Month: June 2021

4:16 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Veteran Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Rich Hill says the players’ union “dropped the ball” when it came to this week’s announcement from Major League Baseball about grip-enhancing substances. MLB said pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games starting Monday for using illegal foreign substances to doctor
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3:20 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Wednesday, June 16 saw Wednesday, June 2 and said hold my beer. If you don’t fully recollect
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11:20 AM ET France national team senior figures have told ESPN they followed the UEFA concussion protocol with regards to Benjamin Pavard‘s head injury during their 1-0 win over Germany at Euro 2020 on Tuesday. The Bayern Munich defender collided with Germany’s Robin Gosens midway through the second half of their clash in Munich. –
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8:42 AM ET Austria will be without forward Marko Arnautovic for Thursday’s Euro 2020 Group C match against Netherlands after he was handed a one-match ban by UEFA. An investigation was opened by UEFA after Arnautovic’s angry goal celebration in Austria’s opening win over North Macedonia after coming on as a substitute on Sunday. Euro
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8:52 AM ET Louis van Gaal is set to briefly return to coaching for the first time since leaving Manchester United in 2016 by taking over Dutch second division side SC Telstar. However, Van Gaal will only be in charge for one match next season, with Telstar offering supporters the chance to be his assistant.
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1:58 PM ET Wales captain Gareth Bale set up Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts to score for a 2-0 victory over Turkey in their Group A match at Baku’s Olympic Stadium on Wednesday to take a big step towards qualifying for the European Championship knockout stages. Ramsey failed to convert two chances early in the
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2:58 PM ET Rafael Benitez is in talks to succeed Carlo Ancelotti as Everton manager, but the former Liverpool and Real Madrid coach faces competition for the position from Belgium manager Roberto Martinez, sources have told ESPN. Benitez, who has been out of work since leaving Chinese team Dalian Professional in January, in the frontrunner,
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3:59 PM ET Sergio Ramos is among the Madrid career leaders in games played and trophies won. Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images Sergio Ramos is leaving Real Madrid after 16 seasons with the La Liga giants, the club announced on Wednesday. Madrid have scheduled a farewell ceremony for their longtime captain in the presence
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