Month: June 2024

ESPN News Services Jun 21, 2024, 06:09 PM ET Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders experienced a heart-related health scare last weekend, he said in a statement posted to social media Friday. Sanders did not offer details on the exact nature of his condition, but described the experience as “unexpected” and “a reminder of
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Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2024, 03:25 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Darren Lewis, the Texas A&M star who broke Eric Dickerson’s Southwest Conference rushing record before addiction derailed his football career
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 04:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Jordan Thompson recorded his second victory over a top-15 opponent this week by beating Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the grass-court Queen’s Club on Friday. The Australian capitalized on Fritz’s unforced errors at key moments to notch a
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Jun 21, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HALLE, Germany — World No. 1 Jannik Sinner reached the Halle Open semifinals by battling to a 6-2 6-7(1) 7-6(3) win over German Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday. Struff, who is 34 and had just upset sixth-seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last 16, challenged the Italian, hitting
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 21, 2024, 02:19 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions EDMONTON, Alberta — Nick Cousins vowed to bring the intensity in his Stanley Cup Final debut. Just not too much of it. Cousins will replace forward Kyle Okposo in the Florida Panthers‘ lineup for Friday night’s
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Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 21, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Auburn gained a major in-state flip and its highest-rated prospect in the 2025 class when running back Alvin Henderson, No. 55 in the ESPN 300, decommitted from Penn State and gave his verbal pledge to the Tigers on Friday. “#WAREAGLE. I’m staying home,” Henderson
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent playoff heartbreaks into happiness. Eight months later, they toasted the franchise’s 18th championship in what has become the signature Boston celebration, joined Friday by a huge crowd for a duck boat parade
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 21, 2024, 01:45 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 Andy Murray will undergo a procedure on his back Saturday but no decision has been
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 01:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums. Kelly’s action came three days
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southwestern Athletic Conference commissioner Charles McClelland has received a contract extension through the 2032 academic year. The SWAC’s council of presidents and chancellors announced the extension Friday. McClelland was named the SWAC’s sixth commissioner during the summer of 2018. SWAC officials
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 21 June 2024, 13:39 BST Comments Updated 18 minutes ago Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Friday practice at the Spanish Grand Prix as Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull looked closely matched. The seven-time champion was just 0.022 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, with McLaren’s Lando Norris
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