Month: November 2023

Nov 2, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions So who saw Saarbrücken becoming a serious part of the narrative this week? Bayern Munich‘s Blamage (a great German word for “disgrace”) in the DFB-Pokal has only added another layer of interest and complexity to assessing how Saturday’s showpiece event might go. Internationally, the Borussia Dortmund-vs.-Bayern
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Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Texas Rangers 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first championship on Wednesday night drew the largest audience of this World Series. However, it was not enough to prevent the five-game series from being the least-watched Fall Classic in recorded TV history.
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 2, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vergil Ortiz Jr. will make his 154-pound debut against Fredrick Lawson on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) hasn’t competed since August 2022 as he dealt with the effects of rhabdomyolysis, a condition that occurs when
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Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 2, 2023, 02:40 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — AROUND 1 A.M., just hours after he managed the Texas Rangers to their first World Series championship in 63 years of existence, Bruce Bochy
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Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the ATP finals by beating Alexander Zverev 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday. Jannik Sinner, meanwhile, pulled out of the tournament because of some questionable scheduling. The seventh-seeded Tsitsipas earned his
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Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 02:12 PM ET Colombia‘s government said Thursday that the guerrilla group National Liberation Army, known as ELN, was responsible for the weekend kidnapping of the father of Liverpool and Colombian national soccer team forward Luis Díaz. The peace delegation of the government, which is currently in negotiations with ELN, said
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Nov 2, 2023, 12:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Masters after his second-round match finished in the early hours of Thursday morning, with the fourth seed saying he had to make the right decision for health reasons as his next match loomed. Sinner’s clash with Mackenzie McDonald did
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2023, 11:13 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world, has pulled out of participating in the inaugural season of TGL, the tech-infused league being
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Nick ParkinsonNov 2, 2023, 07:49 AM ET 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 Open Extended Reactions For too long now boxing in the UK has relied on the heavyweights to gain mainstream interest. The biggest
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