Month: August 2024

Open Extended Reactions The 2024-25 NBA schedule release has arrived, with marquee matchups on opening night. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The Boston Celtics tip off the season against the New York Knicks on ring night. That showdown is followed by a meeting between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers. The NBA’s Christmas Day games
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Associated Press Aug 15, 2024, 09:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHASKA, Minn. — One day after Ethan Fang had to survive a playoff, he won two matches Thursday at Hazeltine National to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur that now only has one player left from the top 10 amateurs in the world
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 15, 2024, 03:31 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff selection committee will no longer use conference championships as one of its tiebreakers because the new 12-team format guarantees bids for the five highest-ranked conference winners,
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 15, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Ohio State will start Will Howard, a transfer from Kansas State, at quarterback to open the 2024 season, coach Ryan Day announced Thursday. Howard, who started 28 games for Kansas
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Associated Press Aug 15, 2024, 07:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Defending champion Coco Gauff lost Thursday in her opening match at the Cincinnati Open, falling to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Gauff, then 19, became the youngest Cincinnati champion last year on her way to winning the US Open a few
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ESPN News Services Aug 15, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hideki Matsuyama lost his wallet, his caddie and his coach for the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs when thieves in London snatched their bag containing passports, but none of that seemed to bother the Japanese star Thursday at the
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Associated Press Aug 15, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IRVINE, Scotland — Two-time major champion Minjee Lee of Australia managed a strong wind and caught a break with rare sunshine in a wet Scottish summer with a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a one-shot lead in the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open before
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Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterAug 15, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
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Aug 15, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Former NASCAR driver Kurt Busch was arrested Wednesday in North Carolina after allegedly driving drunk. According to court records, Busch was pulled over after driving 63 mph in a 45 mph zone in Iredell County, North Carolina. An officer reported that Busch had “red glassy eyes” and that alcohol
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Associated Press Aug 15, 2024, 01:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Wrigley Field will host two college hockey doubleheaders in January after the NHL’s Winter Classic is played there, the Big Ten and Chicago Cubs announced Thursday. “The Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series” will feature three men’s games and one women’s game.
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