Month: January 2024

Associated Press Jan 25, 2024, 12:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Veteran Indian player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden have advanced to their second consecutive Grand Slam men’s doubles final. The 43-year-old Bopanna and 36-year-old Ebden beat Zhang Zhizhen of China and Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic 6-3,
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 25, 2024, 12:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu will defend his WBO junior middleweight title against Keith Thurman on March 30 in Las Vegas, sources tell ESPN. The 154-pound title bout will headline PBC’s first pay-per-view as part of its new deal with Amazon’s Prime Video. Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs)
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJan 24, 2024, 11:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a brief courtship, Doc Rivers has reached an agreement in principle to become the next coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Rivers, an ESPN NBA analyst who most recently led the Philadelphia 76ers to three consecutive trips to the
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Associated Press Jan 24, 2024, 08:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Kevin Yu of Taiwan shot a bogey-free, 8-under 64 on the North Course at Torrey Pines to take a one-shot lead over Patrick Cantlay and Ryo Hisatsune in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday. The eight lowest
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Associated Press Jan 24, 2024, 01:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Blackhawks announced another two-year contract Wednesday, agreeing to an extension with goaltender Petr Mrazek. Mrazek’s new deal runs through the 2025-26 season and carries a salary cap hit of $4.25 million. He is 12-17-1 with a .907 save percentage and 3.01
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Associated Press Jan 24, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Adrian Meronk, the European tour’s player of the year for 2023, is reportedly set to join LIV Golf when the Saudi-backed league begins its new season next week in Mexico. The Times of London reported Wednesday that the No. 39-ranked Meronk would
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 23, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions First baseman Rhys Hoskins and the Milwaukee Brewers are finalizing a two-year, $34 million contract with an opt-out after the first season, sources told ESPN on
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Associated Press Jan 24, 2024, 02:03 PM ET Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in recent days amid a report that five members of that team have been asked to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges. Michael McLeod and Cal Foote
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Jan 24, 2024, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has said he stands by the governing body’s decision to ban Manchester City from all European competitions for two years in 2020, despite the ban later being overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). In February 2020, UEFA’s Club Financial
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Getty Images Geraint Thomas has confirmed he will race both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France this year. The 37-year-old Welshman revealed his plans on social media after discussions with Ineos Grenadiers bosses. Thomas was runner-up to Primoz Roglic in last year’s Giro and says he would like to “have another bash” when the
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJan 24, 2024, 12:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Clemson added to its 2025 recruiting class Wednesday with defensive end Ari Watford. Watford (No. 31 in the 2025 ESPN 300) is the third-best defensive end in the cycle and immediately becomes the highest-ranked player for the Tigers in the ’25 class.
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