May 9, 2023, 11:04 AM ET AC Milan will make a late call on Rafael Leao‘s participation in their Champions League semifinal first leg against arch-rivals Inter Milan, manager Stefano Pioli said on Tuesday after the Portuguese winger suffered a muscle injury. Leao has been one of Milan’s most influential players this season with 13
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 9, 2023, 10:23 AM ET Lionel Messi‘s father and agent, Jorge, has denied reports the forward has an agreement in place to move to Saudi Arabia next season when his Paris Saint-Germain contract expires. “There is absolutely nothing [in place] with any club for next season,” he said in a
May 9, 2023, 08:56 AM ET NFL legend J.J. Watt has said he took part in a pub crawl in Burnley as “research” after he recently became a minority investor in the Premier League-bound football club. Watt, who retired after a 12-year NFL career in January, announced his investment in Championship title winners Burnley last
Business is booming in Chicago, thanks to Connor Bedard. The Blackhawks told ESPN on Tuesday morning that they have made $5.2 million in ticketing revenue in less than a day after the team won the 2023 NHL draft lottery. Bedard, a 17-year-old center from Canada, is the projected No. 1 pick in June’s draft. A
May 9, 2023, 12:33 PM ET The New York Mets are signing former New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez to a minor league contract, the New York Post and MLB.com reported Tuesday. Sanchez opted out of his contract with the San Francisco Giants last week after he was not added to the major league roster.
May 9, 2023, 10:12 AM ET The Atlanta Braves placed ace pitcher Max Fried on the 15-day injured list with a strained left forearm. The roster move, announced Tuesday, marks the second IL trip this season for Fried, who also missed two weeks in April after suffering a hamstring injury on Opening Day. The Braves
ESPN News Services May 9, 2023, 10:59 AM ET Colorado Avalanche forward and captain Gabriel Landeskog, who missed all of this season after knee surgery, is having another procedure on his right knee and is expected to miss the 2023-24 regular season, the team announced Tuesday. Landeskog will have a cartilage transplant in his right
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 9, 2023, 04:21 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. LOS ANGELES — Turning in a fourth-quarter offensive performance unmatched by a Lakers player since Kobe
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 9, 2023, 08:00 AM ET A HEAVY DOSE of déjà vu had hit the City of Brotherly Love. The Philadelphia 76ers, having already blown a 16-point lead at home to the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series, watched as Malcolm Brogdon‘s 3-pointer extended the Celtics’ edge to
May 9, 2023, 11:25 AM ET Joe Kapp, who played quarterback at Cal and later led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl, died Monday at age 85. J.J. Kapp confirmed his father’s death to the San Francisco Chronicle, saying it came following a “15-year battle with dementia.” Raised in California, Kapp played both football