Month: January 2024

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 03:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former UFC veteran Corey Anderson will face Karl Moore for the vacant Bellator light heavyweight title on March 22 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, sources confirmed with ESPN on Tuesday. MMA reporter Ariel Helwani was the first to report the news. The March
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Jan 30, 2024, 09:34 AM Open Extended Reactions Marcus Smith is in doubt for England’s Six Nations opener against Italy. Photo by David Ramos – RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images England fly-half Marcus Smith limped off during a training session on Monday and could be sidelined for this weekend’s Six Nations opener against Italy With
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJan 30, 2024, 10:36 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Rodolfo Borrell was hired as Austin FC sporting director in the summer of 2023. Kara Hawley/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK In 2018, Rodolfo Borrell’s vision of what he could accomplish
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 30, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Three days before its season opener in Mexico, the LIV Golf League on Tuesday announced the signing of England’s Tyrrell Hatton to join Jon
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul‘s next foe will be another boxer without a high-profile name, but who has far more experience than Paul does in the ring. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter will face Ryan Bourland on March 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, officials told ESPN on
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Overtime, best known for its elite professional basketball league featuring some of the top 16-20 year-olds in the world outside the NCAA, will return to boxing for a second year of events that begin March 29, officials told ESPN. Overtime launched its boxing efforts
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Professional Fighters League (PFL) has penned a deal with Saudi Arabian-born fighter Hattan Alsaif, making her the first female athlete from the country to sign with a major global MMA promotion, officials told ESPN on Monday. Alsaif, 22, comes from a Muay
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions With Major League Baseball typically sharing a tentative schedule for the next season with teams early every year, the Oakland A’s were supposed to have figured
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Jan 30, 2024, 08:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Miami Open will feature an elite wheelchair event and “Major League Pickleball” this year, alongside the regularly scheduled Masters 1000 event, organizers said in a statement. Wheelchair tennis has been played at all four Grand Slams since 2007 but this will be the first time
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Jamal Collier, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 02:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Before Doc Rivers took the sideline for his first game as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in Denver, he was already emphasizing the need for patience. For the first time in his 25-year coaching career, Rivers is taking over
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 29, 2024, 08:47 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins swung a five-player trade Monday, with second baseman Jorge Polanco going to Seattle for outfield prospect Gabriel Gonzalez, reliever Justin
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