New York’s loss to the Chicago White Sox on Monday. Boone said he talked to MLB senior vice president of
ESPN News Services Aug 8, 2023, 11:39 PM ET BOSTON — Shortstop Trevor Story made his season debut for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night, going hitless in four at-bats in a 9-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Story was in the lineup for the first time since last September after being activated
Aug 9, 2023, 02:33 AM ET Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter J.D. Martinez was scratched from Tuesday night’s lineup against the host Arizona Diamondbacks due to groin and hamstring tightness and flew back to Los Angeles. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Tuesday’s 5-4 victory that Martinez will undergo an MRI exam and is also
ESPN News Services Aug 8, 2023, 09:31 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. was hit on his left elbow by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Colin Holderman in the sixth inning Tuesday night and left the 8-6 victory. It was a 97 mph sinker from Holderman that Acuna tried to
Suryakumar Yadav feels there is “no shame” in admitting that his performance in ODIs has been “really bad” and that he wanted to find a way to succeed in the 50-over format. He has played 26 ODIs so far and averages only 24.33, though his strike rate is 101.38. Suryakumar made scores of 19, 24
Aug 8, 2023, 07:01 PM ET New York City FC welcomed midfielder Maxi Morález back to the team on Tuesday. The 36-year-old free agent is signed through the 2024 season. Terms were not disclosed. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Morález had 26 goals and 69 assists in 162 MLS matches (149 starts)
Aug 9, 2023, 01:22 AM ET SYDNEY — Arsenal legend Ian Wright hopes that new Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou will bring the Gunners’ cross-town rivals “the success that they desperately need.” Postecoglou, 57, became the first Australian to be appointed to a head coaching role in the Premier League when he was announced as