Month: June 2024

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 1, 2024, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — After coming up short in his first trip to the NBA Finals two years ago, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum said Saturday that he views this return to the league’s championship round as a second chance at achieving his ultimate goal as
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Nick ParkinsonJun 1, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Nick Ball can finally celebrate being a world-title holder. Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Three months after he believes he was wrongfully denied his first world title, Nick Ball captured the WBA
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Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,
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May 30, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs turned himself in to the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Thursday after he allegedly mistreated two dogs. A Tuscaloosa Police Department spokesperson confirmed to WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama, that Buggs surrendered at the jail Thursday, a day after two misdemeanor warrants were filed
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Jun 1, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Islam Makhachev will defend his lightweight championship against third-time title challenger Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 302 on Saturday, June 1, in Newark, New Jersey. In the co-main event, former middleweight champion Sean Strickland will look to get back on the title track
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMay 31, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cleveland Cavaliers have been granted permission to interview two more head-coaching candidates in the franchise’s ongoing search, including New York Knicks associate head coach Johnnie Bryant and Miami Heat top assistant Chris Quinn, sources told ESPN on Friday. Bryant has spent four years
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Open Extended Reactions One of the top players in the NBA’s 2025 draft class, French guard Nolan Traore, has spurned offers from across the globe to remain in his home country, he told ESPN on Saturday. Traore, a 6-foot-5, 17-year-old playmaker who matriculated from famed Parisian sports academy INSEP, will sign a two-year contract with
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Field Level Media Jun 1, 2024, 03:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The San Diego Padres‘ starting rotation took a blow Saturday with right-handers Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove both placed on the 15-day injured list. Darvish is out with a left groin strain that forced him from a start Wednesday. Musgrove is headed back
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Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Ill. — As he’s trying to race his way into the NASCAR Cup series playoffs, Chase Briscoe now faces a fresh challenge with the potential for his Stewart-Haas Racing team to deteriorate around him. Owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced this week
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Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRANKENMUTH, Mich. — Moose Jaw Warriors forward Jagger Firkus was honored as the David Branch Player of the Year Award winner Saturday at the Canadian Hockey League awards ceremony. The first Moose Jaw player to win the award, Firkus led the CHL with 126
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Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has described a survey that found one in five of his compatriots would prefer more white players on the national team as “absolutely racist.” The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity,”
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