Month: May 2021

3:00 PM ET The Stanley Cup has a ubiquitous place in pop culture. BIA saw it as a proxy for bling in a hip-hop lyric. “Wrist Stanley Cup/I can show you how to skate,” is how it’s name-dropped in “Skate,” a track that dropped in late 2020. “When I went to the studio and heard
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10:15 AM ET The Miami Marlins will use their “City Connect” uniforms to honor the Havana Sugar Kings, a fleeting yet monumental former minor league organization with a special connection to the Cuban American populace of South Florida. The new uniforms were unveiled by the team Monday morning and will be worn by Marlins players
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4:18 PM ET The New York Mets have placed right fielder Michael Conforto and second baseman Jeff McNeil on the 10-day injured list Monday with hamstring injuries, further depleting their starting lineup. Both players suffered their injuries in Sunday’s 7-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, who swept a weekend series against the Mets. The
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4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves right-hander Huascar Ynoa was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a fractured right hand suffered when he punched the dugout bench in Milwaukee on Sunday. Manager Brian Snitker told reporters on Monday that Ynoa will be sidelined “a couple months” with the injury. “That’s a
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2:50 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols has signed a major league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, moving 30 miles north to extend his remarkable career after leaving the Los Angeles Angels. Pujols, 41, formalized his one-year deal Monday with the defending World Series champions after agreeing to make the
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2:14 PM ET The New York Yankees have placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 14, with a left quad strain, the team announced Monday. Stanton was scratched about an hour before the first pitch of Friday’s game due to left quad tightness. The slugger told manager Aaron Boone that he
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4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — The St. Louis Blues will be without leading scorer David Perron for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against top-seeded Colorado on Monday due to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols. The Blues will, however, again have forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who was sidelined the last six games of
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1:20 PM ET Title-chasing Real Madrid will be without midfielder Toni Kroos for their must-win match against Villarreal on the final day of the Liga season after the German tested positive for COVID-19. – Real, Atletico title deciders moved after complaints– Monday Musings: Suarez rescues Atleti’s La Liga title hopes The club announced that Kroos
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11:07 AM ET Kathleen McNamee United States women’s national team duo Sam Mewis and Rose Lavelle have announced they are leaving Manchester City and returning to the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) after one season in the Women’s Super League (WSL). Mewis, who was named ESPN’s inaugural best women’s player in the world, is rejoining
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11:27 AM ET A man with a backpack full of Bibles broke into Neymar‘s property early Sunday morning before being arrested and transported to a psychiatric hospital, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC. – Vickery: Neymar is still Brazil’s main man– Laurens: Will PSG regret giving Neymar a new contract? The 26-year-old managed to make
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