Month: June 2022

1:47 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale threw 32 pitches in a simulated game at Fenway Park on Thursday. With teammates watching from different areas of the ballpark, Sale, 33, faced the same three batters twice — in two separate innings — and sat in the dugout after the
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2:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has approved the sale of a minority stake in the Cleveland Guardians to David Blitzer, who also has ownership shares in the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, according to multiple reports. Blitzer will initially have 25-30% ownership and will have the right to increase his
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1:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics need to reach new ballpark deals soon and left open the possibility of considering relocation if agreements are not struck. “There is urgency with respect to Tampa,” Manfred said Thursday during a news conference following
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1:33 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The Country Club’s thick rough might make it easier for the world’s best players to lose a golf ball in the 122nd U.S. Open this week. Especially when a couple of young spectators run off with it. That’s exactly what happened to defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm on
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1:04 PM ET MONTREAL, Canada — Motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, has introduced measures aimed at eliminating the dangerous levels of bouncing some Formula One cars have been doing at high speeds this year. There were concerns about Lewis Hamilton‘s health after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he climbed out of his car with
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12:52 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua is now set for Aug. 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The fight was originally being planned for July 23, but now Joshua will have nearly 30 more days to work with new trainer Robert Garcia.
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12:57 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After just a few weeks of negotiations, the Steelers made Minkah Fitzpatrick the NFL’s highest-paid safety with a four-year extension worth more than $18.4 million per year. Not only is Fitzpatrick, 25, the highest paid at his position but the Steelers’ defense is among the league’s most expensive in both
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1:26 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Quarterback Lamar Jackson said he spoke with the Baltimore Ravens about his contract situation this week, but the former NFL MVP was noncommittal about whether he would report to training camp or play at the start of the season without a new deal. Jackson, though, expressed confidence when
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