Month: August 2020

2:02 PM ET ESPN News Services The Detroit Tigers placed first baseman C.J. Cron on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a sprained left knee. The Tigers recalled infielder Willi Castro from their alternate training site in a corresponding move. Cron exited the Tigers’ 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox with the injury. He
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2:36 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. BUFFALO, N.Y. — It took a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, bans from playing in Canada, Pennsylvania and Maryland, millions of dollars and lighting borrowed from the “Field of Dreams” for Buffalo to host its first big league baseball game in more
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2:56 PM ET Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano has been suspended 6 games and Houston Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron has been suspended 20 games for their roles in Sunday’s benches-clearing incident between the teams, according to ESPN and multiple reports. After being hit by a pitch for the third time in the series and
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9:26 AM ET Orlando Magic guard Terrence Ross has returned to the NBA’s bubble at Walt Disney World after undergoing off-site medical tests not related to COVID-19, the team said Tuesday. Ross left the bubble after Sunday’s game against the Boston Celtics because of a “personal matter” that required off-site tests. The Magic said the
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9:44 AM ET The New York Knicks have hired Kentucky associate head coach Kenny Payne as an assistant coach, the team announced. Payne, 53, is the first formal addition to new coach Tom Thibodeau’s coaching staff with the Knicks. “I’m thrilled that Kenny has joined my staff as an assistant coach. He has an outstanding
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2:24 PM ET LA Clippers guard Lou Williams said opponents should beware of a motivated Montrezl Harrell once the Clippers power forward is able to rejoin the team inside the NBA bubble. “He’s back, ready to work,” Williams said of Harrell, who is currently in quarantine on the NBA campus in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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2:58 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Serena Williams won the hard way in her comeback following a six-month layoff, rallying to beat unseeded American Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in Tuesday’s first round of the Top Seed Open. Aiming to return to form following the break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the 23-time
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