Month: July 2024

Jul 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In 2001, Barry Bonds had arguably the greatest offensive season in MLB history: He hit .328 and broke the single-season record with 73 home runs. Or maybe his greatest season was 2002, when he hit .370/.582/.799. Or maybe it was 2004, when he hit .362/.609/.812, drawing
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Getty Images 10 minutes ago Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has pulled out of the Olympic Games because of “extreme fatigue”, the Slovenian Olympic Committee has said. Pogacar completed victory in this year’s Tour by taking Sunday’s final stage, which was a time trial, to win the illustrious 3,498km race for a third time.
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2024, 10:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Tokyo Olympics tennis silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Paris Games on Monday because of a hand injury. The 25-year-old from the Czech Republic won Wimbledon last year despite being unseeded and was the runner-up at the French Open — played
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Jul 22, 2024, 07:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Practically all of the other sports whose athletes fill the ESPN 100 have long histories, much of which had to be set aside because this survey narrows its focus to just the 21st century’s greatest performers. For mixed martial arts, though, the past 25 years encompass
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The connection between Patrick Mahomes and Xavier Worthy established itself in the first full-squad practice at Kansas City Chiefs training camp. Mahomes completed a
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Jul 22, 2024, 03:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The match in the Norwegian top-flight between Rosenborg BK and Lillestrom was suspended on Sunday after fans showed their displeasure with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) by throwing fishcakes on the field. The protests started from kickoff and after a two-minute bombardment of fishcakes, the referee
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJul 21, 2024, 09:30 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Mariners placed first baseman Ty France on outright waivers Sunday, sources told ESPN, cutting ties with the 30-year-old amid a teamwide offensive slump that has
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Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TRUCKEE, Calif. — Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship. In January at The American Express in La Quinta,
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Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2024, 05:40 PM ET Close Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Open Extended Reactions COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Texas Rangers great Adrian Beltre set the tone on Sunday as the Baseball
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