Jun 8, 2023, 05:35 PM ET Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo was not in the lineup Thursday night against the Guardians after not hustling in the team’s loss in Cleveland a night earlier. Manager Alex Cora confirmed the decision to media ahead of Thursday’s series finale against the Guardians. Editor’s Picks Verdugo slowed up
ESPN News Services Jun 8, 2023, 11:18 AM ET Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard will get a chance to regroup and recover after he was placed on the 15-day injured list Thursday because of a blister on his right index finger. Manager Dave Roberts had implied some sort of move could be made after
Jun 8, 2023, 01:16 PM ET The New York Yankees placed left-hander Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a left rotator cuff strain. The designation is retroactive to Monday for Cortes, 28, who is 5-2 with a 5.16 ERA through 11 starts. A first-time All-Star in 2022, Cortes has struck out 59
ESPN News Services Jun 8, 2023, 12:38 PM ET Racing at Belmont Park was canceled and the Washington Nationals‘ home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks was postponed Thursday due to poor air quality from wildfires in Canada. It’s the second straight day the continuing fires north of the border have impacted sports in the Northeastern
Associated Press Jun 8, 2023, 06:04 PM ET ATLANTA — New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso returned to New York for further testing Thursday after being hit on his left wrist by a pitch and leaving Wednesday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves. Manager Buck Showalter said Alonso had a CT scan in Atlanta
Jun 8, 2023, 04:02 PM ET Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler said he was “excited” for Lionel Messi‘s potential impact on the city following news that the Argentine World Cup winner would be signing for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF. Messi, 35, announced on Wednesday that he intended to join Inter Miami once
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2023, 05:04 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2023, 02:43 PM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. MIAMI — Heat guard Tyler Herro still hasn’t been
Associated Press Jun 8, 2023, 07:02 PM ET GREER, S.C. — Michael Feagles made a 25-foot birdie putt on his final hole to shoot a 12-under 59 on Thursday in the first round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was the ninth sub-60 score in the history of the developmental
Jun 8, 2023, 05:25 PM ET Longtime Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan, who played for the franchise from 1995-2017, is joining the front office of the Toronto Maple Leafs, multiple reports said Thursday. Doan’s role with the Maple Leafs was not yet clear. He had taken a position with the Coyotes as chief hockey development