Month: April 2024

Associated Press Apr 23, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUFFALO, N.Y. — Back for a second stint as Sabres coach, Lindy Ruff appeared a little grayer, said he’s a bit wiser and sounded more motivated than ever to restore success to a franchise that has known mostly losing during an NHL-record 13-season playoff
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ESPN News Services Apr 23, 2024, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Spieth said the left wrist injury that he suffered before last year’s PGA Championship is still a “come-and-go thing” that needs rest, though he doesn’t expect any changes to his schedule. Spieth said the tendon sheath is torn enough that it won’t
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ESPN News Services Apr 23, 2024, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The International team for the Presidents Cup is building some familiarity in its leadership ranks from 2022, with the exception of for Ernie Els stepping in for K.J. Choi as an assistant. International captain Mike Weir said his four assistants would be Els,
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Associated Press Apr 23, 2024, 03:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STATESVILLE, N.C. — Erik Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in a wreck at Talladega and will not drive this weekend in the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Corey Heim will substitute for Jones in the No. 43
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNApr 23, 2024, 03:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A junior middleweight fight between former champion Tim Tszyu and Vergil Ortiz Jr. is being planned for Aug. 3 in L.A., sources tell ESPN. Ortiz must first defeat major underdog Thomas Dulorme on Saturday and emerge uninjured in a bout that will serve as
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterApr 23, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Iowa quarterback Deacon Hill, who started most of last season after Cade McNamara‘s knee injury, entered the transfer portal Tuesday. Hill started Iowa’s final nine games of 2023, including the
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterApr 23, 2024, 02:59 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions It’s inevitable that a coaching change will cause transfers, and Michigan State is seeing that play out during the spring transfer window. Defensive tackle Derrick Harmon entered the portal Tuesday,
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNApr 23, 2024, 01:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Matchroom Boxing won today’s Jaron Ennis-Cody Crowley IBF welterweight title purse bid at $3.9 million, sources tell ESPN. TGB Promotions, which has Crowley on the short end of an 85-15 split, bid $2 million. Hearn told ESPN on Friday he plans to hold Ennis’
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterApr 23, 2024, 01:05 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions LSU running back John Emery Jr., a former top-15 recruit who saw the field in spurts with the Tigers, entered the transfer portal Tuesday as a graduate student. Emery, ESPN’s
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Open Extended Reactions Liverpool have identified Feyenoord coach Arne Slot as a leading candidate to succeed Jurgen Klopp as manager after cooling their interest in Sporting CP coach Ruben Amorim, sources have told ESPN. With top target Xabi Alonso last month ruling himself out of the running for a return to the club he represented
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Jeff Wagenheim Apr 23, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bellator MMA’s event in Paris next month is down to one title bout, but the fight card has added the anticipated debut of a popular Frenchman. The PFL, which owns Bellator, said undefeated lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov has withdrawn from his title defense against
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