Month: February 2024

Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 02:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ivo Karlovic has officially announced his retirement from tennis after having not played a tournament match in 2½ years. The 6 foot, 11-inch Croatian said in a post Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter, that “I’ve had a very gratifying, unorthodox and long career coming
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Feb 21, 2024, 04:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel will leave at the end of the season, the club announced on Wednesday. Tuchel’s future had been subject to ongoing speculation with the club eight points adrift of Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Bayern
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Olivia Moultrie scored twice in her first national team start and the United States defeated the Dominican Republic 5-0 on Tuesday night in the inaugural CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup tournament. Moultrie, 18, making just her third appearance with the national team, scored her first goal in the seventh minute when she stretched to tap the ball
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 20, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks said Tuesday night that his decision to fire head coach Jacque Vaughn was not because of a single event. But Marks said he was certain that one specific event — the Nets choosing to sit
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Washington Capitals center Nic Dowd left the team’s game against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night with an upper-body injury. Dowd never returned for the second period after skating seven shifts for 6:20 in the first. The Capitals quickly ruled him
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 10:09 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani remains on track to start at designated hitter when the Los Angeles Dodgers
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Two-time major winner Carlos Alcaraz retired hurt from the Rio Open on Tuesday after two games due to a right ankle injury. The retirement at 1-1 meant Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro advanced to the second round. He will face his compatriot
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Feb 20, 2024, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Detroit Lions are releasing veteran safety Tracy Walker III, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday. Walker posted an apparent goodbye to Detroit on Instagram on Tuesday. “Detroit I want to thank you for welcoming me in as rookie and accepting me as family,”
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ESPN News Services Feb 20, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New Jersey Devils will welcome back defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to their lineup on Tuesday after he missed 16 games with a broken left foot. Siegenthaler, 26, injured the foot blocking a shot against the Vancouver Canucks back on Jan. 6. He returned
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 05:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer has hired Nick Sheridan as offensive coordinator and JaMarcus Shephard as co-offensive coordinator. DeBoer announced the hirings on Tuesday. Sheridan replaces Ryan Grubb, who had planned to follow DeBoer from Washington to Alabama but instead was hired
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ESPN News Services Feb 20, 2024, 03:17 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday that two adults have been charged with murder in last week’s shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs‘ Super Bowl parade. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays are both charged with second-degree
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Feb 20, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Infielder Amed Rosario and the Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a one-year, $1.5 million contract, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. Rosario, 28, will bring a strong bat against left-handed pitching and should get at-bats at shortstop, second base and potentially corner-outfield spots.
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff board of managers unanimously approved a model that will guarantee the five highest-ranked conference champions’ inclusion in the expanded 12-team field this fall, along with the
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