7:25 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jessie Magdaleno has withdrawn from his Oct. 29 featherweight bout against Robeisy Ramirez after suffering a hand injury, his manager, Sam Katkovski, told ESPN. A former 122-pound titleholder, Magdaleno is dealing with bone exostosis on his left hand, according to Katkovski, a condition where new bone forms on the surface
Month: October 2022
12:48 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Victor Wembanyama has been the talk of the NBA for the last few days. Now, even LeBron James is impressed by him. A 7-foot-4 center and projected No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, Wembanyama scored 37 points Tuesday night against the G League Ignite and Scoot Henderson, the
3:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ted Barrett, Alfonso Márquez, Jerry Meals and Jeff Nelson will be the crew chiefs for baseball’s new wild-card series, which start Friday, and Mark Carlson, Marvin Hudson, Dan Iassogna and Bill Miller will be crew chiefs for the division series next week. Barrett will work the AL
3:32 PM ET Associated Press Even with the homer milestones reached by sluggers like Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols, Major League Baseball wasn’t able to coax fans to ballparks at pre-pandemic levels this season, though attendance did jump substantially from the COVID-19 affected campaign in 2021. The 30 MLB teams drew nearly 64.6 million fans
4:20 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped for the first time since 2018, likely helped by the introduction of the PitchCom electronic device to signal pitches. The average this season was 3 hours, 3 minutes, 44 seconds, the commissioner’s office said Monday. The
6:19 PM ET ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals will start left-hander Jose Quintana in Game 1 of their National League wild-card series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, manager Oliver Marmol announced Thursday. Miles Mikolas will start Game 2 of the best-of-three series for St. Louis, and Marmol is undecided about who would start a
7:46 PM ET NEW YORK — As Max Scherzer prepares to start Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres, New York Mets manager Buck Showalter did not want to reveal his hand too soon about who will start Game 2 for the club. When asked if the Game 2
7:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani has already agreed to a $30 million contract for 2023, his final campaign before free agency, and the club believes it has a shot to keep the two-way talent long term. “I think it’s step one,” general manager Perry Minasian said of Ohtani’s
4:31 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. — Joel Embiid has two choices: the red, white and blue of the U.S., or the blue, white and red of France. An Olympic medal might hinge on his decision. France is still hopeful that Embiid — the reigning NBA scoring champion — will choose to wear its
4:01 PM ET HENDERSON, Nevada — G League Ignite star Scoot Henderson, the projected No. 2 pick in ESPN’s latest NBA mock draft, missed the rest of Thursday’s 112-106 loss to the Metropolitans 92 after injuring his right knee while guarding Victor Wembanyama, the projected No. 1 pick. Henderson underwent X-rays after the game and