Month: July 2024

Jul 6, 2024, 03:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent forward Miles Bridges is returning to the Charlotte Hornets on a three-year, $75 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. Bridges pleaded no contest to a felony domestic violence charge in Nov. 2022 that took place earlier that year, and while he
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The Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Turkish supporters making their way to the European Championship quarterfinal against the Netherlands on Saturday have been making the same nationalistic hand gesture that saw a Turkey player banned from the match. Berlin police said on X on Saturday that the gesture was
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ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic shrugged off a slow start to power past unseeded Australian Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) and into the Wimbledon fourth round Saturday. Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title looked under threat when Popyrin took a
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJul 6, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions After missing out on a pair of top-100 prospects this week, Ohio State landed
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Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MUNICH — Bernhard Langer has bid farewell to the European tour on home soil in Germany 50 years after the two-time Masters champion made his debut. Langer, 66, missed the cut at the BMW International Open in Munich on Friday but said he will
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Silverstone 6 July 2024, 16:20 BST Comments Updated 24 minutes ago George Russell led a home one-two-three in British Grand Prix qualifying from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Russell beat Hamilton to pole position by 0.171 seconds with Norris, second to Russell after the first
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Jul 6, 2024, 11:49 AM ET Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed in a car crash overnight, the team announced Saturday. He was 24. Details of the crash were not immediately available. Jackson’s mother, Ebbony, told TMZ that her son died in his hometown of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Jackson was selected by the
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Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Part of the experience of a NASCAR race is hearing the engine roar, the rumble of each car’s approach and the zip of it whizzing past at more than 150 mph. NASCAR unveiled its first electric racecar Saturday in Chicago but it doesn’t thunder
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Getty Images 6 July 2024 Norwegian cyclist Andre Drege has died following an accident during the Tour of Austria on Saturday. The 25-year-old, who had been with Norwegian team Coop–Repsol since 2021, was fatally injured on the descent of the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain. A statement by the Tour of Austria said that Drege “sustained
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Getty Images 59 minutes ago Comments Biniam Girmay claimed his second win in the Tour de France in a sprint finish on stage eight as Tadej Pogacar retained the leader’s yellow jersey. Intermarche-Wanty’s Girmay, who won stage three to become the first black African to triumph on the Tour, timed his effort to perfection on
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Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 10:39 AM ET LONDON — Vic Seixas, a Wimbledon winner and tennis Hall of Famer who was the oldest living Grand Slam champion, has died at the age of 100. The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced Seixas’ death on Saturday based on confirmation from his daughter, Tori. It said
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJul 6, 2024, 10:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent forward Caleb Martin has agreed on a four-year deal guaranteed for more than $32 million with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN on Saturday. The 76ers landed an impactful commitment in Martin, a playoff-tested power forward and versatile defender who joins Philadelphia
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French cyclist Julien Bernard has given a light-hearted apology after being fined for kissing his wife during a Tour de France time trial. The Lidl-Trek rider was made to pay 200 Swiss francs ($223; £174) by the International Cycling Union (ICU) for stopping briefly during stage seven of the race. The governing body said the
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