Month: December 2024

ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2024, 10:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Tyler Herro scored 27 points before being one of six people ejected after a fight in the final minute of the Miami Heat‘s 104-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. Herro was thrown to the ground by the Rockets’
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ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Tuomas Uronen scored at 1:46 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over the United States on Sunday in the world junior hockey championship. Uronen, who plays for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League, came down the
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Dec 29, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday afternoon at the age of 100. The Carter Center confirmed that the former president died peacefully and surrounded by his family at his home in Plains, Georgia. At 100 years old, Carter was the longest-lived president in U.S. history. A life-long Atlanta Braves
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ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s Pittsburgh franchise career record for assists on Michael Bunting‘s power-play goal and the Penguins beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Sunday night. Crosby has 1,034 assists — 12th in NHL history. Only three players —
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterDec 29, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LANDOVER, Md. — Through all the ups and downs of the Atlanta Falcons’ season, including a late quarterback change, the one constant has been Bijan Robinson. The second-year running back scored his second touchdown against the Washington Commanders to put the Falcons
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Associated Press Dec 29, 2024, 06:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Anthony Edwards was fined $100,000 by the NBA on Sunday for using profanity during a live television interview, with the league increasing the amount after penalizing the Minnesota Timberwolves star for the third time in three weeks. This penalty was for
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Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderDec 29, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Penn State coach James Franklin on Sunday added his name to the growing list of college football voices who believe the sport needs a commissioner and
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Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderDec 29, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Cubs acquired utilityman Vidal Bruján on Sunday, sending first baseman Matt Mervis to the Miami Marlins in a swap of former top
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Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasrasnga and Kushal Mendis along with West Indies’s Sherfane Rutherford and Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai were shortlisted for the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2024 award. Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka): 26 wickets at 15.61, economy 5.36, 87 runs at 17.40, strike rate 101.16 Wanindu Hasaranga continued to cement his reputation as
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Savinho and Erling Haaland scored to give Manchester City a much-needed 2-0 victory at Leicester City on Sunday, the champions’ first win in five Premier League games. The result meant Pep Guardiola celebrated his 500th game in charge of City with victory in what is proving one of the most difficult periods of his successful career. City’s
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterDec 28, 2024, 10:21 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
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Shams Charania, Senior NBA InsiderDec 29, 2024, 12:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to trade D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Russell, the second overall pick in the 2015 draft, is averaging
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Dec 29, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PERTH, Australia — Alexander Zverev eased past Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 6-4 as Germany beat Brazil for a winning start to its United Cup defense Sunday while the Czech Republic, United States and Italy were all victorious. Zverev had a lengthy spell on the sideline after damaging
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Associated Press Dec 29, 2024, 05:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she won’t “hang around” in tennis if her results fail to match her high expectations. The 27-year-old Japanese player will play her first match since she suffered a back injury in the China
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ESPN News Services Dec 28, 2024, 10:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal in his return to action, and the Washington Capitals upended the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night. In posting his 869th career goal, Washington’s captain is now within 25 of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL
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