Month: April 2024

ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 06:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 points in one half of action, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Dallas Mavericks 135-86 on Sunday to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Oklahoma City finished with the same
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson said Sunday he would not be surprised to see Saudi-backed LIV Golf change its format from 54 to 72 holes, like the PGA Tour. Mickelson, who finished 8 over this week at the Masters following a
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterApr 14, 2024, 04:03 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions LEVERKUSEN, Germany — The unwanted moniker of “Neverkusen” that has hung over this club can
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Stephen Holder, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 09:31 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers received some special footwear Saturday, courtesy of Kobe Bryant’s widow. On the eighth anniversary of Bryant’s last NBA game, Vanessa Bryant gave members of the Dodgers exclusive sneakers in a team color scheme
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ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Barcelona Open because of a right arm injury that also forced him to miss this week’s Monte Carlo Masters, tournament organizers said Sunday. The 20-year-old two-time Grand Slam champion from Spain won the Barcelona
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Open Extended Reactions As we’ve written previously in this space, the winner of the Presidents’ Trophy is by no means guaranteed a Stanley Cup championship. Since the trophy was first awarded in 1985-86, only eight teams have won the regular-season points race and the Cup in the same campaign, the most recent being the Chicago
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Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Victor Wembanyama‘s rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs is over. The Spurs said that the 7-foot-4 French phenom will not play in Sunday’s season finale against the Detroit Pistons, ending a year that will almost certainly see him take home rookie of the
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Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The BMF title is not a real championship, but Max Holloway did the gimmick proud on Saturday night with an explosive last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in Las Vegas. Holloway (26-7), a former featherweight champion competing at lightweight in this bout,
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterApr 14, 2024, 02:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor‘s comeback fight is now official. UFC CEO Dana White announced Saturday night that McGregor will fight Michael Chandler — long the planned matchup — in the main event of UFC 303 on June 29 in Las Vegas.
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