Month: June 2022

5:07 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com There are always deals and trades to be made ahead of the 2022 NBA draft (ESPN, Thursday at 8 p.m. ET). Up to now, they haven’t involved zoo animals. In breaking NBA(?) news Wednesday, the Memphis Zoo shipped Ja Raffe, a year-and-a-half-old male giraffe named after Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja
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6:35 PM ET Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, who won a Super Bowl in February, will be honored with a statue in Miami University‘s “Cradle of Coaches,” the school announced Wednesday. There are currently nine bronze statues in the “Cradle of Coaches” outside Yager Stadium in Ohio, including Paul Brown, Bo Schembechler, Woody
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5:56 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have promoted Meghan Hunter to assistant general manger among several front office moves, making her the third woman to currently hold that position and fourth in NHL history. GM Brandon Davidson announced Hunter’s promotion and other front office moves Tuesday. Karilyn Pilch was also promoted
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4:49 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from rural North Carolina and parlayed his love of motorsports into becoming a NASCAR Hall of Famer and one of its most eccentric and successful promoters, died Wednesday. He was 95. His death was announced by Speedway Motorsports LLC, the company formed
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5:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The US Open will double the size of its men’s and women’s wheelchair singles and doubles tournaments, and add a junior championship at this year’s tournament. The expansion announced Wednesday means there will be 16 men and 16 women in the singles draws, along with eight men’s
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3:40 PM ET Associated Press Bryan Reynolds, who has made two appearances for the USMNT, is being loaned to Belgian club Westerlo. Getty Images United States defender Bryan Reynolds has been loaned from AS Roma to Belgian club Westerlo for the 2022-23 season. The newly promoted first-division club announced the arrival of Reynolds on Tuesday. –
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5:39 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain are set to hire Nice‘s Christophe Galtier as the club’s next manager, sources have told ESPN. The Ligue 1 champions have reached an agreement with Nice and Galtier, with an official announcement expected in the coming days. PSG will pay a fee of around €10 million to Nice — where
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4:36 PM ET Chelsea have identified outgoing Liverpool transfer supremo Michael Edwards as the leading candidate to become sporting director at Stamford Bridge, sources have told ESPN, following confirmation that senior executive Marina Granovskaia will leave the club later this summer. Edwards, who joined Liverpool from Tottenham to become head of performance and analysis at
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4:21 PM ET Associated Press EASTBOURNE, England — Serena Williams might yet win a title in her comeback event. The American star moved into the semifinals of the women’s doubles at Eastbourne by partnering with Ons Jabeur in a 6-2, 6-4 win over Shuko Aoyama and Hao-Ching Chan on Wednesday. And, ahead of playing in
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