Month: September 2024

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 03:00 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions The announcement on Wednesday of the new-look Men’s Professional Game Partnership (MPGP) for English rugby came
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 4, 2024, 02:37 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Va. — Matt Rempe wants to be a smarter fighter and a better hockey player as he enters his first full NHL season with the New York Rangers. The 6-foot-9 forward was a sensation last
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Getty Images 42 minutes ago Australia’s Kaden Groves sprinted to his third victory of this year’s Vuelta a Espana on stage 17 in Santander. Ben O’Connor maintained his five-second advantage over Primoz Roglic in the leader’s red jersey as they finished safely together in the bunch. But it was a nervous day for the peloton
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SWpix.com 4 September 2024 Wales’ Stephen Williams outsprinted Julian Alaphilippe to win stage two of the Tour of Britain in Redcar and claim the overall lead. Israel–Premier Tech rider Williams held off France’s two-time world road race champion Alaphilippe and Britain’s Oscar Onley as a three-man breakaway contested the finish to the 152.1km stage from
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Fans won’t have to wait until the Masters in April to watch golfers from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League compete in the
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Sep 4, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Whit Merrifield, after becoming the latest Atlanta Braves player to get hit by an errant fastball, blasted the “pathetic” current state of pitching in Major League Baseball, saying “something terrible is going to happen” if the sport doesn’t reintroduce repercussions for throwing wildly inside. “It’s bulls—,
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Sep 4, 2024, 09:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Denver Broncos and two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Pat Surtain ll reached agreement Wednesday on a four-year, $96 million extension that includes $77.5 million guaranteed, now making him the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The $24 million average annual value
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Getty Images Emma Smith BBC Sport journalist in Clichy-sous-Bois, Paris 4 September 2024, 07:36 BST Updated 3 hours ago Britain’s Sarah Storey described the Paris Paralympics cycling time trial course as “appalling” after winning her 18th Games gold medal. Storey won the women’s road event for a fifth successive Paralympics on a C5 event course
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 02:14 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — When he prepared for his first at-bat in Tuesday’s top of the first, fans saluted
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Colorado coach Deion Sanders threw cold water on the idea that the Buffaloes’ game this week against Nebraska would again be “personal.” Instead, he praised Nebraska coach Matt Rhule ahead
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ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 12:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American semifinal at the US Open with victories Tuesday, guaranteeing the United States a man in the title match at the country’s Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years.
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Field Level Media Sep 4, 2024, 01:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf, the circuit bankrolled by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, will kick off its 2025 season by playing in the country’s capital city, Riyadh, for the first time. The tournament, scheduled for Feb. 6-8, will be held at Riyadh Golf
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