Month: June 2024

Jeremy Woo, ESPNJun 23, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IT’S RARE THAT the viewing interests of fans and scouts ever completely align, but as circumstances would have it, last season’s most-watched jump ball came at the outset of the men’s national title game in Glendale, Arizona. UConn’s 7-foot-3 Donovan Clingan, anchoring a defense
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Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 06:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Ryan McMahon drew a bases-loaded walk on a full-count, pitch-clock violation by Kyle Finnegan as the Colorado Rockies scored two runs in the ninth inning for an 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night. It was the first game decided
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — Tom Kim made enough birdies on a soft, vulnerable course to stay in front Saturday in the rain-delayed Travelers Championship, getting up-and-down for par on the last hole in near darkness for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Scottie
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Jeff Kassouf Jun 22, 2024, 08:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — United States men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter said all 26 players are available for Sunday’s Copa América opener against Bolívia amid concerns over the fitness levels of midfielder Tyler Adams and forward Josh Sargent. “From my understanding, everyone will
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ESPN News Services Jun 22, 2024, 09:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton left Saturday night’s 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves because of left hamstring tightness. The Yankees said Stanton will have imaging on Sunday. Stanton doubled off the center-field wall in the fourth inning and winced
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 22, 2024, 07:41 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis will meet in a 12-round junior
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 08:20 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Two people were taken to the hospital Saturday after lightning struck a tree near a home along a golf course that is hosting the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship. The home is just north of the fifth green at TPC River Highlands, which is hosting
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell used a three-wide, last-lap pass on Saturday to drive away and win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race for the fourth straight time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 29-year-old Bell needed three extra laps on the 1.058-mile track but
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Jeff Wagenheim Jun 22, 2024, 06:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bellator MMA has a new undefeated champion. Ramazan Kuramagomedov took a big step up in competition Saturday in Dublin and rose to the occasion, taking the welterweight championship from Jason Jackson by building an early advantage and holding on for a unanimous decision victory.
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 22, 2024, 06:10 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions If anyone ever doubted Robert Whittaker‘s willingness to fight anyone at any time, he proved them wrong and then some Saturday. In what was arguably the riskiest
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Jun 22, 2024, 05:06 PM Open Extended Reactions A much-changed South Africa scored five tries to defeat Wales 41-13 in a one-off test at Twickenham on Saturday in their first fixture since they won the Rugby World Cup in France nine months ago. It was a far from polished performance from the South African side
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Jun 22, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur on Saturday became the latest top-10 players to retire from the Berlin Open because of injury or illness, after Wimbledon champions Elena Rybakina and Marketa Vondrousova also withdrew this week. Sabalenka was forced to retire from her quarterfinal against Russia’s Anna
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Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 22, 2024, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The top remaining uncommitted quarterback in the 2025 class came off the board Saturday when four-star prospect Antwann Hill, ESPN’s No. 3-ranked pocket passer in the 2025 cycle, announced his pledge to the University of Memphis. Hill, a one-time Colorado commit from Warner Robins,
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Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 03:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell knew the instant he spilled the tea — without even the courtesy of a spoiler alert — that he would catch grief for prematurely disclosing Chase Briscoe was headed to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025. Bell’s goof was the
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Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 22, 2024, 01:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-star quarterback Brady Smigiel, the sixth-ranked pocket passer in the 2026 class and the No. 55 prospect in the ESPN Junior 300, announced his commitment to Florida State on Saturday. “God is good,” Smigiel wrote in a post on X. “I’m home.” Smigiel, a
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