Month: January 2024

Jan 27, 2024, 11:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A first-time Australian Open champion will be named on Sunday after the men’s final (3:30 a.m. ET; ESPN and ESPN+). Will it be three-time finalist Daniil Medvedev? Or will Jannik Sinner win his first Grand Slam title? Our experts make their predictions. What can Sinner do
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Jan 27, 2024, 11:35 AM Open Extended Reactions South Africa‘s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been admitted to hospital after a freak accident left him with chemical burns, but he is expected to be back at work next month, officials confirmed on Saturday. Erasmus, who has masterminded back-to-back Rugby World Cup wins for the
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — The World Series champion Texas Rangers finalized deals Friday with veteran reliever David Robertson and outfielder Travis Jankowski, but still have no agreement with AL Championship Series MVP Adolis García in advance of salary arbitration hearings. Robertson will get $10 million
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Doug Greenberg Jan 27, 2024, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Last season, it took a career- and league-high 33.1 points per game, and perhaps a bout of voter fatigue, for Joel Embiid to dethrone Nikola Jokic as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. This season, the two superstar big men are the front-runners for the
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ESPN News Services Jan 27, 2024, 07:58 AM ET The man who shot and killed former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith following a traffic crash almost eight years ago was found guilty of manslaughter early Saturday morning. Cardell Hayes could face up to 40 years in prison following the jury’s decision in a
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJan 26, 2024, 08:57 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Zach Parise is back. And this time it will be with the Colorado Avalanche as the club announced Friday the signing of the 39-year-old winger for the rest of the season. Parise,
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Associated Press Jan 27, 2024, 12:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Renata Jamrichova claimed the Australian Open junior girls’ singles title with a 6-4, 6-1 win over 15-year-old Emerson Jones on Saturday. Jamrichova made six aces and saved five of six break points to clinch her first Grand Slam singles’ title
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 10:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Stephan Jaeger sank a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at Torrey Pines South for a one-shot lead in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Friday, moments after Thomas Detry‘s third shot landed well past the hole and
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 07:24 PM ET WICHITA, Kan. — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 25, 2024, 03:16 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Wisconsin is hiring Alex Grinch, who was fired as USC‘s defensive coordinator this past November, as its new safeties coach, sources told ESPN. Grinch oversaw USC’s defense after previous coordinator
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 26, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Michigan announced Sherrone Moore as its new head coach on Friday, replacing Jim Harbaugh, who earlier this week took the head-coaching job with the Los Angeles Chargers. Moore had served
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 06:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Nelly Korda birdied three of her final four holes on Friday to shoot a 4-under 67 and take a two-shot lead midway through the LPGA Drive On Championship. Seeking her first LPGA Tour victory since 2022, the former world No. 1
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