ESPN News Services Jul 2, 2024, 11:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Defenseman Victor Hedman is staying with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a four-year, $32 million contract, signed Tuesday. The contract takes effect in the 2025-26 season. Retaining Hedman, 33, was key for the Lightning, who saw center Steven Stamkos depart for the Nashville
Month: July 2024
3 minutes ago Comments Tadej Pogacar regained the leader’s yellow jersey in thrilling fashion as he raced clear to win stage four of the Tour de France. With this being the first big mountain stage of this year’s Tour, the general classification contenders feared UAE Team Emirates would send out a message as they attempt
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 2, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Thank goodness actual football is starting soon. No offense to the good folks of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but when lawsuits and countersuits are the primary storyline of your offseason, well, you haven’t
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJul 2, 2024, 08:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell has agreed on a three-year, $150.3 million maximum contract extension that includes a player option for the 2027-28 season, sources told ESPN. The deal delivers the Cavaliers the stability of having their franchise player under contract beyond next
England batter and former skipper Joe Root shared his surprising take on the incident that saw Jonny Bairstow dismissed uniquely in the Ashes series 2023 against Australia. Root highlighted the need for players to be more aware while acknowledging the legality of the dismissal. It was the second Test of the Ashes series as England
Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJul 2, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW
Andy Murray has withdrawn from his first-round match at Wimbledon against Tomas Machac and confirmed he has played his final singles match at the championships. Murray, 37, is still in the draw for the doubles, where he will play alongside brother Jamie but, having had a procedure on a spinal cyst on June 22, Murray
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJul 2, 2024, 02:28 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Gregg Berhalter addressed the media in the wake of the United States‘ 1-0 defeat to Uruguay, a result that eliminated it from the 2024
J.J. Post, ESPNJul 1, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey got married over the weekend to former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo. The couple met on a blind date in 2019 and had been engaged since last April. They were wed at a historic resort venue, Ocean House in
Jul 2, 2024, 02:00 AM Open Extended Reactions The two rugby hemispheres are back together for the first time since the Rugby World Cup, with a bumper Test calendar set to play out across the globe in July. World champions South Africa welcome Ireland to the Republic for a showdown that has already had quite
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 48 minutes ago Former Mercedes Formula 1 engine chief Andy Cowell is to join Aston Martin as their new group chief executive officer. The 55-year-old Briton masterminded the production of the engine with which Mercedes became the most successful team in Formula 1 history from 2014-21. The role puts
India head coach Rahul Dravid signed off from his coaching stint with a trophy in his hand as the team defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final. The summit clash between the two team also proved to be a farewell game for many as the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 1, 2024, 11:30 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The United States were eliminated from Copa America after a 1-0 loss to Uruguay at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Tuesday. With Panama defeating Bolívia 3-1 in the
Jul 1, 2024, 02:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent Klay Thompson plans to join the Dallas Mavericks on a three-year, $50 million deal that includes a player option, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Thompson’s move to Dallas comes as part of a multi-team sign-and-trade that’ll also send Mavericks guard Josh Green to Charlotte.
Associated Press Jul 1, 2024, 06:34 PM ET WASHINGTON — New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo missed Monday night’s game against the Washington Nationals after being injured in a fall in his hotel room overnight. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Nimmo cut his forehead in the fall but did not have a concussion. “In the middle
ESPN News Services Jul 1, 2024, 08:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Blackhawks reached a two-year contract agreement with veteran defenseman TJ Brodie on Monday night, capping off a busy day for the rebuilding club. The deal totals $7.5 million over two years, the club announced, and added to a host of free
Ben Bloom BBC Sport A few weeks prior to a previous Tour de France, amid the maelstrom of planning involved with eight riders and more than a dozen support vehicles navigating the country, EF Education-EasyPost head performance chef Owen Blandy received notice of an issue at one of the hotels. For reasons unexplained, Blandy was
Eli Lederman, ESPNJul 1, 2024, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kansas State landed a class-defining in-state commitment when four-star tight end Linkon Cure, No. 64 in the 2025 ESPN 300, announced his pledge to the Wildcats on Monday afternoon. With his commitment, Cure becomes the Wildcats’ first ESPN 300 pledge in 2025 and immediately