Month: January 2024

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 03:43 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
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Associated Press Jan 10, 2024, 10:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will face 2020 champion Sofia Kenin in the first round and potentially 2016 winner Angelique Kerber or Danielle Collins in the second in a tough start to her bid for a first Australian Open title. Defending champion Novak
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Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 03:30 AM ET Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who coached the country’s ‘golden generation’ at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, has said he has cancer and may have less than a year to live “at best.” Eriksson told Swedish Radio P1 he discovered he had cancer after collapsing suddenly.
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Mercedes AMG F1 By Nadia Lincoln Local Democracy Reporting Service An F1 team’s plans to expand its campus has been given council approval despite opposition from nearby firms. West Northamptonshire Council approved the Brackley-based site’s expansion at a meeting on Wednesday. Mercedes-AMG Petronas wants to relocate its principal staff access point from Lauda Drive to
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ESPN News Service Jan 10, 2024, 11:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Flyers coach John Tortorella lashed out at a beat reporter during his postgame news conference Wednesday night, questioning a report surrounding the trade of top prospect Cutter Gauthier on Monday. Gauthier told Flyers general manager Danny Briere that he didn’t
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 10, 2024, 11:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC’s next milestone event will have a first — two Chinese athletes fighting one another in a title bout. Zhang Weili will defend her UFC women’s strawweight title against countrywoman Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300 on April 13 in Las Vegas,
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJan 10, 2024, 08:34 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Cubs finalized a deal with Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga on Wednesday, agreeing to a four-year, $53 million contract, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. The
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Brady Henderson, ESPNJan 10, 2024, 02:19 PM ET Close Brady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Henderson covers the Seattle Seahawks. He joined ESPN in 2017 covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM. You can follow him via Twitter @BradyHenderson. Open Extended Reactions Pete Carroll will no longer serve as Seattle Seahawks
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ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phil Mickelson said he doesn’t see himself becoming U.S. Ryder Cup captain in 2025 because he’s too divisive as a player and chief promoter of Saudi-funded LIV Golf. “I don’t feel I’m the right guy to be involved with the team because I’m
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Jan 10, 2024, 05:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nick Saban, considered among the greatest college football coaches of all time who won seven national titles, six of them at Alabama, has informed the Crimson Tide that he is retiring, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low on Wednesday. Saban, 72, just completed his 17th season at
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ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2024, 07:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Corey Perry met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman this week and remains eligible to sign with any team, according to multiple reports. The private meeting did not have anything to do with Perry’s eligibility, a person with knowledge of the meeting told The
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Jan 10, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toni Kroos was whistled continuously by fans during Real Madrid‘s 5-3 Spanish Supercopa semifinal win over Atletico Madrid in Riyadh on Wednesday, after the Germany international previously criticising the growing trend of top players moving to Saudi Arabia. The midfielder was introduced
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Associated Press Jan 10, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rory McIlroy is offering another proposal to golf’s fractured landscape, suggesting that players need to give up their status as independent contractors unless they want to go back to competing for prize funds from 10 years ago. “Look at other sports – they can
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