Month: November 2023

ESPN News Services Nov 24, 2023, 07:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PAUL, Minn. — Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. The league and union announced Girard’s status in a joint statement Friday before the Avalanche visited the
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Associated Press Nov 24, 2023, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida will turn to one of its greatest players for help before facing rival and fifth-ranked Florida State on Saturday. The Gators, the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame will jointly honor 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow
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Rich Cimini Close Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York
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Bayern Munich‘s Harry Kane tapped in from close range midway through the first half for a 1-0 victory at FC Cologne on Friday, stretching his sensational record scoring run in the Bundesliga while lifting his team provisionally to the top of the table. The England captain, who became the Bundesliga’s most expensive transfer when he
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Nov 24, 2023, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has dismissed reports of a rift with defender Raphaël Varane. Varane, 30, has started just one of United’s last eight games and has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford in January. Ten Hag has a record of
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Associated Press Nov 24, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — Alex de Miñaur and Alexei Popyrin put Australia back into the Davis Cup final for a second straight year after winning their singles matches in a 2-0 victory over Finland on Friday. Popyrin gave Australia a 1-0 lead in the semifinal
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Associated Press Nov 24, 2023, 12:59 PM ET NEW YORK — Ron Hodges, a catcher who spent his entire 12-season major league career with the Mets, died Friday. He was 74. Hodges died at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a short illness, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. Selected by the Mets in the second round
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Field Level Media Nov 24, 2023, 12:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness returned to the team Friday after taking a leave of absence to attend to his wife. Bowness has been away from the Jets since Oct. 23, one day after Judy Bowness suffered a seizure. Associate coach Scott
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Nov 24, 2023, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 1,214 Nikhil Rama is the surprise leader after Round 2 of the DP World Tour’s Joburg Open, carding an eight-under par 62 at the Houghton Golf Club on Friday, 1 shot ahead of compatriot Thriston Lawrence. South African Rama, 22, followed up his opening
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Associated Press Nov 24, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — Alexei Popyrin gave Australia a 1-0 lead in their Davis Cup semifinal match against Finland after beating Otto Virtanen 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Friday. Alex de Miñaur has the chance to put Australia through to the final by winning the second
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2023, 02:34 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller said he wanted to separate former coach Mel Tucker from the football team months before the 2023 season began, but the school’s administration
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterNov 23, 2023, 03:54 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions A middleweight matchup between Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer will headline a UFC Fight Night event Feb. 10, UFC CEO Dana White announced Thursday. The event will
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