Month: February 2024

Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the Argentina Open semifinals after beating Andrea Vavassori of Italy 7-6 (1), 6-1 on Friday. Alcaraz will face Chile’s Nicolas Jarry or home crowd favorite Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Two Argentines will play the
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 16, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A heavyweight fight between Jared “Big Baby” Anderson and Ryad Merhy is booked for April 13 in Corpus Christi, Texas, sources told ESPN on Friday. Anderson, ESPN’s No. 8 heavyweight, last fought in August when he scored a fifth-round TKO victory over Andriy Rudenko.
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Charlotte Gibson, ESPNFeb 16, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nike has signed 13-year-old soccer phenom McKenna “Mak” Whitham to a name, image and likeness deal. Whitham becomes the youngest women’s soccer player and youngest athlete in any sport to sign an NIL deal with Nike. “It means everything to me,” Whitham told ESPN.
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Jeff Passan, ESPNFeb 16, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Super-utility man Whit Merrifield and the Philadelphia Phillies are in agreement on a one-year, $8 million contract, sources told ESPN on Friday. The deal includes a
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEORIA, Ariz. — Xander Bogaerts is moving to second base to clear the way for 2023 Gold Glove utilityman Ha-Seong Kim to take over the San Diego Padres‘ shortstop. This move comes one year after the Padres signed Bogaerts to an 11-year, $280 million
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ESPN News Services Feb 16, 2024, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Blake Wheeler‘s regular season is over after falling to the ice and injuring his right leg, and it might take the New York Rangers going on a lengthy playoff run to open the door for a possible return this spring, according to multiple
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 16, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is being suspended two games for violating the NFL’s performance enhancing substances policy,
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 01:25 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs‘ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday. A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the juveniles are being detained in the county’s Juvenile Detention Center
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 16, 2024, 03:30 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The Pac-12 and embattled commissioner George Kliavkoff have mutually agreed to part ways, the league announced Friday. The Pac-12, which is down to Washington State and Oregon State following sweeping
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Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy says he is “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love” after revealing he was diagnosed with cancer last year. The former Great Britain track cyclist, 47, posted on Instagram that his treatment, which includes chemotherapy, “is going really well”. “I am continuing to work, ride my bike and live
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Feb 16, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington Wizards guard Delon Wright has agreed on a contract buyout, clearing the way for him to sign with the Miami Heat upon clearing waivers, his agent, Greg Lawrence, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Wright, 31, saw his role diminish in Washington this season as the rebuilding
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 16, 2024, 02:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IRVINE, Calif. — Go, brother. Junior Tafa will step in on just one-day notice to fight Marcos Rogerio de Lima in a heavyweight bout at UFC 298 on Saturday. The man Tafa is replacing? His own brother Justin Tafa, who withdrew from
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Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta has said he believes Arsenal should be targeting the world’s best players including Kylian Mbappé, but admitted the France international appears destined to join Real Madrid. ESPN reported on Thursday that Mbappé has informed Paris Saint-Germain of his intention to leave the club when his contract expires at the end
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Tony Stewart put his NASCAR team on blast ahead of the Daytona 500 and in the wake of a winless 2023 season: get to victory lane, hang banners — or else. Stewart-Haas Racing is in more than a small slump.
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR driver Chris Buescher has left the Daytona 500 to return home for the birth of his second child. Buescher traveled back to North Carolina to join wife Emma and daughter Charley. He is expected to return Sunday morning ahead
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