Month: August 2024

Aug 15, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Buffalo Bills starting linebacker Matt Milano, who left Tuesday’s practice injured, tore his biceps and will be out indefinitely, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Milano will undergo surgery with the hope of trying to return later this season, possibly in December. Editor’s Picks 1
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Aug 15, 2024, 06:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Macau for the first time in 10 years with a Fight Night event on Nov. 23, the mixed martial arts promotion said Thursday. The UFC last held an event in Macau in August 2014. The event in November will
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Andreas Hale, ESPNAug 15, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC heads back to the “Great White North” on Nov. 2 for a UFC Fight Night event at the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. The main event will feature former two-time strawweight champion Rose Namajunas facing Erin Blanchfield in a women’s flyweight battle
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Aug 14, 2024, 11:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex De Minaur said Wednesday that he will play in this month’s US Open, weeks after withdrawing from the Paris Olympics because of a hip injury. De Minaur pulled out of his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic last month after sustaining a cartilage tear in his
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Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 10:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — French prosecutors opened an investigation into an online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif after a torrent of criticism and false claims about her gender during the Summer Games, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. The athlete’s lawyer Nabil
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Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to become the new United States coach with the responsibility of leading the team into the 2026 World Cup, a source has told ESPN. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Pochettino, 52, has been out of work since leaving Chelsea by mutual consent earlier this summer after just one season
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Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 11:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek survived in her return to hard courts Wednesday night in the Cincinnati Open, outlasting Varvara Gracheva 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2. Playing for the first time since finishing third for Poland in the Paris Olympics, Swiatek set up a
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ESPN News Services Aug 14, 2024, 10:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 300th homer, reaching that milestone faster than any other player when he connected against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. Editor’s Picks Judge hit that mark in his 955th game and 3,431st
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Anthony Gharib, ESPNAug 14, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard had his wedding officiated by a special guest over the weekend — six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The former LA Clippers star officiated the ceremony between Pritchard and YouTuber Emma MacDonald in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Wis. — Tyler Van Dyke was named Wisconsin’s starting quarterback on Wednesday. Van Dyke, a Miami transfer, had been competing with Braedyn Locke, who started three games last season in place of the injured Tanner Mordecai. Offensive coordinator Phil Longo announced after Wisconsin’s
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Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 06:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees infielder/outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with what the team labeled as a left elbow sprain. The Yankees are still determining the severity of the injury to Chisholm and whether surgery will be necessary.
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