Month: April 2023

6:00 PM ET Amy Rodriguez in action for a previous incarnation of the Utah Royals in 2020. Stephen Brashear/ISI Photos/Getty Images NWSL expansion side the Utah Royals have named World Cup winner and two-time NWSL champion Amy Rodriguez as its manager. Rodriguez, 36, spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater,
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4:59 PM ET Manchester City saw off the challenge of Bayern Munich with a 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday to cruise into the Champions League semifinals 4-1 on aggregate. City, chasing their first Champions League title, will take on record 14-time winners and holders Real Madrid in the semifinals for a second
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6:34 PM ET MUNICH — Bernardo Silva said Manchester City are looking to make amends for last season’s semifinal defeat to Real Madrid when the two teams meet again in the final four of the Champions League. Manchester City drew 1-1 with Bayern Munich on Wednesday night at the Allianz Arena, a result that saw
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6:50 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head/interference against Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak. The discipline was announced on Wednesday following a hearing for Bunting with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety earlier in the day. Bunting will sit out Games
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1:46 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have upgraded Giannis Antetokounmpo to questionable for Wednesday night’s Game 2 against the Miami Heat. Antetokounmpo did not practice Tuesday and had been listed as doubtful because of the lower back injury he suffered in Game 1 on Sunday. But coach Mike Budenholzer said the Bucks were optimistic about
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11:46 AM ET The NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations, Joe Dumars, said Draymond Green‘s “excessive and over-the-top actions” and his history as a “repeat offender” were instrumental in the league’s decision to suspend him for Game 3 of the Golden State Warriors‘ Western Conference first-round series against the Sacramento Kings. “Here’s
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6:39 PM ET MEMPHIS — Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant was ruled out of Wednesday’s Game 2 against the Los Angeles Lakers due to right hand soreness. The Grizzlies announced an hour before tip-off that Morant, who has bruising in the soft tissue of the hand, would not play. Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said during
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4:47 PM ET Tiger Woods underwent surgery Wednesday to address post-traumatic arthritis in his right ankle that was caused by injuries suffered in a car wreck in February 2021. According to a statement posted to the 15-time major champion’s Twitter account, Dr. Martin O’Malley at HSS Sports Medicine Institute in New York performed the subtalar
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4:44 PM ET The flyweight unification fight between WBC champion Marlen Esparza and WBO champ Gabriela Celeste Alaniz has been postponed, a source confirmed to ESPN. The fight, which had been scheduled for April 29, is being held up because of a visa issue for Alaniz, who is Argentinian. The targeted date for the rescheduled
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