Month: September 2024

Lizzy Becherano Sep 7, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three months after a dismal 2024 Copa America group-stage exit, the United States men’s national team returned to action for the September international window under different management and a renewed desire to prove themselves. But the promise of change and growth lasted mere minutes
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ESPN News Services Sep 7, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka got past Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in a rollicking US Open women’s final Saturday to win her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title of her career. Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, adds this trophy
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — Austin Hill swept the Xfinity Series season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track, as the Georgia native continued to excel under the venue reconfiguration. Since moving to the drafting track configuration in 2022, Hill has won three of the five
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The United States men’s national team suffered its first home loss to Canada in 67 years, as it continued its struggles from this summer’s Copa América in Saturday’s friendly in Kansas City, Kansas. In its first game since exiting the Copa América at the group stage and the subsequent removal of Gregg Berhalter as head
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 05:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox activated Trevor Story off the 60-day injured list before Saturday’s game against the Chicago White Sox. Story had been sidelined with a shoulder injury that required surgery after attempting to make a diving stop on a ball against
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Marc J. Spears Sep 7, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former NBA star Gary Payton Sr. is the new head coach of the College of Alameda men’s basketball team, the school announced Saturday. “Gary Payton is the right choice for the College Of Alameda for a number of reasons,” athletic director Remaundo Vaughn
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNSep 7, 2024, 02:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension, his agents Jeff Schwartz and Mike George told ESPN on Saturday. The deal — which keeps Murray out of free agency next summer — ties one of
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — Ford dominated Saturday qualifying at Atlanta as Michael McDowell took the top starting spot ahead of the playoff opener. McDowell in the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports set the fastest lap with an average speed of 179.261 mph for
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 12:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team co-owned by Michael Jordan, said Saturday it skipped a deadline to sign a new charter agreement with the sanctioning body because “it did not have an opportunity to fairly bargain” for a new contract. The two-car
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Field Level Media Sep 7, 2024, 12:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Yankees reinstated right-handers Clarke Schmidt and Ian Hamilton from the 60-day injured list Saturday. Schmidt is scheduled to take the mound Saturday afternoon against the host Chicago Cubs in his first start since May 26, while Hamilton returns to the
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