Sussex 147 for 5 (Bopara 54*) beat Middlesex 163 (McCoy 4-30) by five wickets (DLS) Ravi Bopara‘s captain’s innings of 54 not out off 36 balls at Hove helped Sussex Sharks to inflict a first defeat of the Vitality Blast campaign on Middlesex. Bopara was joined in a decisive sixth-wicket unbroken stand of 58 in
Month: June 2022
12:30 PM ET The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Eve Rosenbaum to assistant general manager of baseball operations, the team announced Friday. Rosenbaum most recently served as the team’s director of baseball development, a role she has held since 2019. She’ll advise GM Mike Elias and assistant GM Sig Mejdal. Rosenbaum spent five seasons with the
11:31 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The struggling Minnesota Twins have arrived in Toronto without regular right fielder Max Kepler and relief pitchers Emilio Pagán, Caleb Thielbar and Trevor Megill; all of them are on the restricted list to comply with the Canadian government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The four players will miss the three-game
4:14 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees have activated Josh Donaldson from the 10-day injured list and the third baseman will return to the lineup for Friday’s home series opener against the Detroit Tigers. Donaldson has played only one game since his on-field altercation with Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson on
10:23 AM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies have fired manager Joe Girardi, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced Friday. The move was made with the Phillies at 22-29, having lost seven of their past nine games and sitting in third place in the National League East, 12 games behind the New York
1:18 PM ET Slugger Yordan Álvarez and the Houston Astros agreed to a six-year, $115 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal will begin next season and buys out three of Álvarez’s free-agent years, sources said. It represents the biggest contract ever for a player whose primary position is designated hitter and
12:22 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers on Friday announced the hiring of Darvin Ham as their new head coach, with general manager Rob Pelinka praising the Milwaukee Bucks assistant’s “no-nonsense and hard-working approach.” The Lakers said Ham had signed a multiyear deal to be their 28th head coach in franchise history but did not
4:06 PM ET Orlando Magic executive Matt Lloyd has agreed to become senior vice president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN on Friday. Lloyd, who spent a decade with Orlando as assistant general manager and VP of basketball operations, is the first significant hire by Timberwolves’ president of basketball operations Tim
1:57 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — In what will be her final golf tournament of the year, Michelle Wie West — winner of the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open — is expected to miss the cut in the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open after shooting a 3-over 74 Friday and finishing 5-over after two
3:54 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Danielle Kang revealed Friday that she played the first two rounds of the U.S. Women’s Open with a tumor on her spine. The 29-year-old, who is ranked No. 12 in the world, said that she learned of the diagnosis “a few weeks ago” and has undergone