Month: June 2024

Babar Azam’s Pakistan on brink of elimination from T20 World Cup 2024© X (Twitter) Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi came down heavily on the team management and said the Babar Azam-led side requires “major surgery” following its six-run loss against arch-rivals India in the T20 World Cup. Chasing an underwhelming 120-run target, Pakistani batters
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Jun 10, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers‘ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title at UConn, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Lakers would have made Hurley one of the NBA’s six highest-paid coaches. But before opening
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Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 10:56 PM ET ATLANTA — Homer Rice, who as athletic director hired some of Georgia Tech’s most successful coaches and implemented the school’s Total Person Program, has died. He was 97. Rice died Monday, according to the school. Rice was Georgia Tech’s athletic director from 1980-97. Among his notable hires
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Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Padraig Harrington grew up in Ireland dreaming more about Claret Jugs and the Wanamaker Trophy than the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is largely an American thing, though Harrington fully understood that it was a label attached
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Jun 10, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed coach Mike Tomlin to a three-year extension, the team announced Monday. Tomlin, 52, said in January that he expected to get an extension this offseason. His extension puts him under contract through the 2027 season. Seasons Coach Streak 1965-85 Tom Landry
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Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 07:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York filled a necessary need on offense by selecting Princeton and Canadian national team forward Sarah Fillier with the first pick in the Professional Women’s Hockey League draft on Monday night. Regarded by PWHL scouts as a “generational player,” Fillier is a three-time
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Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 10, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dustin Poirier didn’t get a chance to finish his story at UFC 302 when he fell short against Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight championship. Following the loss, Poirier said he had been mulling the possibility of retirement. However, had he achieved his dream
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ESPN News Services Jun 10, 2024, 06:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Juan Soto is returning to the New York Yankees‘ lineup Monday night, serving as the designated hitter against the host Kansas City Royals, manager Aaron Boone said. Soto missed this weekend’s series against the Dodgers as he dealt with left forearm inflammation. Editor’s
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJun 10, 2024, 06:57 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — NCAA president Charlie Baker said the association’s pending antitrust case settlement will put financial pressure on everyone in the college sports industry, but
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Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 03:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEXINGTON, Ky. — Horse racing’s federal oversight body has named Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher among four new members of a horseman’s advisory group that will provide feedback to its executive team and committees. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) announced Monday
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