6:28 PM ET ESPN News Services David Ortiz left a hospital in the Dominican Republic on Monday bound for Boston on a plane provided by the Red Sox. Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy confirmed earlier in the day that the team was sending a plane to the Dominican Republic with the hope that
Month: June 2019
1:04 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — Toni Nadal, the uncle and longtime coach of Rafael Nadal, was waiting to meet with his nephew after the final at the 2019 French Open on Sunday, ready to congratulate his nephew on his 12th Roland Garros title. It was an achievement Toni described as “incredible” — especially
8:45 AM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — It is just a short walk, or an even shorter drive if you are a top player, to get from Roland Garros to the French Tennis Federation’s National Training Centre, a state-of-the-art facility which is available to French players throughout the year, free of charge. With six indoor
1:18 PM ET Maryland is adding linebacker Shaq Smith, a graduate transfer from Clemson who appeared in every game last season for the national champions. Smith, a Baltimore native, is eligible to play immediately for Maryland. It’s not immediately clear whether he will have one or two years of eligibility with the Terrapins. He recorded
Jun 12, 2019 Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. On Sunday, Nelson Cruz homered again. It was his fourth straight game in which he went yard, in his first five games back from the injured list. No big deal for a guy who came into this season with
12:34 PM ET Former Auburn and Akron coach Terry Bowden will assist Clemson’s football staff as an unpaid intern while he pursues a graduate degree at the school. Bowden, 63, is enrolled in a graduate program for athletic leadership at Clemson, a spokesman told ESPN. Bowden spent the past seven seasons coaching Akron, where he
3:04 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN David Griffin, New Orleans’ executive vice president of basketball operations, has started to provide potential suitors with the framework of the package he is seeking in a trade for All-NBA forward Anthony Davis, including multiteam scenarios that would expand the Pelicans‘ pool of assets in a deal, league sources told
1:30 PM ET Marc J. Spears SAN ANTONIO — Former Spurs guard Tony Parker, a four-time NBA champion, told ESPN’s The Undefeated that he is retiring after 18 seasons. “I’m going to retire. … I decided that I’m not going to play basketball anymore,” Parker told The Undefeated. Parker, 37, retires with 1,254 regular-season games
2:06 PM ET James Harden of the Houston Rockets, Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, free-agent-to-be Kemba Walker and Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers headline Team USA’s provisional roster that was released Monday for this summer’s FIBA World Cup in China. San Antonio Spurs great Gregg Popovich will make his debut as
12:10 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins has reported for his team physical and will be in attendance for the team’s mandatory minicamp that begins Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Jenkins, 31, was not present for the Eagles’ voluntary offseason program, and there had been questions about whether he would attend the