Month: August 2024

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2024, 01:35 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson expects to play Saturday against the Detroit Lions in the preseason finale, he said Wednesday. “We’re playing,” he
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Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNAug 21, 2024, 04:34 PM ET Close Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. You can follow him on Twitter @DanielOyefusi. BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was
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Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterAug 21, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. A civil lawsuit against former NBA star Dwight Howard alleging
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Field Level Media Aug 21, 2024, 01:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Houston Astros reinstated right-hander Justin Verlander from the 15-day injured list, in time for him to start Wednesday afternoon’s game against the Boston Red Sox in Houston. Verlander had been sidelined since June 9 with neck soreness. The three-time Cy Young Award
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Jeff Legwold, ESPN Senior WriterAug 21, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Close Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2013. He also assists with NFL draft coverage, including his annual top 100 prospects. Jeff
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Aug 21, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has undergone shoulder surgery, the 25-year-old said on Wednesday, days after she withdrew from this month’s US Open due to injury. Vondrousova, who reached the US Open quarterfinals last year, wrote on Instagram that she had been struggling with shoulder pain
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Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Nebraska has named touted true freshman Dylan Raiola its starting quarterback for its season opener against UTEP on Aug. 31. Raiola, the No. 3 ranked quarterback and
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ESPN News Services Aug 21, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager and, most recently, team ambassador, has died. He was 87. The Warriors announced Wednesday that Attles died in his
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Getty Images 24 minutes ago Czech rider Pavel Bittner beat Wout van Aert in a photo finish to win stage five of the Vuelta a Espana in Seville. DSM-Firmenich-PostNL’s Bittner reeled in Van Aert after the Belgian launched his sprint early before edging him on the line, with Australia’s Kaden Groves in third. It is
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Field Level Media Aug 21, 2024, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Columbus Blue Jackets signed restricted free agent forward Cole Sillinger to a two-year, $4.5 million contract Wednesday. Sillinger, 21, played in 77 games with Columbus last season, tallying a career-high 32 points (13 goals, 19 assists). “Cole Sillinger is a very smart,
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 correspondent 1 hour ago Lewis Hamilton’s long-time race engineer Peter Bonnington will not be joining the seven-time champion at Ferrari next season. Bonnington, who has worked with Hamilton throughout the driver’s 12-year Mercedes career, has been promoted to head of race engineering. Also known as ‘Bono’, and familiar to Formula
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Associated Press Aug 21, 2024, 06:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTERREY, Mexico — Top-seeded Danielle Collins is out of the WTA 500 event in Monterrey, beaten 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 by Erika Andreeva in a match that finished about 1 a.m. Wednesday at the hardcourt tournament in Mexico. Andreeva beat a top 20 player for
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Aug 21, 2024, 05:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlético Madrid have completed the signing of midfielder Conor Gallagher from Chelsea in a deal worth around €40 million ($44m), the LaLiga side announced on Wednesday. The transfer had looked in jeopardy after Atlético forward Samu Omorodion‘s move in the opposite direction fell through. Gallagher spent
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