7:04 AM ET Los Angeles FC centre-back Giorgio Chiellini has told ESPN his former team Juventus need a winger like Chelsea‘s Christian Pulisic. In an interview with ESPN’s Futbol Americas show, Chiellini, 37, said Pulisic, 23, could be a “fantastic third winger” for Juventus along with Federico Chiesa and Angel Di Maria, who is widely
Month: July 2022
7:00 AM ET In advance of the first 2022 MLB All-Star selection show on Friday (7 p.m. ET on ESPN), ESPN asked six of its contributors — Bradford Doolittle, Buster Olney, David Schoenfield, Alden Gonzalez, Tim Kurkjian and Jeff Passan — to select the players they think should be on the rosters for the Midsummer
7:43 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show From a long-awaited trilogy bout between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin for all the marbles at 168 pounds, to a heavyweight rematch between unified
In his absence, Afghanistan have operated with local coach Raees Khan Ahmadzai at the helm on an interim basis. Thorpe – who signed up in March this year – was supposed to join the team in the last week of April but was unable to. He had a decade-long involvement within England’s coaching set-up, which
1:44 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAS VEGAS — Before his lone season at Duke, Paolo Banchero tattooed a message to himself on his left forearm: “No pressure.” Naturally, the No. 1 pick in last month’s NBA draft said that while he was excited for his first game in an NBA uniform Thursday night, in a
10:55 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Mike Brito, the legendary international Los Angeles Dodgers scout who discovered Fernando Valenzuela and Julio Urias, among many others, died Thursday afternoon, the team announced. He was 87. Brito — a distinctive presence with his Panama hat, thick mustache, dark sunglasses, long cigar and bulky radar gun — spent
8:36 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. BOSTON — The New York Yankees opened their first series of the season at Fenway Park without two of their biggest bats in the starting lineup: All-Star outfielder Aaron Judge and slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Judge did not
7:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt said Thursday he “probably won’t” inform team and Major League Baseball officials if he feels COVID-19 symptoms in the future and that MLB should “just stop testing.” Bassitt was placed on the COVID-19 list on July 1 after complaining about sluggishness
11:55 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Braves rookie Spencer Strider made history with another sterling outing Thursday night as he struck out 12 and gave up just two hits across six innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. He became the first rookie since 1900 with at least 11 strikeouts and two or fewer
12:10 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar collapsed as he was trying to walk off the field after a scary collision with rookie shortstop C.J. Abrams and was then placed on a stretcher and driven away on a cart on Thursday night. Profar and Abrams both