Month: January 2025

ESPN News Services Jan 18, 2025, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Dyson Daniels hit a short jumper in the lane with just over a minute left in overtime and Onyeka Okongwu made two free throws with 11 seconds left, lifting the Atlanta Hawks to a 119-115 victory over the Boston Celtics on
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Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sepp Straka‘s game has been almost as clean as his head through three rounds at The American Express. Straka shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday in his third straight bogey-free round, staking the newly bald Austrian to a four-shot lead
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Pete Thamel, Senior College Sports InsiderJan 18, 2025, 08:53 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Wisconsin and the Big Ten both issued statements on Saturday expressing disagreement with how the University of Miami has handled the expected transfer of defensive back Xavier Lucas, which appears
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Jan 18, 2025, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Just more than a week after its season ended in the College Football Playoff, Texas has agreed to new contract with Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Saturday, confirming a report. The sides came to an agreement Friday night in a
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Adam Schefter, Senior NFL InsiderJan 18, 2025, 07:55 AM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions The Bears recently called the Steelers to see if they would be allowed to talk to and potentially try
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Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 08:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands built a four-shot lead with an 8-under 64, and then held on to win the Latin American Amateur Championship in a 36-hole marathon Saturday that sends him to the Masters, U.S. Open and British
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Nick ParkinsonJan 18, 2025, 06:26 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Darren Till beat Anthony Taylor via a TKO on Saturday. Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images Darren Till knocked down Anthony Taylor three times to seal a sixth-round TKO win in a
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Michael C. Wright, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2025, 09:17 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — The Memphis Grizzlies ruled out star Ja Morant for Friday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to right foot
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Jan 18, 2025, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KSI confirmed the fight during Darren Till’s victory over Anthony Taylor on Saturday. Richard Sellers/PA Images via Getty Images YouTuber-turned-boxing star KSI confirmed on Saturday he will face former Manchester City footballer Wayne Bridge in a boxing exhibition. KSI, who is CEO of Misfits Boxing, faced off
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Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 12:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Jake Burger will wear No. 21 with the Texas Rangers, a number that has special significance for the first baseman’s family after his daughter was born with Down syndrome. The clinical name for Down syndrome is trisomy 21, a condition in
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Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom already has thrown off the mound this offseason and said everything felt normal after missing most of his first two seasons with the Texas Rangers because of elbow surgery. The three starts deGrom got
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A heavily-rotated United States men’s national team earned a 3-1 victory over Venezuela in the first of its two international friendlies this month. Saturday’s U.S. squad was made up almost entirely of players from Major League Soccer due to the game falling outside of a FIFA international window. Jack McGlynn and Patrick Agyemang scored about
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJan 18, 2025, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — After being limited to one catch in Ohio State‘s Cotton Bowl semifinal victory over Texas, freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith gave a warning Saturday in advance of the Buckeyes’ national championship matchup against Notre Dame. “If you are going to play man [to-man
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