ESPN News Services Apr 15, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Michael Lorenzen pitched five scoreless innings in his Texas debut and three relievers completed a five-hit shutout as the Rangers topped the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Monday night. Lorenzen, signed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract as a free agent late
ESPN News Services Apr 15, 2024, 09:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland appeared to injure his right, non-throwing shoulder while being used as a pinch runner in the ninth inning of Monday night’s 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Manager Bud Black, however, said afterward that Freeland was
ESPN News Services Apr 16, 2024, 01:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Chicago Cubs rookie Michael Busch homered for the fifth straight game Monday night, matching the longest streak by a Cubs player since 1900. Busch led off the second inning with his sixth home run of the season, a 419-foot drive to
Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 09:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, beginning the end of the racial segregation that had relegated Black
Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 09:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — A healthy Trae Young gives the Atlanta Hawks their best hope for overcoming season-long injury woes and advancing past the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. Young hopes he can provide his normal production after playing three games at the
Associated Press Apr 16, 2024, 12:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons are looking for new leadership after finishing with the NBA’s worst record for the second straight year. The Pistons announced Monday, a day after finishing the season 14-68, that it will hire a head of basketball operations who will
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 15, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions USA Basketball is finalizing a 2024 Paris Olympics men’s basketball roster that includes several of the generation’s iconic players — including the Lakers’ LeBron James, Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Suns’ Kevin Durant and 76ers’ Joel Embiid, sources told ESPN on Monday. Team USA managing director
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 15, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordi Fernandez has emerged as the Brooklyn Nets‘ choice to become the franchise’s next coach, separating himself amid a wide, month-long search that now has the Nets prepared to hire the Sacramento Kings‘ top assistant, sources told ESPN on Monday night. Fernandez, 41, has
Apr 16, 2024, 12:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World number three Carlos Alcaraz has cast doubt on his Madrid Open title defense later this month as the Spaniard nurses a right arm injury that has forced him to miss key tune-up events for the French Open. The 20-year-old successfully defended his Indian Wells title
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 10:41 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Louisville running back Peny Boone told ESPN on Monday that he plans to enter the transfer portal, marking his second transfer in four months. Boone left Toledo and entered the