Month: June 2024

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions Draft
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Getty Images 27 June 2024, 11:22 BST Updated 1 minute ago Pierre Gasly has signed a contract extension with Alpine and Lance Stroll has agreed a deal to stay at Aston Martin. Both drivers will remain until “2025 and beyond”, said their teams, who have not revealed the exact length of the contracts. Frenchman Gasly,
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Jun 27, 2024, 02:11 AM Open Extended Reactions Siya Kolisi will captain South Africa in their two-Test series against Ireland in July, while key backline players Willie le Roux and Cheslin Kolbe will be fit to play, coach Rassie Erasmus said on Wednesday. Erasmus had been reluctant to name a captain ahead of the series
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Jun 26, 2024, 06:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent forward OG Anunoby intends to sign a five-year, $212.5 million contract to return to the New York Knicks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal will include a player option and a trade kicker, sources said. The Knicks acquired Anunoby in a trade at
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Associated Press Jun 27, 2024, 12:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forwards Ilya Mikheyev and Sam Lafferty and a 2027 second-round pick from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round pick. The Canucks will retain 15% of Mikheyev’s salary as a part of the deal announced Wednesday night.
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 26, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Atlanta Hawks selected French forward Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft. Risacher became the second consecutive international prospect — and fourth overall — to be taken with the top overall pick in the draft.
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Dan Graziano, senior NFL national reporterJun 26, 2024, 04:14 PM ET Close Dan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New Jersey native who joined
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ESPN News Services Jun 26, 2024, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As one of the game’s most feared sluggers, Shohei Ohtani‘s potential participation in the Home Run Derby is an annual topic of discussion heading into the All-Star break. But Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn’t so sure that would be a good
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Associated Press Jun 26, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Seth Waugh is leaving the PGA of America after six years as CEO, a period marked by a sharp boost in golf participation and PGA membership and the move of its headquarters from Florida to a massive complex in Texas. Waugh was the CEO
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Associated Press Jun 25, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PULLMAN, Wash. — Anne McCoy has been named the athletic director at Washington State after holding the interim role the past three months, the school announced Tuesday. McCoy was elevated into the interim athletic director role in March after Pat Chun left to take
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Associated Press Jun 26, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis has hired Virginia sports administrator Ed Scott as its athletic director and senior vice president. The school announced the move Wednesday. Scott worked at Virginia since January 2022. He oversaw men’s basketball, baseball, swimming and diving and track and field
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ESPN News Services Jun 26, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Bam Adebayo, one of the NBA’s top defensive players and soon to become a two-time U.S. Olympian, intends to sign a three-year, $166 million extension with the Miami Heat when the league’s offseason moratorium on such moves is lifted next month,
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