Month: October 2024

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 10:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DES MOINES, Iowa — Paul George‘s scoring touch was on display in his preseason debut with the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. George made 8 of 15 shots and scored a team-high 23 points in a 121-111 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. George logged
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ESPN News Services Oct 10, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Quinn Ewers will return as the starting quarterback for No. 1 Texas against rival No. 18 Oklahoma in Dallas after missing the previous two games with an abdominal strain, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday. Sarkisian had said Monday that
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ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Friday night and advance to
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterOct 10, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Following an “unprecedented” meeting between the SEC and Big Ten on Thursday, the commissioners of both conferences addressed multiple weighty issues facing college athletics and strongly pushed
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Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 09:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IVINS, Utah — Stephan Jaeger made up for a three-putt from 10 feet by chipping in for birdie on consecutive holes Friday for an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead before the second round was suspended by darkness at the inaugural Black
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Oct 11, 2024, 08:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions American Sebastian Korda is recovering from right elbow surgery, he wrote on Instagram on Friday. Korda, ranked 19th in the world, hasn’t played since a straight-sets loss to Tomas Machac in the second round of the US Open in August. He did not say how long
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Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 05:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Belgium’s Thomas Detry shot a second-round 63 to share the lead with England’s Dan Bradbury and Jesper Svensson at 9 under par midway through the Open de France on Friday. Five players were one shot behind. Detry also shot 8-under 63
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Stephen Holder, ESPNOct 11, 2024, 02:41 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — The banged-up Colorado Avalanche will be without another forward in Jonathan Drouin due to an upper-body injury. Drouin’s expected to miss at least two games before his injury is reassessed. The 29-year-old left winger didn’t have a shot on goal in more
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterOct 11, 2024, 02:12 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — With a full week of practice under his belt, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson is poised to be active for the first
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ESPN Insiders Oct 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a high-flying career that traversed 22 seasons, “Air Canada” officially lands at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Vince Carter‘s enshrinement caps a career defined by big-time slam dunks and impressive longevity. Carter played for eight teams, most notably with
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 11, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions A pair of title-fight rematches will take place Dec. 7 in
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 11, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas – United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino hailed Christian Pulisic as one of the world’s best offensive players but said he was concerned about
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