Month: August 2024

Getty Images 2 hours ago Great Britain’s Evie Richards held off Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot to win the women’s cross-country short track race at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Andorra. France’s Ferrand-Prevot took the lead on the final climb but Richards, 27, claimed the world title with her power proving too much for her
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ESPN News Services Aug 30, 2024, 11:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino is set to miss six to eight weeks after suffering a broken right thumb in a collision with the Houston Astros‘ Yainer Diaz, the team announced Friday. Pasquantino was injured while trying to catch a rushed
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions AS OKLAHOMA ATHLETIC director Joe Castiglione drove to church the
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Associated Press Aug 30, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUNNINGDALE, England — Sara Byrne of Ireland holed a 35-foot birdie putt and followed by chipping in from just off the 17th green for a 2-and-1 victory in fourballs, capping an opening day of constant changes in the Curtis Cup that fittingly ended in
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Aug 30, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Columbus Blue Jackets winger Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed Thursday when they were struck by a vehicle while riding as “pedalcyclists,” New Jersey State Police said in a release Friday. Johnny Gaudreau was 31, and Matthew was 29. According to police, a driver of a Jeep
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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions DUKE QB GRAYSON LOFTIS is looking for a politically correct way to answer a fraught question, turning to teammate Jaylen Stinson for help. Instead, Stinson eggs him on,
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Getty Images Emma Smith BBC Sport journalist at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome 4 minutes ago Blaine Hunt got a potential Great Britain medal rush in the cycling under way on day two of the 2024 Paralympics as he won silver in the men’s C4-5 1,000m time trial. Making his Paralympic debut at 35, Hunt’s final time of
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Anthony Olivieri Dan Hajducky Close Dan Hajducky ESPN Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Aug 30, 2024, 07:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Professional sports teams have largely moved to
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Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 29, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years
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Associated Press Aug 29, 2024, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — On the hook for nearly $40 million over the next two years for a pitcher with a 6.50 ERA this season, the Philadelphia Phillies moved Taijuan Walker to the bullpen, turning the 33-year-old right-hander into a long reliever for the stretch run.
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Star India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shared his views saying that opener Rohit Sharma will not leave the Mumbai Indians franchise and will continue playing for the franchise in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. Last year, Hardik replaced Rohit as the skipper of one of the most successful franchises in the history of
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