Month: January 2024

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJan 9, 2024, 09:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has agreed on an eight-year contract extension worth more than $120 million, the most committed money in North American coaching history, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night. Spoelstra, 53, has established himself as one of the most respected and
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Associated Press Jan 10, 2024, 03:45 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Playing true to their rankings, defending champion Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek will be the top seeds at the Australian Open in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park. The men’s seedings mirror the ATP
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ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2024, 02:06 AM ET Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras will “be out for a while,” according to coach Greg Cronin, after he suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of Tuesday night’s 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators. The Ducks’ top line left wing was injured just 6:25 into
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Associated Press Jan 9, 2024, 10:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The national champion Michigan Wolverines returned home Tuesday night to thunderous applause and screaming fans following their 34-13 victory over the Washington Huskies. “Thank you so much for being here,” coach Jim Harbaugh said. “We had lofty aspirations and high
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 9, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jorge Masvidal‘s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA will crown its first heavyweight champion early in 2024. Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will fight fellow UFC veteran Alan Belcher for the title on March 2 in Orlando, the promotion announced Tuesday night. In
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Jan 9, 2024, 08:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Japanese left-hander Shota Imanaga and the Chicago Cubs are working toward an agreement, a source told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers on Tuesday. Imanaga, 30, excelled during eight seasons with the Yokohama Bay Stars in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, going 74-55 with a 2.96 ERA and striking
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Field Level Media Jan 9, 2024, 06:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As the PGA Tour and LIV Golf continue to negotiate the sport’s future, Rory McIlroy says he has a “dream scenario” with a global approach, tapping into markets such as Australia, South Africa and Japan. “Going forward, if everything is on the table,
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Open Extended Reactions Ajax are interested in signing Jordan Henderson from Al Ettifaq, sources have told ESPN, but face competition from the Premier League and the Bundesliga for the England midfielder’s signature. Former Liverpool captain Henderson, who left Anfield last summer, is reportedly keen to return to the Premier League only months after moving to
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NBA Insiders Jan 9, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Monday’s announcement that Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder completes a turbulent stretch for one of the NBA’s brightest young stars. The 24-year-old Morant entered into the 2023-24 season with a 25-game NBA suspension for brandishing a
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 9, 2024, 01:54 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 Miami Marlins hired Rachel Balkovec to be their farm director Tuesday, sources told ESPN, tabbing the first female manager in the minor leagues to ramp
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Jan 9, 2024, 10:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Flyers said top prospect Cutter Gauthier didn’t want to play for them, so they sent him packing Monday, trading the forward to the Anaheim Ducks for defenseman Jamie Drysdale and a 2025 second-round draft pick. Flyers general manager Danny Briere told reporters that the
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Getty Images Remco Evenepoel will make his Tour de France debut in 2024, his team Soudal-Quick Step says. The Belgian, 23, is a two-time world champion and a Grand Tour winner having won the Vuelta a Espana in 2022. He had to withdraw while leading last year’s Giro d’Italia after testing positive for Covid-19. Evenepoel
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Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra raised concerns over middle-order batter KL Rahul’s omission from the squad against Afghanistan, especially when he and skipper Rohit Sharma both put up disappointing numbers during ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, but the ‘Hitman’ got a chance to return to the national T20I side. Star opener Rohit Sharma
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