Month: July 2024

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2024, 09:32 PM 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. NEW YORK — Kodai
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Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit since 2007 Co-author of New York Times best-selling books “League of Denial” and “Game of Shadows” Co-winner, 2004 George Polk Award Open Extended Reactions KIGALI, Rwanda — In the summer of 2018, inside a national arena
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2024, 09:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Taylor Pendrith shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Matt NeSmith into the weekend in the 3M Open. Playing in windier afternoon conditions, Pendrith made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th and tapped in
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 26, 2024, 09:24 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Two titans of the fight game, Canelo Alvarez and Dana White,
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Andreas Hale, ESPNJul 26, 2024, 08:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two title fights will headline UFC 306 at The Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 14 as Sean O’Malley will defend the bantamweight title against top contender Merab Dvalishvili and Alexa Grasso will put her women’s flyweight championship on the line in a trilogy
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Jul 26, 2024, 09:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers have agreed to a four-year, $220 million contract that makes him the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. He also gets a record $75M signing bonus, as well as $155M in new full
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJul 26, 2024, 04:55 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 Baltimore Orioles acquired right-hander Zach Eflin from the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, addressing their clearest need with an in-division trade that bolsters their starting
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ESPN News Services Jul 26, 2024, 02:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The most interesting potential free agent target in the NBA might be a 61-year-old who retired nearly 25 years ago. TNT Sports analyst Charles Barkley told The Athletic on Friday that he would listen to NBA partners ESPN/Disney, NBC and Amazon if the
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2024, 09:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin held onto the lead Friday in the CPKC Women’s Open, while Canadian star Brooke Henderson was derailed by closing bogeys at windy and smokey Earl Grey Golf Club. Coughlin followed her opening 4-under 68 on Thursday in chilly and
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions The NCAA, its five power conferences and lawyers representing a class of Division I athletes filed the detailed terms of an antitrust lawsuit Friday that has
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2024, 10:44 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Georgia wide receiver Rodarius Thomas was arrested early Friday morning on multiple family violence charges and was being held in the Athens-Clarke County Jail, according to jail
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Jul 26, 2024, 03:31 PM Melvyn Jaminet has been suspended for 34 weeks. ANDRES LARROVERE/AFP via Getty Images France fullback Melvyn Jaminet has been suspended for 34 weeks and fined €30,000 ($32,589) after posting a racist video on social media, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) said on Friday. During France’s tour of Argentina earlier this month,
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Associated Press Jul 26, 2024, 04:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — K.J. Choi of South Korea has a two-shot lead of the Senior British Open after carding a 3-under 69 in the second round Friday. Choi matched his first-round score. He surged ahead after he eagled the par-5 12th hole at Carnoustie.
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Nick ParkinsonJul 24, 2024, 06:20 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Delicious Orie and Rosie Eccles headline the group of Team GB boxers headed out to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. Getty Team GB is the third most successful boxing team
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